On Sep 20, 5:03*pm, Nick Gardner
wrote:
On 20/09/2011 1:51 PM, Alastair wrote:

No, the oceans do not warm up very much during inter-glacials, so it
is not them getting warmer. Besides they get less salty because of the
melt water and so would absorb more CO2.

Cheers, Alastair.

Alastair

Wouldn't warmer oceans absorb less CO2, and wouldn't the increasing
acidity caused by more dissolved CO2 put a self-limit on how much CO2
the oceans could absorb?
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Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amslhttp://www.ottervalleyweather.co.uk

Also, how much of the mel****er is freshwater as opposed to melting
sea ice?

I ask this because, as I understand it, virtually all the ice melt in
recent decades has been sea ice, and fresh water snow/ice is still
acumulating over central Greenland & Antartica. Much of what I've read
concerning the affects of mel****er on ocean currents seems to assume
the mel****er isn't salt. Perhaps Graham P D could help out on this.

The main change in climate here over the last 20 years has been the
marked decline in gale frequencies (I must upload a graph to show how
consistent & marked it has been). Something observed along the
Atlantic seaboard of the UK. The decrease in N - S temperature
gradient across the N Atlantic may already have had an effect.

Graham
Penzance - where it's been drizzling all day, except when it's been
raining properly. Don't believe those dry bits crossing west Cornwall
on the rainfall radar. They were an illustration of the radars
reluctance to admit the existence of small rain drops.

Still happy days next week? http://magicseaweed.com/Sennen-Surf-Report/4/
1 last warm/sunny spell would be a good idea.