I
was struck by these comments by Prof. Chris Busby. Although he is not
a climate scientist his comments resonate with me
Chris
Busby: "Gulf stream seems
to failing. i have noticed increasingly the depressions get stuck in
mid - Atlantic. we have had stuck depressions mid atlantic since
november and a continuous high over scandinavia which means high
winds and rain in England and cold easterlies in Latvia with no snow.
Scary."
I
have followed with some apposite comments from Michael Green.
Is
the Gulf Stream failing?
Must'a
been a reason why I felt moved to see "The Day After Tomorrow"
once again a few days ago.
People rightfully complain about the
hyperbole and the bad acting/storyline, but that really wasn't of
importance.
We will not "wake up" and do anything
meaningful until something like this occurs.
It could be an
interruption of the thermohalene current or a spike in the wet-bulb
temperatures in summer, rather like Singapore was threatened with
last year, except this time causing millions of deaths.
Or
perhaps Ft. McMurray will flood, spilling its guts into the Arctic
Ocean, which would decimate the economy of Canada, not to mention
turning the Arctic black as night, which will superheat the waters
and the climate even more.
We can do impact statements till the
cows come home, but one way or another, this kind of thing is
probably in the offing, and I am guessing very soon.
New updates
for earth.nullschool.net!
Now you can see global ocean surface
currents in near real-time. Just click
here:
(A
browser refresh may be required to pick up the changes.)
This
image shows the Gulf Stream, which you can read about on
Wikipedia:
What
other powerful ocean currents can you find?
Earth & Space
Research in Seattle, WA, produces this data every five days as part
of the OSCAR project:
Robin, thanks for the link!
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