I read in sci.electronics.design that bill.sloman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote (in
<1105006094.341736.311730@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>) about 'OT: Wild
Weather', on Thu, 6 Jan 2005:
>There are more specific effects, and one possible result of global
>warming would be for the Gulf Stream to turn off, which might leave most
>of northern Europe covered with glaciers (as it was in the last Ice
>Age).
The east coasts of North America and China weren't glaciated the last
time I looked, and they don't have the benefit of warm ocean currents.
But the climate change would be significant; New York, Madrid and Rome
are on about the same latitude, as are London, England and Goose Bay,
Labrador.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
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