Topic: Climate change
Quote: The rise in fresh water entering the Arctic Ocean could change the global distribution of water, the team says.\n.....\nIt could also affect the balance of the climate system itself and even possibly alter the behaviour of the Gulf Stream.\nPart of the process is likely to mean more precipitation (hail, rain, sleet and snow) at higher latitudes, and so more water flowing down the rivers.\n......\nIf the global water distribution changes, this could have important social and economic consequences. An altered hydrological cycle might conceivably have a profound cooling effect on north-west Europe as well.\nThe American Geophysical Union, publisher of the journal, says: "It could also alter the balance of the climate system itself, such as the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, a kind of conveyor belt.\n...\n"It is possible the increase in fresh water entering the Arctic Ocean could contribute to an alteration in the thermohaline circulation, because it is diluting the saltiness of the seawater and reducing its density."
Response: Nothing like quoting experts willing to stick their scientific necks out, huh? emoticonXRolleyes \nOr in your second quote:\n"But it now appears the warming from greenhouse gases has been offset by a strong cooling effect from dimming - in effect two of our pollutants have been cancelling each other out.\nThis means that the climate may in fact be more sensitive to the greenhouse effect than previously thought."\nHuh? emoticonXConfused emoticonXConfused emoticonXConfused emoticonXConfused
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