According to reports, the gulf loop current has broken. The North Atlantic Gulf stream (sometimes known as the Conveyor) brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico with the effect of raising temperatures in Great Britain and western Europe much higher than they would otherwise be. If it stops, the warm water will also stop, and temperatures will plummet. What will this mean? Some are suggesting that the upcoming winter will simply continue into the following spring and summer without warming. Others believe it may take a few years for colder conditions to develop. Either way, the Earth has been through many Ice Ages in the past, thought to begin with the stalling of the Conveyor.
Where will all that warm water go instead? I'm hoping to Western Australia, bringing lots of rain with it! But things don't look great for the millions who currently call Europe home and time may be short.
Links to Report by National Institute Nuclear Physics and more here:
http://www.colinandrews.net/GulfStrea...
http://www.associazionegeofisica.it/O...
http://www.cleancaribbean.org/docs/CO...
http://argo.colorado.edu/~realtime/we...
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