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American Scientist Online - The Source of Europe's Mild Climate by dmv at 9:27 am EDT, Jul 7, 2006 |
The Gulf Stream indeed contributes to Europe's warmth, but it is wrong to conflate the climate difference across the North Atlantic with the northward flow of warm water in the Gulf Stream. This erroneous logic leads to such statements as (from The Times of London): "The British Isles lie on the same latitude as Labrador on the East Coast of Canada, and are protected from a similarly icy climate by the Atlantic conveyor belt." Such claims are absolutely wrong.
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RE: American Scientist Online - The Source of Europe's Mild Climate by ubernoir at 5:42 pm EDT, Jul 7, 2006 |
dmv wrote: The Gulf Stream indeed contributes to Europe's warmth, but it is wrong to conflate the climate difference across the North Atlantic with the northward flow of warm water in the Gulf Stream. This erroneous logic leads to such statements as (from The Times of London): "The British Isles lie on the same latitude as Labrador on the East Coast of Canada, and are protected from a similarly icy climate by the Atlantic conveyor belt." Such claims are absolutely wrong.
well it's certainly the folk wisdom i received interesting so Europe only has to worry about the Greenhouse Effect and not a mini Ice Age well something less to worry about is always nice |
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American Scientist Online - The Source of Europe's Mild Climate by Decius at 4:00 pm EDT, Jul 7, 2006 |
The Gulf Stream indeed contributes to Europe's warmth, but it is wrong to conflate the climate difference across the North Atlantic with the northward flow of warm water in the Gulf Stream. This erroneous logic leads to such statements as (from The Times of London): "The British Isles lie on the same latitude as Labrador on the East Coast of Canada, and are protected from a similarly icy climate by the Atlantic conveyor belt." Such claims are absolutely wrong.
This certainly changed my understanding and also Al Gore's. |
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RE: American Scientist Online - The Source of Europe's Mild Climate by dc0de at 2:22 pm EDT, Jul 8, 2006 |
Decius wrote: This certainly changed my understanding and also Al Gore's.
Wait? Al Gore has the capacity to "understand"? |
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The Source of Europe's Mild Climate by possibly noteworthy at 11:26 pm EDT, Jul 6, 2006 |
If you grow up in England, as I did, a few items of unquestioned wisdom are passed down to you from the preceding generation. Along with stories of a plucky island race with a glorious past and the benefits of drinking unbelievable quantities of milky tea, you will be told that England is blessed with its pleasant climate courtesy of the Gulf Stream, that huge current of warm water that flows northeast across the Atlantic from its source in the Gulf of Mexico. That the Gulf Stream is responsible for Europe's mild winters is widely known and accepted, but, as I will show, it is nothing more than the earth-science equivalent of an urban legend.
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