[geeks] I really don't get it ...

[Mike Hebel]

Brian Dunbar wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hebel [mailto:nimitz at speakeasy.net]
>  
> 
>>Certainly a valid concern. Recent glacier meltings in the arctic
>>region have been noticably decreasing the salinity of the surface 
>>water in the North Atlantic in the past decade or two. That may
>>well lead to the gulf stream stalling, which would send Europe
>>into a "mini ice age".
> 
> 
> Hmm...I hadn't heard that one.  I need to read more since I now have 
> actual broadband to download large books and PDFs.  <snip>
> 
> Found this link a few weeks ago ..
> http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/whatsnew_abruptclimate.html

Cool. (No pun intended.)
Thanks!  I'll have to read this tonight.

Mike