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Follow @Uncle_Ernie More Bad Climate News By Ernest Stewart "This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters. This land was made for you and me." ~~~ Woody Guthrie You may recall that the Gulf Stream transports more water than "all the world's rivers combined," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But it's just one part of a larger regional ocean conveyor system that scientists technically call the "Atlantic meridional overturning circulation," which, in turn, is just one part of the larger global "thermohaline" circulation. For the whole system, a key driver occurs in the North Atlantic ocean. Here, the warm Gulf Stream flows northward into cooler waters and splits into what is called the "North Atlantic Current." This stream flows still further toward northern latitudes, until it reaches points where colder, salty water sinks due to its greater density, and then travels back southward at depth. This "overturning circulation" plays a major role in the climate, bringing warm water northward, thereby helping to warm Europe's climate, also sending cold water back towards the tropics. Trouble is, the Gulf Stream is just one part of the system that's failing because of global warming. Here's a video from NASA that should help you visualize the thermohaline circulation for the entire globe. Rahmstorf also has a blog post up at RealClimate.org explaining his research. While this spells bad news for New York, Boston, Washington D.C., and other East Coast cities, the good news is it won't cause a "Day After Tomorrow" scenario as global warming will more than make up for it; and we won't become "Snowball Earth" again; nor will England and Europe get another mini ice age as they had from about 1300 till the mid 1800's. Still, it's another nail in the global warming coffin; and we're to the point, where a few more nails will finish us off as a race. Forget about whether a Demoncrat or a Rethuglican wins in 2016, or if Israel manages to start WWIII; global warming is the biggest crisis Mankind has ever had to face, and one that will surely kill us off if we fail to stop it! We need to get our priorities straight, America, and very soon too! *****  04-25-1949 ~ 03-19-2015 Thanks for the music!  10-14-1959 ~ 03-20-2015 Thanks for the music!  03-06-1955 ~ 03-21-2015 Thanks for the film! ***** We get by with a little help from our friends! So please help us if you can...? Donations ***** So how do you like Bush Lite so far? And more importantly, what are you planning on doing about it? Until the next time, Peace! (c) 2015 Ernest Stewart a.k.a. Uncle Ernie is an unabashed radical, author, stand-up comic, DJ, actor, political pundit and for 13 years was the managing editor and publisher of Issues & Alibis magazine. Visit me on Facebook. Follow me on Twitter. Email:uncle-ernie@issuesandalibis.org
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