alt.energy.renewable

sallows.roy@gmail.com wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> >
> > In fact, according to its disciples, increased melting of Arctic ice should
> > actually encourage the Gulf stream. It's when you run out of ice to melt
> > that the alleged problem would occur.
>
> Not to heat up the argument, but the melting ice is fresh water. The
> differential density would certainly disrupt the Gulf Stream,

I had thought that was essential to its operation but nm.

Found this ...

" On 19 January 2006, a News Feature Climate change: A sea change by Quirin Schiermeier appeared in Nature .... Points made by Schiermeier include the
following:

Modelling suggests that increase of fresh water flows large enough to shut down the thermohaline circulation would be an order of magnitude greater than
currently estimated to be occurring "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation

Graham