Global Warming; Gulf Stream Decreased 30%

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"Gulf Stream Flow Reduced 30%

"18:00 30 November 2005 NewScientist.com news service
Fred Pearce

The ocean current that gives western Europe its relatively balmy
climate is stuttering, raising fears that it might fail entirely and
plunge the continent into a mini ice age.

The dramatic finding comes from a study of ocean circulation in the
North Atlantic, which found a 30% reduction in the warm currents that
carry water north from the Gulf Stream.

The slow-down, which has long been predicted as a possible consequence
of global warming, will give renewed urgency to intergovernmental talks
in Montreal, Canada, this week on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol."

Entire article at:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398

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