Comment Woods Hole on Abrupt Climate Change!!! (Score 2, Informative) 664
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (remember Alvin the sub?) has done lots of studies on the ocean circulation system, dubbed the "The Great Ocean Conveyor".
They claim that as the oceans salt level decreases (via the ice packs melting), the heat exchange via the "The Great Ocean Conveyor" will dramatically change the Earths weather climate.
Read about it here:
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/current topics/ abruptclimate_joyce_keigwin.html
It's a sobering read. :(
They claim that as the oceans salt level decreases (via the ice packs melting), the heat exchange via the "The Great Ocean Conveyor" will dramatically change the Earths weather climate.
Read about it here:
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/curren
It's a sobering read.
