| Mark Probert 2005-09-26, 5:22 pm |
| Clinton wrote:
> jdeere2312@yahoo.com wrote:
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> However the last two hurricane seasons were very active and this
> one isn't even over.
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> It also mentions that typhoons in the Pacific
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> Well, from what I understand, not being a climatologist, one
> of the main effects is on the convention patterns of ocean
> currents. for example, one large ocean current moves up from the
> atlantic and circles near Europe. Now there was in article in
> discover magazine where it was pointed out that global warming
> can have the affect of covering some of these convention streams
> with colder water, cause them to move deeper below the ocean surface or
> changing the convention patterns, which in tern causes some geographic
> areas to experience cooling. So PeterB
> is absolutely right that Global warming also implies cooling
> some of the time as well as warming from the computer models.
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> Since the hurricanes don't originate in the Gulf
Not so. At least Arlene, Cindy and Gert all originated in the Gulf.
or India it
> is certainly realistic that changes in these currents could
> supply warm water to one area of the ocean where some of the hurricanes
> form and where they move as they gain strength, while reducing the
> supply in another which would explain an increase in hurricane activity
> in the US and a reduction in India.
There are no ocean currents circulating in that manner.
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8q_1.html
> Even in the US you can see patterns of drought mixed with excessive
> rain. Right now it is a drought condition on the east coast while
> before it was raining excessively. One season it is drought
> in California causing forest fires while the next season it is
> extreme rain causing mud slides. And in the east we had something like
> three indian summers followed by almost record cold temperatures. Of
> course the anti-globabl warming crowd cited this as evidence against
> GW, however, Globabl warming implies instability in the weather as well
> as gradual warming trends.
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