-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [localsustuk] Gulf Stream not likely to disappear, so we won't freeze... Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:08:16 +0100 From: Roy Tindle <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> This story closed about a year ago - except for the BBC who have kept it going fo no good reason. It originated in some oceanographic measurements made by a British team that appeared to show thet the North Atlantic Drift had slowed by about 30%. The researchers admitted that theirs was the only research to show this slow down and that more measurements were needed. The first measurements were done on a fairly limited basis so a return was planned to take a more in depth sampling. This happened and the first readings were shown to be flawed. There is no overturning. The latter esults were published but, of course, it wasn't considered to be a good news story so the media ignored it - except for the BBC who kept an item on their news pages. It is this source that seems to have kept the story going. It was also regarded as a useful indication of the 'uncertainty' in climate change prediction by some media sectors. Yesterday's Guardian included an article on predicted London climate in 2080: http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2079750,00.html <http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2079750,00.html> Weather similar to that now experienced in Portugal. It may sound nice but London buildings were constructed to make the most of the sun, not exclude the afternoon heat and where will we get our water when rainfall declines by 40%? Again, it's a projection but it's worrying. 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