Re: ice age
Phil Gillman (pgillman@cafarmersmarkets.org)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:14:58 -0700
Another ice age is indeed very possible, as one of the most likely
scenarios to result from global warming is the disruption of the North
Atlantic Sink, the area off of Greenland where glacial runoff sinks into
the deep, rather than remaining on the surface. Unfortunately, if the
volume of this fresh water becomes too great, then the sink is
disrupted. (So what's the big deal?) well, if the sink is disrupted, the
surface currents are then inturn disrupted, and the surface current most
likely to be effected is the Gulf Stream. The failure of the sink would
most likely stop the flow of the gulf stream, and almost immediately
plung europe into an ice age, which would in turn effect global weather
systems drastically. This Appears to have happened in the past, often
occuring suddenly, over the course of only 2 to 5 years altering global
weather patterns.
Many scientists are begining to see this as the most likely outcome of
continued global warming (a sort of ecological rebalancing perhaps ;-)
SO, grow organic, and rotate in grazing animals- for that seems to be
the best way to survive a drought, AND reduce global warming at the same
time-
Phil Gillman
Sustainable Systems Consulting and Marketing
philmang@hotmail.com
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