Sunday, December 5, 2010

Salinity breeze

This winter we are experiencing a similar temperature pattern as the last one, with a strong Artic anomaly (artic warm, Europe and US very cold); as by the salinity pattern in the Atlantic, fresh water is reaching southern latitudes and is redirecting the Gulf Stream in a way Ireland and UK are not used to, with temperatures in the low 10s F.
It is one of the known feedback consequences of the global warming, the reshaping of the ocean streams, which coul have serious consequences in the redistribution of the energy all around the world.