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The "ocean conveyor" is probably the most important determining factor
for the weather and climate in any one particular place. It can shift in
both short (e.g. El Nino) and long terms (e.g. "Gulf Stream"
subduction). However, being a great mixing bowl, the global climate
effect is small, as long as the ocean temperature remains relatively
constant. Unfortunately, the surface water of the oceans is also
becoming warmer in tropical- and mid-latitudes and this does contribute
to changes of weather and climate. It will take several hundred years
before deep ocean water will start rising in temperature and this may
become a worse problem than we are currently foreseeing for the 21st or
22nd centuries.
Brian
MA/NY DDave wrote:
> Hi Brian, EnviroNetrs,
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> Thanks Brian,
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> Again my question stands for anyone else who might have some more
> knowledge as to where the media is getting this "Tipping Point" verbiage.
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> Brian, I remember reading recently in Science News that the sub ocean might
> have been responsible for the last major climate shift.
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> YiEngr, MA/NY DDave
> Yours in Engineering, Dave
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