My thoughts on this article,
In the Article they suggest England will have the same weather as Labrador which supposedly has the same latitude. (I thought most of England was South of Labrador but geography was never my strong point.) Yet, I believe that most of Labrador is south of the Tree Line. Labrador is an extra cold part of the world because the Artic current runs south right down the coast. (This is where the Icebergs in the North Atlantic come from.) I thought this was caused by the same giant circulation cell that causes the Gulf Stream. It is all part of 1 giant circle which I thought had to flow in a counter-clockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere. I don’t think the direction of the cell can be changed. It can be disturbed temporally by turbulence and deflected somewhat but the basic cell direction will always remain. If the Gulf Stream moves further away from the English coast or slows down then things will get colder but England will always be somewhat warm for its latitude & Labrador will always be somewhat cold for its latitude.
Some Canadian latitudes, none that I know of with a Tundra environment.
44 Toronto
47 Quebec City
52 Labrador City
53 Edmonton
Some European Latitudes
51 London
55 Glasgow
55 Moscow
59 Stockholm
I think that suggesting that England will become a tundra environment is bad science.
Edited by Jack Lothian (2004-01-28 09:02 PM)
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