Slowing of the conveyor belt

Scientists Say Slower Atlantic Currents Could Mean a Colder Europe - New York Times.

Scientists say they have measured a significant slowing in the Atlantic currents that carry warm water toward Northern Europe. If the trend persists, they say, the weather there could cool considerably in coming decades.

The study is in the issue of Nature published today and seems like the kind of thing that could capture imaginations and press coverage (maybe even the kind of the thing that could spawn movies and secret Pentagon scenario planning).

Green Car Congress has great coverage.

Comments

[Anup]

Hi Tom,

Please use the NYT link generator to link to NYT articles. This way they remain available for access even after NYT puts them behind the pay wall. Additionally, you can make a browser button for easy link conversion.

[Anup]

Drudge, of all the people, has put this piece of news on the front page, and linked to a Guardian article.

[Tom]

Thanks for the heads up on that link generator, Anup. I went in and changed the link.