Opinion In Brief
Cooling trend
“The Day After Tomorrow,” the 2004 summer action movie that depicted what might happen if global warming stopped the Gulf Stream current from flowing, might have an ounce of truth after all.
As the British magazine New Scientist reported Wednesday, scientists have found that the Gulf Stream current has decreased in flow by 30 percent.
Cooling trend
“The Day After Tomorrow,” the 2004 summer action movie that depicted what might happen if global warming stopped the Gulf Stream current from flowing, might have an ounce of truth after all.
As the British magazine New Scientist reported Wednesday, scientists have found that the Gulf Stream current has decreased in flow by 30 percent. The current’s warm waters help moderate northern climates. Incidentally, the United Kingdom just came from an usually cold winter last year.
Along with increasing global temperatures come increasing weather extremes. Tropical Storm Epsilon – the 26th named storm of the record hurricane season that was supposed to have ended Wednesday – still churns in the Atlantic. The Midwest just came from experiencing violent tornadoes unusually late in the season; the Northeast just came from debilitating floods. We’ve just had a string of 60- and 70-degree days in the middle of November.
One has to wonder who could be left in the world that doesn’t see climate change as a reality. One president comes to mind.
