2007-02-22 00:28:20 · 12 answers · asked by ivallrod 4 in Environment
There's been several papers on that already. I'm sure you could google them. No one really knows. Everything is hypothetical. How do we really know this is global warming and not one of the regular temperature changes the Earth goes through anyway? Just because some bloke said so?
2007-02-22 00:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by finch 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Also, the water coming from the polar ice caps is fresh. Since this will dilute the salt water, it will make the water colder just doing that.
The North Atlantic Drift would move south. Also, it would not have as great of an effect on the weather as before.
Many have said that this could cause the next ice age. Never mind the global warming effect. If the temperature drops dramatically and since the cold can be trapped just as much as the heat, we could be triggering something that was not supposed to happen for another thousand years or so.
Therefore, yes I think the UK will be surrounded by icy water. And that will be the least of its concerns if another ice age sets in.
2007-02-25 22:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Randy P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, icebergs made it far enough south to take out the Titanic. But one would think that if most of the cap had melted, there would not be much ice left to surround the UK.
But if the gulf stream shuts down, I'm sure you would see a few more icebergs floating around.
Just a point about earths natural cycles, we are near a peak in the historical cycle - usually a global range of about 5 degrees. Another 4-5 degrees of warming from GHG would make the planet warmer than it has been for many hundreds of thousands of years. Not really a problem for the planet in the very long term, but a but if a b*tch if you live near the sea.
2007-02-25 02:38:32 · answer #3 · answered by ShogiO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is a theory (and it’s nothing more than a theory) that the melting of the Artic and Greenland ice will lower the concentration of salt in the sea and that this will cause the Gulf Stream to suddenly stop. If this happens, then the climate of Northern Europe will become comparable to that of other areas of similar latitude. So, the U.K. would have a similar climate to Canada, for example.
On the other hand, during the medieval warm period, it was warmer than it is today, and nothing happened. So, if nothing happened the last time it got warm, it seem reasonable to conclude that the same will happen this time.
I suspect that this whole “the Gulf Stream is going to shut down and plunge the U.K. into an ice age” nonsense is just scare-mongering from the global warming alarmists. They love a good catastrophe story, anything that scares you enough to make you jump onto their bandwagon is good as far as they’re concerned.
2007-02-22 02:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by amancalledchuda 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everything will probably be affected, with research showing even tetonic plates being altered. The chance of the UK being submerged is more likely but like previous answers there is no definite answer to whatever results.
I love ignorant people and their response to global warming. "It's going to be SSOOOOO warm in the country soon" or "I'll more to Spain, It'll be as hot as Mexico." With people like this in the world I sometimes wonder is it not a good thing. In relation to the human race on Earth it's like comparing us to a nasty white-head on Earth's face. We'll give it a bit of trouble but we'll soon dry out and fade away. Forgotten about.
2007-02-26 16:49:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polar ice is melting. Just how much this will affect the concentration of salt in the water I do not know. However if the ice continues to melt then there may be enough water being added to take us to a point where a critical dilution is reached. Where that point is I do not know.
2007-02-22 04:22:11 · answer #6 · answered by JOHN D 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is believed in some theories that it could. The effects of Global warming may not have the benefits of warmer climate for us here in the UK. Potentially we will end up with a similar climate to that experianced in Scandinavia. Mild summers with very cold winters. Let the scientists observe the waters, all we layman have to do is compare summer length with winter. The temperature changes will then follow.
2007-02-22 03:25:12 · answer #7 · answered by Talldive 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Potentially.
2007-02-22 00:39:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry formula one is trying to solve it by racing cars that do 4 miles per gallon
2007-02-26 09:46:04 · answer #9 · answered by saintyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a possibility
2007-02-28 22:45:21 · answer #10 · answered by charnelhouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋