is it cooling the oceans rapidly?
2007-12-11 11:56:01 · 15 answers · asked by jojo b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No. This weather is not out of the ordinary. And even if the ice was rapidly melting it would not have that effect.
2007-12-11 11:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oddly enough, it could be true. global warming is causing the ice at the poles to melt. in the northern hemisphere this means that the ocean levels are rising. with the rising levels of the ocean is a decreased effectiveness of the currents that cause the gulf stream.
the gulf stream is what keeps the northern atlantic comparatively warm because it brings up warm water from the gulf in a semi-circle in the north atlantic. notice how warm england is while other countries at the same latitude are freezing. so as the ocean levels rise and the gulf stream becomes less effective due to the entrance of freshwater into the atlantic, the overall temperature of north america could very easily fall.
yes, global warming could cause global cooling, is it the cause of THESE EXACT ICESTORMS, nobody could really say, but it is POSSIBLE that these are part of a larger cooling trend. scientifically, it's not really possible to make a correlation between the two.
2007-12-11 20:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by winnie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My answer of this question is no because it is impossible that ice storm can affect U.S.
Fact is that the ocean level is increasing because of global warming which U.S. and the other countries using huge energy which can melt the ice. the more the ice melt the more the ocean level increase and there is possibility that our land will be cover by water.
2007-12-11 20:03:20 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin the Wise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the recent ice storms were in Mexico I would believe it, but since they are in the Midwest, and it's December, then no. Ice storms in December, January, or Feburary, heck even March, are not uncommon. It's cold in the upper atmosphere, the ground is cold, but in between the warm air from the south is getting in between them. Hence it's snowing inthe upper atmosphere, it falls into the warm air currents, melts and turns to rain, and then hits the colder surface air where it freezes, hence ice.
2007-12-11 20:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe u r asking about the 'global warming' phenom. well if the world heats up then it makes sense that their would b more water vapor in the atmosphere. dude the ocean's are getting hotter too. what it[melting glaciers] does do is disrupt the natural currents in the ocean. cuz water sinks at the poles and stays deep n warms around the eqautor where it continues the cycle.
2007-12-11 20:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had much more to do with that fact that it got really cold and the rain started to freeze and it just kept doing that for a day or so.
I've experienced an ice storm, every year that I've been alive, so it's not that unusual. It's called Winter.
2007-12-11 20:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by ∞ sky3000 ∞ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you mean global warming? probably - see, global warming is changing sea currents etc. making storms worse, that's why all the hurricanes recently have been worse than usual. So maybe it would just be a snow storm without global warming, but it's intensified (or relocated) due to change in currents
at least, that's what i believe
scary stuff
2007-12-11 20:00:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This is "normal"...ice storms happen every year. Once in a while, there is a severe one.
2007-12-13 12:40:29 · answer #8 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global warming...goodbye antartica and alaska
2007-12-11 19:59:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that really does make sence when you think about it . I would say yes it does
2007-12-11 20:00:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋