If we are experiencing "global warming" I would hate to see what a cold spell looks like. 
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Temperatures Hit Record Lows in Northeast
mg: Temperatures Hit Record Lows in Northeast
Effects of Gobal Warming?????
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Just think, if the polar ice caps melt, what would the electoral college map look like?
Global Warming Ice Age?
Washington Times
Inside the Beltway
By John McCaslin
January 28, 2004
( http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040127-104156-9957r.htm )
Grim either way
No wonder it's so icy in Washington — the world, or at least a good chunk of it, is headed into an ice age. And get a load of the culprit.
"Britain is likely to be plunged into an ice age within our lifetime by global warming," writes Geoffrey Lean, environment editor of the London Independent, citing a study "being taken seriously by top government scientists."
The U.S.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute study has uncovered a change "of remarkable amplitude" in the circulation of the waters of the North Atlantic, the story goes.
"Similar events in pre-history are known to have caused sudden 'flips' of the climate, bringing ice ages to northern Europe within a few decades," notes Mr. Lean. "The development — described as 'the largest and most dramatic oceanic change ever measured in the era of modern instruments' — threatens to turn off the Gulf Stream, which keeps Europe's weather mild.
"If that happens, Britain and northern Europe are expected to switch abruptly to the climate of Labrador — which is on the same latitude — bringing a nightmare scenario where farmland turns to tundra."
Still, before you rush to cancel summer vacation plans in London, Iain Murray, senior fellow at Washington's Competitive Enterprise Institute, directs readers to Mr. Lean's final paragraph for a "worst case scenario" disclaimer:
"Some scientists say that this is the 'worst-case scenario' and that the cooling may be less dramatic, with the world's climate 'flickering' between colder and warmer states for several decades. But they add that, in practice, this would be almost as catastrophic for agriculture and civilization."
Washington Times
Inside the Beltway
By John McCaslin
January 28, 2004
( http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040127-104156-9957r.htm )
Grim either way
No wonder it's so icy in Washington — the world, or at least a good chunk of it, is headed into an ice age. And get a load of the culprit.
"Britain is likely to be plunged into an ice age within our lifetime by global warming," writes Geoffrey Lean, environment editor of the London Independent, citing a study "being taken seriously by top government scientists."
The U.S.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute study has uncovered a change "of remarkable amplitude" in the circulation of the waters of the North Atlantic, the story goes.
"Similar events in pre-history are known to have caused sudden 'flips' of the climate, bringing ice ages to northern Europe within a few decades," notes Mr. Lean. "The development — described as 'the largest and most dramatic oceanic change ever measured in the era of modern instruments' — threatens to turn off the Gulf Stream, which keeps Europe's weather mild.
"If that happens, Britain and northern Europe are expected to switch abruptly to the climate of Labrador — which is on the same latitude — bringing a nightmare scenario where farmland turns to tundra."
Still, before you rush to cancel summer vacation plans in London, Iain Murray, senior fellow at Washington's Competitive Enterprise Institute, directs readers to Mr. Lean's final paragraph for a "worst case scenario" disclaimer:
"Some scientists say that this is the 'worst-case scenario' and that the cooling may be less dramatic, with the world's climate 'flickering' between colder and warmer states for several decades. But they add that, in practice, this would be almost as catastrophic for agriculture and civilization."
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