Re: OT:Thanksgiving


Doug Miller <spambait@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sure there is -- this is alleged to be a global effect. There's no
evidence
that anything we do affects global climate.

Here's something that's within the reach of current technology. You
may or
may not know that there's a huge inflow of water from the Atlantic to
the
Mediterranean. So: let's block the strait of Gibraltar. (Great for
the
land transportation and tourist industries). That will have
gigantic<<
effects on global conditions.

And your evidence for this assertion is ---- ?

If you will specify which of my sentences you think need butressing - I
will
determine if it's worth my while to do so.

Specifically the claim that blocking Gibraltar "will have >>gigantic<<
effects
on globabl conditions."

Perhaps you can specify how
blocking off the Mediterranean would NOT have gigantic effects.

Not my job. You made the claim, you substantiate it.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)


A couple of consequences ought to be obvious:

1) the circulation patterns of water in the Atlantic would be changed. It's
possible that the Gulf Stream would be shifted north a bit. This would
affect the climates of England and northern Europe. In any case there would
be changes.

2) The Mediterranean, over a long period of time, would become shallower due
to the excess of evaporation over input (from the Nile, the Black Sea and
other sources). It would become saltier and a large area of sea-bottom
would become dry. This in turn would change the flow of the lower reaches
of all the rivers that empty into the Med.

I doubt that you'll find many discussions of this anywhere. You might find
the reverse, because there was a time when the Med. was in fact not
connected to the Atlantic. Whatever: I offer it as an example of how human
activities could change the climate in a global context.

PL


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