Re: OT:Thanksgiving

I don't know how relevant you will find this, but you might want to look at:
"Climate Control Requires a Dam at the Strait of Gibraltar"
at
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/eosrjohnson.html
which says (in part)
" If it is validated by the onset of ice-*** growth in Canada and cooling
in northern Europe, a partial dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be
constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus
holding off the next ice age."

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Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"Doug Miller" <spambait@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <gKEdj.9352$E01.1837@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tlmfru" <lacey@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Previously, you said "that will have >>gigantic<< effects on global
conditions." Now, you say "possible" in reference to one part of one ocean.

This would
affect the climates of England and northern Europe. In any case there would
be changes.

Previously, you said "that will have >>gigantic<< effects on global
conditions." Now, you say it would affect the climate in a very small part of
the globe.

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.

Previously, you said "that will have >>gigantic<< effects on global
conditions." Now, you're talking about changes only in the Mediterranean
drainage basin.

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.

You've offered *no* evidence that it would produce the ">>gigantic<<" and
"global" effects that you claimed.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.


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