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  • How sensitive is the oceanic conveyor belt to the influx of glacial melt water and/or decrease of seasonal ice formation in the Arctic Ocean/North Atlantic Ocean?

    Posted on July 27th, 2009 Submitted by stevehmeyer
    Categorized as Earth System, Interdisciplinary Tagged as ocean conveyor belt, oceans, seasonal ice

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    The impact of all other global warming issues may be minimized if there is a threshold of fresh water influx and/or decrease of seasonal ice formation which may soon be exceeded and thus dramatically slow or reverse the trend of global warming.



 

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