Climate Change Source-Western Europe
1. Drijfhout, S S (04/01/2010). "Response of the Western European climate to a collapse of the thermohaline
circulation". Climate dynamics (0930-7575), 34 (5), p. 689.
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This article investigates the possible outcomes of the thermohaline circulation coming to a halt in the future and also analyzes the current slower speed of the circulation due to the addition of fresh water into the ocean. With the declining speed and strength of the thermohaline circulation comes a great temperature contrast between land and sea, especially in western europe because of it's location. As global mean temperatures rise from this process the contrast to cold sea surface temperatures is a question to be maintained. As the THC looses strength the SST decrease in the Northern Atlantic ocean as they increase in the Southern Atlantic ocean. This results in a southward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. This article explains how climate change in one region can really affect the whole world, and climate change is not just about temperature, but the earth's natural chemistry getting mixed up.
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