According to
this article, global warming could actually cause COOLING in certain parts of the world.
Gore really could have used this a while ago, when Drudge and the right attacked him for talking about global warming during THE COLDEST DAY IN NEW YORK OH MY GOD...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) -- Parts of Europe and North America could get drastically colder if warming Atlantic ocean currents are halted by a surprise side-effect of global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.
The possible shut-down of the Gulf Stream is one of several catastrophic changes -- ranging from collapses of fish stocks to more frequent forest fires -- that could be triggered by human activities, they said in a book launched in Sweden.
"In the worst case it (the Gulf Stream) could shut down... it might even happen this century," said Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. "This would trigger a regional cooling, but not an Ice Age."
Well, at least we know where the tourism industry can flourish when the world gets too hot! Am I right, folks?
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