Really due to global warming ....slow down the ocean conveyor belt
current?

Anyone here know how long it would take a sailor with the proper craft
to drift the whole ocean conveyor current from start to finish? Just
one complete loop?

Joe

Joe wrote:
Really due to global warming ....slow down the ocean conveyor belt
current?


I doubt it, I think we are coming out of a long ice age.


Anyone here know how long it would take a sailor with the proper craft
to drift the whole ocean conveyor current from start to finish? Just
one complete loop?

Joe

Right around 2000 years for one loop of the conveyor current that
starts just off greenland and ends up in the Pacific.

Joe

"Joe" wrote
| I doubt it, I think we are coming out of a long ice age.

I agree with you, Joe....
Scientists talk about the Gulf Stream current slowing down. They say it's because cold downfall
from Artic ice is slowing down because there's less ice. They think cold downfall makes the current
run. Like water swirling down a toilet. Duh. I guess they never sailed. I guess they never heard of the trade
winds. The trade winds push water into the Caribbean sea. It gets out through the Straits of Florida. It
goes up along the east coast and back around. Blow into your cup of Joe (see, I can learn!) sideways. The
coffee spins around. Same thing only tiny compared to blowing over an ocean. The only thing that will stop the
Gulf Stream current is if the trade winds stop blowing. The sun will have to go out for that to happen....
If the sun goes out we'll be in big trouble. There won't be enough tanning beds to go around. :-)


Cheers,
Ellen