Friday, May 15, 2009

Settled Science Unsettled Is Unsettling Scientists

The so-called conveyor belt model of Atlantic Ocean currents has been taught in Universities world-wide for 50 years. The idea is the Labrador current streams cold water south past Newfoundland where it mingles with the Gulf Stream heading to the northeast. Current global warming scenarios account for the conveyor belt as it was previously understood. Now that 50-year old "settled" science has become unsettled. More from Science Daily.