The lurking problem is the Siberian tundra. That could deliver far, far more

fresh water into the Atlantic than the melting polar ice and has a built in accelerator. It will start to release vast amounts of locked in methane, which is many times worse than CO2

Posted By: CB41 on March 21st 2013 at 10:40:24

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Some mental weather for parts of the UK coming up Fri/Sat (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 21, 10:01:22
- Only the Gulf Stream stops us having Russia's weather (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 21, 10:11:54
  - Indeed, and that's going to stall soon if the polar ice and Siberian tundra melting (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 21, 10:14:02
    - The Thermohaline Circulation is not going to switch off (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 21, 10:18:41
      - Possibly, possibly not - "...The chances of this occurring are unclear..." (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 21, 10:26:30
        
        The North Atlantic is actually warmer now than it was a few years ago (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 21, 10:34:59
        
        The lurking problem is the Siberian tundra. That could deliver far, far more (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 21, 10:40:24
        
        However, as long as it's not within the next 20 years, I certainly wont be worrying (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 21, 10:41:26
        
        lol, yes (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 21, 10:45:41
      - you just made that up (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 21, 10:22:07
      - I was going to say that. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 21, 10:20:31
- recent models suggest it could be like last week (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 21, 10:03:06
  - March CET is likely going to be the second coldest since 1900 (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 21, 10:09:22
    - was there a summer last year then? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 21, 10:10:39
      - it looked sunny for about a week of the olympics IIRC (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 21, 11:05:47
  - Last week was nice - bright, dry, sunny but cold (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 21, 10:04:34
    - the north doesn't count (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 21, 10:08:04
      - I know, I blame Gove and his education reforms (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 21, 10:09:05
- Might as well be American frankly. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 21, 10:02:25
  - *America* (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 21, 10:02:35

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