Re: The GZG Digest V2 #1402

> About the discussion on Sea-level rises and global warming and
Beth's
> maps....  I've assumed most of us have read Fallen Angels: despite
the
> tongue-in-cheek nature it's view of SF fandom and Political
Correctness,
> the mini- Ice Age scenario may well be quite valid.  Scotland under
Ice?
> More glaciers in Switzerland?  What happens to Canada and the US,
not to
> mention the southern tip of Argentina and SA?
>
> Has anyone any data?

There was a reference posted on www.jerrypournelle.com a few weeks ago
which said, IIRC, that the Gulf Stream may be close to shutting down
due to global warming, and as a result the northeastern US and Canada
might get 5 degrees (F? C? don't recall) colder and northwestern
Europe 10 degrees.  It was from an oceanographic study, IIRC