Beware the coming new ice age....

[url=http://wwwtimesonlinecouk/article/0,,2087-1602579,00html]Time online[/url] CLIMATE change researchers have detected the first signs of a slowdown in the Gulf Stream the mighty ocean current that keeps Britain and Europe from freezing They have found that one of the engines driving the Gulf Stream the sinking of supercooled water in the Greenland Sea has weakened to less than a quarter of its former strength The weakening, apparently caused by global warming, could herald

North pole movement speeding up ....

Facinating [url=http://wwwcanadacom/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/storyhtmlid=658628d5-fc19-48e0-add8-bc0fbebadfe9]HERE[/url] The pole, which, unlike the geographic North Pole, is in constant movement, has been within modern Canadian borders since at least the 1600s -- the time of Shakespeare and Sir Isaac Newton In 1904 it was measured just off the northern tip of Nunavut's King William Island by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, and since then has moved in a north to northwest

Dead zone may boost shark attacks

http://newsbbccouk/2/hi/science/nature/3534658stm A huge "dead zone" of water that has spread across the Gulf of Mexico may be contributing to an unusual spate of shark bites along the Texas coast In the last 30 years, the dead zone has been an annual event, fed by the rising use of nitrate based fertilizers The extensive area of uninhabitable water may be contributing indirectly to a rise in shark bites in Texas waters Three people have been bitten by sharks a

Welcome to the next iceage...

Does anyone really know just what the heck is happening to our climate ----------------------------------------- http://newsindependentcouk/world/environment/storyjspstory=526358 By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor 30 May 2004 Bank Holiday sunseekers this weekend may find it harder to get a tan And cinema-goers emerging from the global warming blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow, will have something new to worry about For scientists have discovered the awful truth; we ar