ApocaDocs: Freshening of deep Antarctic waters worries experts

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Posted Fri Apr 18 2008: from Reuters:


	Freshening of deep Antarctic waters worries experts http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1208550165 "Scientists studying the icy depths of the sea around Antarctica have detected changes in salinity that could have profound effects on the world's climate and ocean currents... Voyage leader Steve Rintoul said his team found that salty, dense water that sinks near the edge of Antarctica to the bottom of the ocean about 5 km (3 miles) down was becoming fresher and more buoyant. So-called Antarctic bottom water helps power the great ocean conveyor belt, a system of currents spanning the Southern, Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans that shifts heat around the globe....If these currents were to slow or stop, the world's climate would eventually be thrown into chaos."

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The ApocaDocs say:

The great conveyor belt may soon be closed for repairs. Except no repair-person can fix that.