The Gulf Stream is Doing WHAT ?

The Gulf Stream is a gigantic ocean current circulating clockwise around the Atlantic and carrying warm water from the tropics to the northern latitudes.

It accounts for the relatively temperate climates in northern Europe, raising the average temperature as much as ten degrees.

British scientists now believe it is slowing down by as much as thirty percent.

The reason, according to these same scientists ? Global warming, of course. More fresh water added to the oceans and the warming of the oceans were predicted by computer models to slow these enormous currents.

But scientists were not expecting so much slowing. And not so soon.

Bush is still looking for an anti-warming plan that won't disrupt the economy too much. Try an ice age.