Aug 04

Dr. Gianluigi Zangari, an Italian theoretical physicist, is warning that the vital Loop Current has been stalled by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Using oceanographic satellite data, Dr. Zangari has calculated that the loop has stalled and is warning of the disastrous effects. The Loop Current is a crucial element of the life of the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream is a vital part of earths temperatures, crops and life on earth.

Ice ages are a natural part of earths cyclical life. The Gulf Stream plays a huge roll in the coming and going of ice ages. But now this “natural” cycle is being exacerbated by an untimely stall of the natural flow of the Gulf Stream currents which could throw us into an ice age cycle at a rapid rate.

The Gulf Stream is an “Earth System” which is inseparable from the others and so strongly correlated to one another that at some point, they become indivisible. A change in the Gulf Stream could dramatically affect the whole planet with more hurricanes, drought, floods, climatic changes in temperatures and an era of unprecedented extreme weather events, crop failures and subsequent global food shortages.

Dr. Zangari says, “The Gulf Stream is a strong interlinked component of the Earth’s global network of ocean conveyor currents, which drive the planet’s weather systems. The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has stalled as a consequence of the BP oil spill disaster”.

Zangari says, “We can affirm that this system (the Gulf Stream) is changing in an unpredictable way, which may produce serious consequences on planetary scale.”

To hear more about the findings and calculations of Dr. Gianluigi Zangari listen to this interview by Bill Deagle:

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Mar 08

The ocean’s are showing lower levels of oxygen and acidity which in turn threatens the balance of undersea ecosystems and the food chain.

According to an article on Piscoweb.org (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans) “The ocean is more acidic due to increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; predictions are for a warmer and even more acidic ocean. Numerous studies have shown that more acid has great biological impacts.” Dead zones and ocean acidification are two major threats facing the ocean on the west coast of North America.

Oceanographer Gregory Johnson of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle, says that the low oxygen content (also known as hypoxia) has always existed in the deeper parts of the oceans. Recently, however, this hypoxia is moving towards the oceans surface and spreading. “The depletion of oxygen levels in all three oceans (the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans) is striking,” Johnson says.

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