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From NASA:


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[quen-elf.livejournal.com]

Not saying you're wrong or anything, I'm not an expert, but I didn't hear the Gulf Stream mentioned in causes for this, just unusual wind conditions. (Which may or may not be related to global warming... or the Gulf Stream, for all I know, see above.)

Here's a BBC article about the causes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2010/01/arctic_conditions_arctic_cause.html). Apparently these mean it's also relatively warmer in places where it's usually cold, so I don't know if it has any effect at all on global temperature averages.

Last I heard the Gulf Stream vs UK stuff is still uncertain from model predictions; I had the impression evidence was edging toward 'will probably not shift over to miss us', last I read. At any rate, in the post-global-warming future, the UK is still expected to be one of the best/least affected places to live. (So given that we're collectively doing fuck all about global warming... I don't think I'll be emigrating any time soon.)

Basically though, probably just weather... denialists never need anything more convincing than 'a couple weeks of cold weather in one country' (or possibly 'the sun goes behind a cloud') to declare that global warming's been called off. :)