Rocky Mountains Keep Europe Warm

fldvm writes "The Earth Institute at Columbia University says that the rocky mountains are more responsible than the gulf stream for mild winters in Europe. See the press release, or google cache. The long held assumption had been that the warm water of the Gulf stream makes Western Europe warmer than Canada and and other parts at the same latitude. The researchers said that with computer models they removed the Gulf Stream and Europe stayed warm but when they flattened the mountains over North America the Eastern US was warmer and Europe was colder. "

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[Lord_Of_The_Beer]

Anyone know how this affects the theroy that Global Warming, might shut down the Gulf stream and plunge the northern Hemisphere into more severe winters?

LOTB