Originally Posted By: ImranCan
Interesting reading. What I would like to know is why there is such localised warming in the Arctic when the overall global mean surface temperature has been static for nearly 10 years ??

My feeling is that this can only occur due to ocean current shifts such as a more northerly route for the Gulf Stream. Any views on this ?



A while ago I wrote this based on nothing more than an application of common sense .... but didn't have any evidence to support it .... yesterday I picked up a news report about a study which confirmed this ..... but I can't find the actual study ... does anyone have this or can send a link ... ?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311884,00.html