THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION CHANGES: A QUESTION OF RISK ASSESSMENT

• Main Authors: An Editorial, Review Essay
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Roland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.1754; http://www.pik-potsdam.de/%7Estefan/Publications/Journals/rahmstorf%26zickfeld_2005.pdf

report (Olsen and Buch, 2004) on the risk of ocean circulation changes in the Atlantic, to coincide with the release of Roland Emmerich’s Hollywood block-buster The Day after Tomorrow (a film based on a shut-down of the North Atlantic Current). Given its lack of expertise on ocean circulation and cl...