Meltdown blamed for big freeze

[Dogmudgeon]

More evidence emerges for Wallace Broecker's theory that the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation is one of the primary "thermostats" for the world's climate --

Talk about a climate change: A University of Illinois at Chicago professor says he has found new evidence that a massive meltdown of polar ice 8,200 years ago put North America into a deep freeze for a century.

The "most dramatic climate change in the last 10,000 years" followed a flood of fresh water from a glacial reservoir into the salty water of the Gulf Stream, which controls our continent's weather. That led to a 43-degree temperature drop, said UIC's Torbjorn Tornqvist.

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[phantom power]

1. Somebody call Michael Crichton, he'll set these Chicken Littles straight.