Offshore Wind-parks and mild Winters.
Contribution from Ships, Fishery, Windparks etc.
Posted 25^th February 2015
by Dr. Arnd Bernaerts

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The effect of stirring

The actual winter 2014/15 is up to now no winter in Northern Europa (Fig. 1-2). Can anthropogene activities in the North Sea, Baltic and coastal seas be made partly responsible? Presumably yes! Stirring hot coffee will cool it down. At the end of August the sea areas have gained their maximum potential of warmth. Many ship propellers are plowing through the sea stirring the surface layer to a depth of 15 meters. In the North Sea and Baltic there are continuously up to ten thousand large and more motor ships at sea. Several thousand offshore facilities on the bottom of the sea or anchored offshore rigs divert currents at sea and influence tides and currents as a permanent resistance against the normal flow of huge amounts of ocean water. (Fig. 3-8) The result is like stirring hot soup. Warm water will come to the surface and the heat will supply the atmosphere with warmth. The air will become warmer and the winters will be milder. The correlation is not to be overseen. It is not relevant to climate research or agencies allowing offshore structures who do not consider such evaluations.       
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1. Add. US weather conditions on 17th February 2015 HERE
2. Add: The status in mid-March 2015 in Europe and elsewhere. HERE 
3. Add: After a moderate March now a cold April? + An Up-Date in mid-May 2015 HERE
Conference Lecture - Thursday 25^th June 2015 "Planning for Climate Change" at London South Bank University  HERE

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Deepwater-Horizon oil spill impact on
winter weather in Europe 2010/11
and elsewhere – possible? HERE
Posted 20 January 2015

A number of cold weather records were observed in Europe in late 2010, due to a “blocking” of weather”, whereby the movement of migratory cyclones was interrupted. The blocking source is closely related to general North Atlantic conditions at that time, which we summarized in the section below: FACTS – Reports- Analysis Autumn/Winter 2010/11.

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Only six month earlier the most sincere marine environmental disaster took place a few thousand nautical miles away in the Caribbean.  The largest oil spill ever occurred on 20^th April 2010 in about 1’500 meter depths in a semi-enclosed sea in the Gulf of Mexico about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. 10 years later the responsible company has spent more than $28 billion on cleanup costs and damage claims, and may eventually be liable for at least another $18 billion in damages. The case had an extraordinary dramatic, and is presumably now one of the best investigated case ever, if one aspect had not been ignored, namely whether a significant part of the oil has passed the about 500-700 meter depths waters around Florida, and changed North Atlantic condition along the Gulf Current and subsequently the weather pattern in Europe and in the wider Northern Hemisphere during autumn and winter 2010/11.

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North Atlantic sea ice in summer 1917; contributing to the biggest climatic 
shift last century? And what caused this extraordinary event?
HERE  Continue reading
Posted by A. Bernaerts, 21 February 2014

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