Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 13:31:30 08/18/05
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On August 18, 2005 at 15:40:19, Mark Ryan wrote: >On August 18, 2005 at 14:16:51, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>Don't be fooled by the name "Iceland". Although I am sure the winters >>would be far too cold for your liking, they are actually milder than many >>places in the northern parts of continental Europe (especially mountainous >>regions and places far from the coast). Iceland has a typical marine >>climate, with relatively small differences between the seasons. I am too >>lazy to look up any climate data right now, but it would surprise me if >>the difference in average temperature between the warmest and the >>coldest month in Reykjavík is much more than 10 degrees centigrade. >> >>Tord > >Good point. The CIA World Factbook: "Iceland's climate: temperate; moderated >by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers." > >Climate tables from the Icelandic Meteorological Office: >http://www.vedur.is/vedurfar/yfirlit/climate_info_en.html The real "Ice"land is of course be "Green"land and vice versa. But all that may change, thanks to the greenhouse Effect, ex-CIA chief G.W. Bush (did he write that book?) and the North Atlanctic warm seacurrents, people are now growing coffee and tea in the south of England. Maybe some day on Iceland? Until all the glaciers on Greenland have melted and due to increased rainfall in the North Atlantic, the Global Conveyor Belt in the ocean (almost?) switches off, fresh water doesn't sink to the seabottom fast enough, and so the local Americain and European climate is cooling again. Lucky for us! Meanwhile a good deal of Iceland, the rest of Europe and all those smaller and greater islands in the world were they used to grow our coffee and tea, are probably under the sea. But in Iceland they are doing a lot with geothermal energy and hydrogen! A smart move, by a smart people, with the global oilprices skyrocketing... Slightly off topic regards, Eelco
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