Global Consequences if Current Fails to Reorganize
YOWUSA.COM,
01-August-10
Updated 02-August-2010
Marshall Masters
Oceanographic
satellite data now shows that the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has
stalled as a consequence of the BP oil spill disaster. This according to Dr.
Gianluigi Zangari, an Italian theoretical physicist, and major complex and
chaotic systems analyst at the Frascati National Laboratories in Italy.
He further notes that the effects of this stall have also begun to spread to the Gulf Stream. This is because the Loop Current is a crucial element of the Gulf Stream itself and why it is commonly referred to as the “main engine” of the Stream.
The concern now, is whether or not natural processes can re-establish the stalled Loop Current. If not, we could begin to see global crop failures as early as 2011.
The
Loop Current is a clockwise flow that extends northward into the Gulf of Mexico
and joins the Yucatan Current and the Florida Current to the Gulf Stream.
Although at
first glance the Loop Current appears confined within the Gulf, scientists
define it as an “element of an extremely complex, open system”: as all other
“elements” of the so-called “Earth System”, are not separable from the others.
These various “elements” of the Earth System (i.e., atmosphere, landmasses and
so forth) are so strongly correlated to one another that at some point, they
become indivisible.
Why is this important to all life on the planet? The Gulf Stream is a strong
interlinked component of the Earth's global network of ocean conveyor currents,
which drive the planet's weather systems.
For this reason,
Zangari's concern is that should the Loop Current fail to restart, dire global
consequences may ensue as a result of extreme weather changes and many other
critical phenomena. The repercussions of which could trigger widespread
droughts, floods, crop failures and subsequent global food shortages.
While pundits are certain to trivialize the ramifications of this event, “the real worry” says Zangari, “is that that there is no historical precedent for the sudden replacement of a natural system, with a dysfunctional man-made system. That is, except for the atomic bomb blasts and contamination as a result of nuclear waste and nuclear plant accidents, such as the April 1986, Chernobyl disaster."
In what is now
widely regarded by many as “Oil's Chernobyl,” Americans, and particularly Gulf
Coast residents are disheartened by a steady stream of bureaucratically bungled
responses, which are now proving to be just as a deadly as the initial event
itself.
Perhaps even more so, as this toxic brew of incompetence, greed, corruption, oil, Corexit dispersant and other chemicals has unleashed a man-made disaster in the Gulf, with frightful possibilities for the future.
The use of Corexit
as a dispersant was first brought to the public's attention during the 1989
Exxon Valdez oil spill.
A powerful solvent used as a dispersant for oil slicks, public knowledge about
the dispersant and its long-term effects is hampered by the proprietary
protections of its manufacturer, Nalco Holding Company, which is associated
with British Petroleum (BP) and Exxon.
What is known, is that this petroleum-based formula is regarded as being at
least four times more toxic to life, than the oil is disperses by many
environmentalists.
Approximately 1.8 to
2 million gallons of Corexit have been spayed in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a
critical fact as current satellite data of the Gulf feeds, tell Zangari that
the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has clearly stalled. This due to
environmental impacts from a man-made introduction of oil, which were then
compounded by other agents (Corexit and so on).
Worse yet, these real-time satellite data feeds offers clear evidence to
Zangari that a new artificial system has been generated in the Gulf in a remarkably
short period of time. It is this new and unnatural system which has changed the
viscosity, temperature and salinity of the Gulf's seawater, thereby causing the
Loop Current to stall. A system that has existed for millions of years.