spoke-- I saw a program on panama last night on Scientific American Frontiers. A geologist said that before Central America was created, the gulf stream used to flow between north and south america into the pacific.
When CA came into being, the gulf stream was forced to curve back to the north. Off the coas of Europe it split with part going to europe and part flowing down to Africa.
His theory is that this change in ocean currentts caused a change in the climate of north Africa.
Just thought you would like to know.
Zambezi
Is this a misquote or did he really say the gulfstream flowed east to west?
“…the gulf stream used to flow between north and south america into the pacific.”
Nope, that is what teh show said. actually it was a diagram and it looked like it flowed more from the SE to the north west, going through the area that is currently (pun intended) Central America.
Actually, I meant to post this in the “Suburban Sprawl” thread and accidentally made it a topic. But, hey, feel free to debate.
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Since you meant to put it in another thread, I’m going to post your comments there and lock this.
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