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Not really, just a drop in the ocean, mostly already dispersed or broken into fairly harmless particles by nature itself.

I'm curious to know what possible effect you may have had in mind ?

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600,000 tons of a surfactant, dumped into a water system that is critical to the temperatures across Europe and is dependant on separation of cold and warm waters. I would be surprised if it hadn't had some effect on the stability of that system.... perhaps enough to bring Winter to Europe sooner and further South than normal?

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There have been numerous scare stories regarding the Gulf Stream in recent years, but as far as I know in practice they have all been discounted as having had any effect up to the present time.
Much was said about effects of melting Arctic ice,but I don't believe any noticable changes have yet been recorded.

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Might help things along a bit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8589512.stm

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I'm not suggesting any slowdown in the Gulf Stream current, it was just musings about if the oil in the Gulf of Mexico could/would impact on it. I would still say that I would be surprised if that amount of oil had no impact and it doesn't take much of a change in that current, only points of a degree, to have a major impact on European weather.

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It's getting warmer here in blighty ... a balmy 6 degrees this morning :thumbsup:

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Oh yes, definitely a lot milder today (although there was still a frost last night in southern parts). Quite a shock on looking at the weather report at 6.30 am to see 7 degrees in Aberdeen !!!
The forecast is that the cold blast returns within a week, so make the most of the milder weather while it lasts.:cool:

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Very nice and sunny here in London today. But as I mentioned before - the forecast is looking grim from the end of the week...

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/avnpanel1.html

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Same as IRON.

I don't even know what one of those is.

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Not a cloud in the sky here....lots out walking, birds in the garden, beautiful winters day.......but things change quickly, anything could happen.

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Very cold and frosty when I came home last night looks like the brief warm spell was just that .. brief :( At least it got rid of the snow and ice :thumbup:

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You seen the long range forecast for the end of the week?

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It were wicked cold last night, with the temp dropping to almost 12 C.

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:eek:

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Bookies are shortening the odds on a White Christmas I heard.