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Earth hits '2,000 year warming peak'. Well, no kidding. But what amused me was one of the sceptics' explanations as to why the Thames no longer freezes over.
"They also reinterpret the fact that the river Thames used to freeze over more often, saying the design of the original London Bridge affected the river and made it freeze more easily."
Brilliant grasp of fluid dynamics there, guys. Next time I need ice for a party, I'll just drop a miniature of London Bridge in 1850 in some water, shall I?
Water will not freeze unless the temperature drops below zero, and stays there. Moving water will not freeze unless it stays there for some time. And moving water will definintely not freeze long enough for skaters to go on the ice until it's been below zero for many days. London no longer gets these conditions, and unless the original London Bridge turned the Thames from moving water into still water, it's not going to have had much effect.
"They also reinterpret the fact that the river Thames used to freeze over more often, saying the design of the original London Bridge affected the river and made it freeze more easily."
Brilliant grasp of fluid dynamics there, guys. Next time I need ice for a party, I'll just drop a miniature of London Bridge in 1850 in some water, shall I?
Water will not freeze unless the temperature drops below zero, and stays there. Moving water will not freeze unless it stays there for some time. And moving water will definintely not freeze long enough for skaters to go on the ice until it's been below zero for many days. London no longer gets these conditions, and unless the original London Bridge turned the Thames from moving water into still water, it's not going to have had much effect.
