Comments on: Helen Burns: How did I become involved in Ocean Sciences? http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/10/helen-burns-how-did-i-become-involved-in-ocean-sciences/ Exploring our Oceans Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.14 By: Jack http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/10/helen-burns-how-did-i-become-involved-in-ocean-sciences/#comment-238186 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:46:58 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1022#comment-238186 Presumably, it takes tonnes of ice to shut down the conveyor.

]]> By: tim lazenby http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/10/helen-burns-how-did-i-become-involved-in-ocean-sciences/#comment-154798 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:00:08 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1022#comment-154798 Hi Helen

fascinating stuff! Hi i’m Tim currently studying archaeology at Durham and I had a quick question if you’d be so kind to answer if you have time. I’m doing an extended research project on the comet impact theory of 12,900 cal BP which possibly ended Clovis culture and lead to the collapse of the Laurentide ice sheet. I don’t know if you have heard of this theory. But basically the premise is that at approx 12,900 an asteroid either impacted the ice sheet or fragmented in the air, thereby leading to a collapse of an ice dam which let millions of tons of fresh water into the N. Atlantic. My question is this, hwo much fresh water would it take to close down the atlantic conveyor?

Kind regards

Tim

]]> By: Grandad http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/10/helen-burns-how-did-i-become-involved-in-ocean-sciences/#comment-55027 Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:53:10 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1022#comment-55027 Well done Helen . Love Grandad, x x x

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