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...this threat is a recently discovered vulnerability of the Gulf Stream. The current, dubbed the Blue God by author William MacLeisch, warms much of Europe and eastern North America by bringing enormous amounts of tropical water northward as part of the "great ocean conveyor" that distributes heat around the world. As this warm water moves north, evaporation makes it saltier and heavier. By the time the stream has reached the far northern waters between Norway and Greenland it has given up most of its heat, and this salty, heavy water plunges into the abyss, pulling more water behind...
...Last week a patriotic song, Freedom's Land (published by Mills Music Inc., with lyricist's name printed as "Archibold MacLeisch"), words by MacLeish, music by Composer Roy Harris, rode the CBS air waves. First verse...
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