Already been shot down in my opinion.
November 20, 2006
False Alarm
Filed under: Climate Changes, Gulf Stream
False Alarm: Atlantic Conveyor Belt Hasnt Slowed Down After All is the title of a News of the Week piece in this weeks (November 17, 2006) Science magazine by science writer Richard Kerr (for those with a subscription, you can view the whole story, here).
Kerrs piece starts off with the line A closer look at the Atlantic Oceans currents has confirmed what many oceanographers suspected all along: Theres no sign that the oceans heat-laden conveyor is slowing.
The rest of the story here
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2006/11/20/false-alarm/#more-193