8.4 What will The Day After Tomorrow be like?

Not like The Day After Tomorrow! There is some good science in the movie, but it's masked by a lot of really bad science. The main problems are to do with the rates of supposed change. This is not a reliable source for commenting on future climate change.

In particular, the rapid shutdown of the North Atlantic Drift causing northwest Europe to plunge into a mini ice age is one particularly overhyped aspect of some popular coverage on climate change.

• A personal view of some of the main features of climate change and analysis of ‘The Day After Tomorrow – good and bad science as presented in the movie’ is presented at Geoteach.com.

• RealClimate discusses the idea of a Gulf Stream slowdown.