http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fairbanks-temperatures-fall-to-41-below-zero-breaks-record-for-this-time-of-year/2011/11/18/gIQAw9mLYN_story.html?yes
How can you be so cynical?? Besides which, we call "it" climate change now because nobody can deny that the climate does change.
If you take one record cold day as evidence against, then you have to take all the positive indicators as evidence for.
"Gee it's pretty cold today, can you believe the stupid scientists think it's actually getting warmer? hahaha"
It's the average temp that is important, plus with unstable weather systems it is expected that there will be extreme events, both above and below the norm.
Shouldn't everybody know this by now?
David Shukman of the BBC reported on how one of the longest cold snaps for a generation, fits in with theories of a warming planet and global climate change.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8447262.stm
i had a massive bowel movement that stopped all progress in my house. i told my family it was not me. i told them that it was global warming/ climate change.....they just think i am an animal
In the local paper it is reported that a dairy farmer has installed a shade cloth over his feed lot 'to help deal with climate change'.
And also the same paper had an advert saying 'saw logs wanted - get in before the carbon tax'
I am at a loss to even contemplate what utter dribble both of these statements are.
Crikey, Everyone knows Global Warming and CO2 is responsible for Extreme Cold, My chocolate bar melted in my car today, that was Global Warming's fault. two nights ago I had to use my doona, that's Global Warming making the weather colder at night.
I had a dog once, a proper bull terrier, she died from heat exhaustion, that was global warming, 1984, before everyone even knew what it was, it killed my dog.
I had a spinach pie for lunch today, the filling was hot and the pastry was crispy....
It was caused by pie warming...
I usually have a sandwich. Today just for a change, I had a hamburger. Turns out that's a hot sandwich. Caused by hot plate warming, I'll bet.
Select to expand quotehmmm, probably not!!
Left with the proverbial egg dripping of my face
Dang trolled myself,
[Think I'll just go die quietly,]
Go on, laugh it up,
damn, damn, damn
Sorry,
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Crikey, Everyone knows Global Warming and CO2 is responsible for Extreme Cold, My chocolate bar melted in my car today, that was Global Warming's fault. two nights ago I had to use my doona, that's Global Warming making the weather colder at night.
I had a dog once, a proper bull terrier, she died from heat exhaustion, that was global warming, 1984, before everyone even knew what it was, it killed my dog.
ever heard of a thing called humour ?
Not the brightest tool in the shed are you .
Should have given your dog some water...............have you got any smarter since 1984?
Water? we were too poor to afford water back in those days, besides global warming came and took it all, Im no smarter now than I was in 1984, but still a lot less ignorant than you
blaming your lack of reponsibility for another member of the family,
Namely your dog, on lack of money (or global warming), is just the weakest excuse I've heard yet,
I note you didn't die of dehydration, only your dog (why is this ?)
I bet you didn't even go hungry,
Food cost money too
If it came to it,
I would ensure my dog got the last drop of water, not me,
"Animal lover extrodinare"
By the way, chocolate bars have been melting in cars since the begining of time !
your lack of foresight or appetite would be responsible for that
ever heard of a thing called humour ?
Not the brightest tool are you .
The recent record low temperature is within the general realms of the "50 year storm". So nothing to get too excited about.
However it is hard to ignore the fact that the polar ice caps are receding. Here's some mathematical stats;
- Area of All Oceans - 361 Million Square Kilometers.
- Area of Antarctica - 14 Million Square Kilometers (3.8% of the oceans).
- Ancient Ice Sheet Thickness averages around 1.6km thick (*1) over Antarctica, and there are only very few mountain ranges where there is no ice cover.
- There is roughly 22 Million Cubic Kilometers of Ice there.
- 22Mkm/360Mkm = 60m, or enough ice/water to increase water levels by 60m.
Sure, this is the extreme case, but with the current rate of Glacial & Ice Sheet Recessions, we are pretty much certain to see average sea levels rise 10-20cm "sooner rather than later".
Shakleton's photos from the 1900's (100 years ago) compared to current evidence show massive recessions in glaciers.
On the other hand, there is evidence of far lower sea levels in ice age periods. And obviously far larger and thicker ice caps. One of the partial unknowns is whether the glacial recessions are because of human impact, or whether it is because of a natural cycle of Ice Age & Non Ice Age or "Melt" periods. Or a little bit of both.
Either way, it's hard to refute that we are in a "Melt Stage".
As human's we will adapt, and many other animals will adapt. Other won't be as fortunate.
(*1 - yes, 1.6km thick, hard to believe or comprehend.... The thickest parts of the Antarctic Ice Sheet are actually nearly 3 Miles thick, or 15000 feet or 4.5km thick. Staggering!)
I think someone on here even said, "don't confuse the weather with climate change" (*2). Of course they are related, but we will always have extreme weather days that are balanced off with the opposite to generate an "average". Climate Change obviously focuses on the "averages".
(*2 - a few months ago, different topic).
Global warming is responsible for my curry being cold in the middle when I put it in the microwave. Its related to weather and the recent Japanese Tidal Wave and Climate Change; The Globe warmed up causing a dramatic change in Climate, causing the Biggest Tidal Wave in history, never has the world seen such a disaster because they didnt exist before microwave ovens were invented. The world was put here as it is by God, and God is punishing us for using all his Oil and Coal with Tidal Waves and Earthquakes, and microwaves that dont heat up the food evenly.
the more microwave Ovens we have that work properly, the less global warming and climate change would be related.
the word Tsunami was invented when Japan had a tidal wave because there was no word for Tidal wave because there was no such thing as a Tidal wave until one hit Japan.
Microwave Ovens, Japan, Global Warming and Climate change are all from the same family,
Sorry if my post is too long, its Global Warming making me do extreme things.
