News – A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes. The cold was accompanied by snow that was measured in feet in parts of upstate New York.
I love the irony behind the fact some Americans hit such a low in their faith in American and European scientific accomplishments that they are citing Russian scientists as more credible sources.
It's not like there would ever be corruption in Russia. It's not like Russian economy depends on oil at all. For those who are not in the know, Putin happens to be one of the most staunch environmentalists in the world, that's why Russia sporadically cuts off oil to Europe so that Poland and other countries can practice being eco-friendly.
In the secret FSB (new KGB) meetings he personally declared that Russia conquered Chechnya so that it can turn it into green country that didn't have to rely on all the oil located there. And no Russia did not invade Chechnya, because of its oil. Russia has no interest in oil, only in the future of the planet's children.
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LOL. Remember back in the 70's when the Global Cooling scare was being pumped up?
Yep, some of the Ice is melting in Antartica while the snow cover in the interior central regions is getting thicker.
Glaciers are melting in Greenland (thats what glaciers do) while other areas are getting more snow than they have ever had.
I saw today where Dr. Chicken Little, PhD, issued a press release indicating that the sky is falling. Run, Hide, Run.
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This article was disputed by IAMVERB in another post:
" Next time you link to someone, you might want to check their credentials first.
Tim Ball claims, in the article you linked to, that he is "the first Canadian Ph.D. in Climatology" - which isn't true. Since there is no such thing as a Ph.D. in Climatology, it's hard to understand what he means by this. He says himself, later in the same paragraph, that he holds a Ph.D. in Science from London, which is also not true. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography, which is neither a Ph.D. in Science or Climatology (not that there is such a thing).
Next, he claims he "was a climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg", which also isn't true - again, there is no such thing. He was a geology professor. Granted, some of his published scientific works relate to climate change, but calling my Aunt an Uncle doesn't mean she has balls. At the very least, he misrepresents both his accredation and his experience."
Are you denying global warming or merely man made global warming? I bow to your PH.D in climatology but i was an ex met man and have more than a passing interest in the topic. Currently you are in the minority among eminent climatologists but I admit that is no reason to say you are wrong. I personally believe we are impacting the climate as huge temperature rises cannot be explained purely by solar and volcanic activity as they have been in the past e.g. the "hockey stick" graphical effect. I would be interested on your take on that and any other observations that disprove man made global warming.
I agree it sucks and the smoking police make me go outside to have a smoke even im my own house ...what a crock ... next it will be all the nose pickers have to pull their cars over if they want to pick their noses ...I can barely breath its so friggin cold .... -22 last night .... OUCH ..... when the ice starts forming on the end of your nose as soon as you go outside its F$#%#$ COLD. I wasn't planning on living in the Arctic but I guess I could probably pull it off now ....I think I am going to try to hammer a nail with a frozen banana tonight .... that should cheer me up just a little :).. at least its something to do other than hide in the house for the next 2 months .... no wonder 90% the people in Mn are alcoholics. There isn't anything else to do .....
I'm sitting here at 8pm in a singlet and shorts, sipping COLD beer sweating like a stuck pig. I would gladly give you 10 degrees that would bring us down to around 20 celcious. This is the hottest this place has been in the 25 years I've lived here. On the up side, I've got a coffee plant growing well.
If your wondering...New Zealand.
It's definately extreme.
60 clear and sunny here in Good ole Houston,,, runs and hides
Run and hide... two things we aren't doing here. Ever try to run in dbl-thermals with muk-luks on? The friction from the nylon could cause you to burst into flame!
"Hey! Look honey, there goes Ed running after his dog! Get out the extinguisher!"
And hide? Well, not if you have a lick of sense - if you're outdoors anyway. Motion is key!
Funny. My brother-in-law is in Houston. Think he'd invite us down? (humor, Craig!)
Approx 3ft of snow here 10 mi south of Buffalo, NY. -15 deg. wind chill. Perfect for growing moss on the couch, eating pizza, watching the Superbowl. Yeah, I can work with this!!!
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We need someone new to blame other than Bush. How about nancy pelosi and reid. impeach impeach impeach pelosi and reid
We have been having below zero weather for about a week and it is going to last another week. Brrrrrrr
Impeaching political leaders will not have an effect on the world temperatures shifts. Regardless of who is in control of the American government the global climate will continue to change. The thing that needs to be done is planning for the results of the climate shift that will affect us all.
First the problem needs to be admitted and then dealt with.
I have a problem with the experts when it comes to global warming. They have no real data that is based on science. We have a bunch of computer models with color graphics but there isn't enough data to accurately project this. Our hard evidence is around 125 years old. In human years, that seems to be a long time. In the history of the earth, that's nothing. The evidence that is available points out we're actually cooler today than we were 100 years ago, on the average.
I think before we spend billions trying to correct all of our errors, we should probably see what's really causing this. We're having a terrible time with our satellites and radio systems because of the sun. We're observing changes in the radiation and gravity given off. This would explain many of the rather sudden changes we're seeing. I suspect this is a natural change with the sun as it ages. There isn't much we can do about the sun.
the whole enviro movement is about protecting the
o zone,our natural defense to the sun
harko makes some good points that really blend with enviros "wants" for example, fuel from methane..less co2 released in air (indepence towards foreign oil is good too),now harko needs to give better emissions from consumer vehicles ect ect
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Climate change, aka Global Warming, is a shift in the overall temperatures of the planet as opposed to just an overall increase. When some parts get warmer and cause polar melting, raised sea levels, and other phenomen the weather of regions becomes more extreme.
Basically warm up the wrong parts (polar regions) and the rest of the world climate changes.
So in other words, the northeast and midwest is the new artic????. NOT. Global warming is a natural occurance with the earth cycle. Yes the people are causing some of the changes but not most. Gore and people like him are just causing panic so that others on top can make money.
True and there was not a bit of ice in sight. That was all at the poles, of course. Now when the land mass broke up and started seperating some of the land at the equator ended up at the South Pole and hence that land that was at the equator now has ice. By the way the land masses are still moving but not at a rate that can be detected in a single human life span.
So let's just keep polluting the planet. Global Warming is a farce and so is the rise in cancer.
Actually there is a drop in cancer.
As well as the Average Temps in Antarctica, overall has cooled measurably during the last 35 years - despite a global average increase in air temperature of 0.06 degrees Celsius during the 20th century - making it unique among the Earth's continental landmasses, according to a paper published today in the online version of Nature. Researchers with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Longterm Ecological Research (LTER) site in Antarctica's Dry Valleys - a perpetually snow-free, mountainous area adjacent to McMurdo Sound - argue in the paper that long-term data from weather stations across the continent, coupled with a separate set of measurements from the Dry Valleys, confirm each other and corroborate the continental cooling trend. He added that documentation of the continental cooling presents a challenge to climate modelers. "Although some do predict areas of cooling, widespread cooling is a bit of a conundrum that the models need to start to account for," he said."
Like I said, let's just keep on polluting!
Who said anything about keep on polluting? This mantra from the supporters of the "man made theory" that if you disagree with the notion that global warming is man made means you are for polluting is false, Period. There are many studies done by based on historical data that theorize conclusion the cause of global warming is solar in nature and a cyclical event and more atmospheric CO2 is a symptom of the warming. Not the other way around. Ask these three simple questions.
1). How much of the CO2 in the atmosphere is naturally occurring and what % of the total does that number represent?
2) How much of the CO2 in the atmosphere is man made?
3) What is the number 1 greenhouse gas associated with the "Greenhouse" effect?
There are other questions that go along with these but this is a starting point for common sense investigation.
I don't believe in Global Warming but I think the "theory of Global Warming" has done more harm than anything in a fight to clean up our planet. I'm pretty sure the polar ice caps were going to melt regardless, but what about the levels of toxins in the fish we eat and our waterways? How about our air quality? To hell with the "greenhouse" effect from CO2, how about the effects of CO? That's a starting point for common sense investigation.
Yes there have been natural temperature changes due to volcanic and solar activity and if you draw the graphs of the two they go hand in hand. Unfortunately in recent years the rise in temperature cannot be explained by volcanic and solar activity. Now we place the graph of human generated pollution starting from the industrial revolution and lo and behold we see a correlation with the unexplained temperature rise (and it is a steep rise). All this is based upon observation and fact. That is enough for me to believe global warming and why the money power men make such an effort to deny it in order to look after their own selfish short term interests.
Example and there are many others:
Global warming has finally been explained: the Earth is getting hotter because the Sun is burning more brightly than at any time during the past 1,000 years, according to new research.
A study by Swiss and German scientists suggests that increasing radiation from the sun is responsible for recent global climate changes.
Dr Sami Solanki, the director of the renowned Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany, who led the research, said: "The Sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures.
Interesting. I am not disputing what you said but why are these two in the minority within the scientific world? Don't forget the graphs between temperature and solar/volcanic activity have been in existence (and backdated) for many years so we know about the effect of solar variation as the graphs show an almost exact correlation so why should all of a sudden these graphs exclude the extra solar activity you refer to?.
If this is true then we should see a rise in temperature for all planets and we should see even more debri expelled from comets as they approach the sun. Be intersting to see if the polar caps on Mars melt.
"Basically warm up the wrong parts (polar regions)..."
Thought you were talking about a significant other there for a minute...
Sorry (not really), but humor is good. Yeah, it's dang cold, but we chose to live here. You don't see drug-runners on the corners when it's minus 20, and getting your butt kicked onto the street for getting into it with your spouse takes on a whole different meaning. People are a little nicer when there's a common enemy - namely "wind chill".