Global Warming - It's Complicated

[Jewish Lawyer]

More proof of Global warming:

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/wea...l?entrynum=149

Coldest damn April in memory in Texas - no doubt caused by global warming!

[Zabrina Sarafina]

Ok first of all - let's not act like something New and Different is happening on this planet

Earth has always and will continue to go through geographical/climate changes with or without us lol

[Jewish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by Zabrina Sarafina

Ok first of all - let's not act like something New and Different is happening on this planet

Earth has always and will continue to go through geographical/climate changes with or without us lol

Well said - such erudition and beauty all in one!!

[CuteOldGuy]

Originally Posted by Zabrina Sarafina

Ok first of all - let's not act like something New and Different is happening on this planet

Earth has always and will continue to go through geographical/climate changes with or without us lol

Eloquent in its brevity, beautiful like its poster.

[JD Barleycorn]

Snow and sleet in Kansas in April...


You have to wonder when they keep moving the goal posts; first it's a new ice age, then it's global warming, next it was just climate change, now it is all about localized (they mean the US) climate change. You see the climate stops at the Canadian and Mexican border. They have theirs and we have ours. Ours is broken.

[JCM800]

how about snow & sleet in KC in May.... 84 yesterday, today snow

[jbravo_123]

Part of the effect of global warming (called that because of average temperatures increasing worldwide) is having wild weather fluctuations. So yes, having weird shit like hail in April, is all part of the effect. We will have periods of drought (like we did last year) followed by intense rains and storms (ie, Sandy).

[JCM800]

I would definitely call snow in May (at least around here) a "wild weather fluctuation"

[SinsOfTheFlesh]

Today's sleet doesn't hold a candle to the ice storm we had the second week of May when I was in the 4th grade, which would be ummmm......about 30 years ago I think. School was cancelled for three days due to downed power lines, half the city lost power, trees and tree branches down all over the place. It was a total mess.

This isn't the first time we've seen snow even in late April or early May. Won't be the last time either.

[i'va biggen]

Remember it well spent a week w/o power will take sleet or snow anytime to freezing rain.

[Jewish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by jbravo_123

Part of the effect of global warming (called that because of average temperatures increasing worldwide) is having wild weather fluctuations. So yes, having weird shit like hail in April, is all part of the effect. We will have periods of drought (like we did last year) followed by intense rains and storms (ie, Sandy).

Is there any weather effect that isn't consistent with Global Warming?
We have the coldest April on record, that is consistent with global warming, and last summer was the hottest on record, and that was also consistent with global warming.
What would happen to disprove global warming - 50 years of no temperature rise with no hurricanes?

[jbravo_123]

Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer

Is there any weather effect that isn't consistent with Global Warming?
We have the coldest April on record, that is consistent with global warming, and last summer was the hottest on record, and that was also consistent with global warming.
What would happen to disprove global warming - 50 years of no temperature rise with no hurricanes?

A decrease in worldwide CO2 emissions along with stabilization of weather patterns and a decrease in average worldwide temperatures would indeed signal a decline in global warming.

While there is indeed some natural fluctuation in atmospheric CO2 levels (we know historical levels going millions of years back due to core samples taken from glaciers), the current rate at which modern CO2 levels has increased has increased at a faster rate and we are now at a higher level than any other time in Earth's history.

This is caused by the sources you hear about all the time - burning of fossil fuels, etc. This fact is agreed upon by pretty much every reputable scientist as well as every academy of science of all industrialized nations.