brian0918 Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Now that the most important 1.6% of the Earth's surface has had its hottest year in the last century, it's incontrovertible that (anthropogenic) climate (global) change (warming) is upon us. And here's an obligatory cherry-picked emotional appeal: (Just disregard the factoid about 2012 being only the 15th driest on record.) Edited January 8, 2013 by brian0918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 The AGW crowd must love this. Fortunately, the tide seems to be turning against their politics (with Canada leaving Kyoto, Russia threatening to leave, and the last round producing nothing for them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig24 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well if you guys are not sufficiently persuaded, there is a professor who thinks you deserve to die: Beyond bizarre: University of Graz music professor calls for skeptic death sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptnChan Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) The comment thread on that washington post article is too entertaining to be legal. I'm surprised they didn't show a photograph of an ice cube melting on asphalt. I heard that it totally melts like 10 seconds faster than it did a decade ago... Edited January 9, 2013 by CptnChan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 A ten-year-old ice cube would have much of its original volume to sublimation. The fact that it melts faster should come as no surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream_weaver Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 A ten-year-old ice cube would have much of its original volume to sublimation. The fact that it melts faster should come as no surprise. It's amazing what ten additional years of practice can accomplish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruveyn1 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 The earth was much warmer just before the onset of the Little Ice Age circa 1300 c.e. In those days trees and grass bloomed on Greenland (hence the name) and Vikings ran farms and raised herds on Greenland. Two cheers for warm weather. ruveyn1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) And England produced wine. They started up again only in recent decades, using varieties and cultivation technologies they didn't have (or need) in the middle ages. Edited January 9, 2013 by Reidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moralist Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 There is only one enduring characteristic about weather... it changes. "BEIJING — China is experiencing unusual chills this winter with its national average temperature hitting the lowest in 28 years, and snow and ice have closed highways, canceled flights, stranded tourists and knocked out power in several provinces. China Meteorological Administration on Friday said the national average was 25 degrees Fahrenheit since late November, the coldest in nearly three decades." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsiklon Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 The climate is indeed changing, and by now there really is no stopping it. What I find interesting is that global warming isn't entirely global as temperatures in the Souther Ocean are dropping....And causing the Antarctic ice cap to grow larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruveyn1 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I wonder what the average temperature was during the centuries that the glaciers in North America melted. The location of what is now New York City was covered by glaciers. There are even boulders from Elsewhere that the glaciers picked up found in Central Park. ruveyn1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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