Looks like it goes up and down. Right now it's going down Do you know if it'll continue going up or down?
How about El Nina and Nino? What about that little ice age just before the temps you posted? Good think the temp changed. On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Here's data for the last 120-odd years: >>> http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata/GLB.Ts.txt >> >> Looks like it's getting cold > > Ok, I'll try and be understanding this time. What about that data set > indicates to you that it is getting cold? Is it just that the value > for 2008 is lower than 2007? No climate model predicts every year > being higher than the previous year without exception. That would be a > pretty dumb model that ignores non-human factors, like volcanic > activity and sun cycles. Do you not see any trends in the overall > data? Do you not see a rather pronounced upward march post-WWII > industrialization with a more precipitous rise from 1980-on? > > I'm honestly curious to see your take on the trends in this data > covering a rather lengthy time-span > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
