Is it me or does Sam increase the number of years the globe 'hasn't been warming' each time he brings it up in a new thread?
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Global Warming? They haven't called it that in years. Since the globe > hasn't been warming in the past 16 years you have to account for > global cooling so call it "Climate Change" > > . > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/skating-rinks-monitor-climate-change-130129.htm > > > > Skating Rinks Monitor Climate Change > > Jan 29, 2013 03:32 PM ET // by Sheila M. Eldred > > > > In the latest citizen science venture, backyard ice skaters are > > monitoring climate change in Canada and the northern United States. > > > > After Canadian scientists predicted that global warming will > > eventually be the demise of backyard skating rinks, a group of > > geographers at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo created > > RinkWatch. In just 20 days, 630 volunteers signed up to keep tabs on > > the condition of their home rinks. > > > > > > Just as birders have provided scientists with information on sitings, > > the researchers say the map will be a scientifically useful database > > for Canadas changing winters. And, its free. > > > > Its a story about nature, climate change, backyard skating, the > > weather thats just gravy for Canadians, project leader Robert > > McLeman told The Ottawa Citizen. > > > > The perfect skating temperature, McLeman says, is 23 degrees > > Fahrenheit. When he moved to Waterloo, McLeman started wondering why > > skating rinks shouldnt be measured along with the ice on lakes and > > rivers. > > > > But even he was surprised by the enthusiastic response, which caused > > the server to crash twice in the first week after RinkWatch launched. > > He added a forum for regular RinkWatchers to get acquainted. Now > > participants are trading tips for surviving climate change and using > > squeegees to smooth out bumps in rinks. > > > > P > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361491 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
