Trouble is that there are as many 'possible" scenarios as there are phoney religions. Big Deal!
On Jul 29, 4:57 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.weather.com/http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/warmest-decade-on-record-17863http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=global > > One scenario has it that the Waming" will cause the oceandc Gulf > Stream to stop circulating .... bringing about generally colder > (especially winter) temperatures for the "British Isles"..... > > On Jul 21, 11:29 am, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Warmest year since 1980. That would imply that there were warmer years > > Before 1980. > > > On Jul 21, 4:09 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >http://abh-news.com/2010-warmest-year-worldwide-since-1880-3690.html > > > > Sine record keeping started the temperature has slowly risen over the > > > years but this year has set a record itself- it’s the warmest year > > > recorded so far. This year has had the warmest average temperature for > > > January-June on record 57.5 F (12.2 C).The fact was brought to light > > > by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June saw the > > > worst of heat sending the average temperature for the half year of > > > 2010 to higher than expected. > > > There is a potential serious problem with experimental error. > > The earth does not have a bum that you can simply stick a thermometer > > into it. > > > > The climate analysis chief Jay Lawrimore said “Global temperatures > > > have been rising for the last 100-plus years. Much of the increase is > > > due to increases in greenhouse gases.” The average temperature in June > > > was 61.1 degrees Fahrenheit (16.2 Celsius), worldwide the National > > > Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday. That was 1.22 > > > degrees F (0.68 C) warmer than average for June. > > > > But there were some exceptions to this worldwide trend. The > > > temperature at some parts of the southern china and northern US > > > recorded a little low temperatures than expected of the global trend. > > > Then there was Peru, eastern US and western Asia that recorded > > > temperatures warmer than normal. > > > > The rising temperature has indicated an increase in the natural > > > disasters like floods droughts and storms. As explained by the > > > analysts that the increasing temperatures increases the capacity of > > > atmosphere to hold more water. This leads to an increase in the > > > rainfall and causing floods. The floods and droughts will be seen in > > > adjacent places. Heavy snow too will be recorded. Droughts are likely > > > to be more severe and heat waves more frequent. > > > > Besides the temperatures the factor raising alarms is the level of sea > > > water and the rapidly melting polar ice. NOAA said that Arctic sea ice > > > covered 4.2 million square miles (10.9 million square kilometers). > > > This is the lowest June coverage since records began in 1979 and 10.6 > > > percent below the 1979-2000 average. It is the 19th consecutive June > > > with below average sea ice. The melting ice sounds the danger of > > > submerging coastal areas. > > > > But some other agencies say that the picture presented by the > > > government on the climate issue is not as grim and there is still some > > > time left to make amends and save the Earth from global warming and > > > its aftermaths. > > > Thankfully the earth is still warming after the last glacial maximum > > of 18Kbp. > > It is 'warming' to know that the interstadial we are currently > > enjoying will not turn back towards the more common state of > > freezing. Where I am now the most common condition over the last 60k > > years is for there to be a mile high glacier outside in the street. > > So thanks for the reassurance that the current atypical warm period is > > not yet over - as I would hate to have to emigrate from England.- Hide > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
