In a message dated 1/5/08 3:00:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, Mr. Baxter
writes:
> "Look out all you environmentalist wackos, the Russians have just
> announced a study that says the global warming is over and cooling is
> about to begin. Run for the hills and light your bonfires! Remember
> cold kills far more people every year than heat."
>
The wackos are those that ignore an overwhelming number of studies that have
been piling up over the last 35 years, as well as a huge amount of anecdotal
evidence (dates of first and last frost, dates of bird migrations, observed
ranges of insects and plants and so on). They instead grasp at straws, like the
few maverick papers that appear, to support their views (based on either vested
interests, politics, or misunderstanding of science).
The science involved in climate change makes it quite clear why Russia and
the other northern regions will experience colder temperatures as the climate
changes. This has to do with changes in ocean salinity and currents.
Observations have been recently made that corroborate this. As the orchids we
love move
up the mountainsides to escape climate change and then finally disappear (more
than they already are from habitat destruction) people like you will suddenly
be scratching their heads and realizing just who the wackos are.
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