On Aug 4, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Hal Kaplan wrote:
You cannot use Washington, D.C. as the basis of an exemplar for any climatological analysis. Local geographical and atmospheric conditions are an important part of climate. For example, New York City has several weather observation posts and there is typically a 5 degree F spread between them. Precipitation varies as well, not to mention severe weather conditions.
You cannot take a single place, or even a small set of places, and draw any conclusions about the global situation. The weather system is extremely complex, and a warming trend can have many effects that will result in some areas getting cooler. For instance, if the Arctic ice masses continue melting at the rates they currently are, it is likely that this southward influx of cold fresh water will alter the Gulf Stream currents in the northern Atlantic ocean, which has been keeping Europe warmer than it should be, given its latitude. The net result of global warming may in fact be that Europe will once again have the climate of Canada.
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