Britain's coldest Xmas in history caused by Global Warming
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UPDATED: Sunday, January 2, 2011 17:15
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Frozen rivers: Green English winters replaced with Ice Age
It's chillier than Lapland: Minus 18C makes it our coldest Christmas Day EVER
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341610/Coldest-Christmas-Temperature
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The green hijack of the Met Office is crippling Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/822316
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Loch Ness monster frozen in Scotland
Shakespeare shudders in his grave: -17 C = zero F at Stratford Upon Avon
English rivers frozen solid in York
Heathrow Airport turned off heat to 100,000 passengers stranded on Xmas by 2 feet of snow
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Al Gore likes to have sex with Hookers.
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What's amusing is that you just MADE exactly the argument FOR "global warming", which is actually "climate change" and which ACTUALLY heralds unusually severe weather and weather in places where it doesn't normally happen. A rise in GLOBAL temperatures shifts climate change, doesn't mean just "extra warm".Quote:
Wikipedia
It is predicted that future climate changes will include further global warming (i.e., an upward trend in global mean temperature), sea level rise, and a probable increase in the frequency of some extreme weather events.Quote:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/5-deadliest-effects-o
Melting ice caps will throw the global ecosystem out of balance. The ice caps are fresh water, and when they melt they will desalinate the ocean. The desalinization of the gulf current will "screw up" ocean currents, which regulate temperatures. The stream shutdown or irregularity would cool the area around north-east America and Western Europe.
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Gee, and we haven't seen unusually high snowfall and extreme weather in Northeast America, either, have we?Quote:
(Excerpt: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/g
Some impacts from increasing temperatures are already happening:
•Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average.
Other effects could happen later this century, if warming continues:
•Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger.
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(Excerpt: http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Global-Warming-Effects.html )
Extreme Weather Events
We are now witnessing on a more regular basis are consequences of increasing global temperatures.
There are many extreme weather events that may be attributed to global warming:
•Extreme winter cold and snow fall
•Extreme storms
Extreme weather events in general are projected to increase as a result of global warming.
I could go on forever, but you idjits are just so desperate to believe that "global warming" should only bring about extra HEAT that it's useless to try and get you to look at reality. Snark and rationalize away; it makes no difference in what will actually happen, but by the time you wake up (if you ever DO and don't keep rationalizing to suit your desperation), it'll be too late. Hopefully I'll be gone before then.
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off 
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Thanks for making the "climate change" argument, Niki. I was going to do that if no one else had.
I was also going to point out that, here in Colorado, I'm walking around in short sleeves. It's almost 50 degrees out there. (That's 10 degrees to our friends over there in Britain.) It was nearly that warm yesterday. It's rained here this month. Not to mention that, earlier this month, scorpions were discovered in Rocky Mountain National Park. Scorpions. Little desert creatures. In the mountains of Colorado. In December. You might have to live here to comprehend just how disturbing that is, but if you know a thing about this state that should be disturbing enough.
So. It's not cold everywhere.
I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being
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From "Global Warming" to "Climate Change", you libs have no shame....and your icky.
Al Gore likes to fuck Hookers.
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Quote:Yes, yes, climate change. That is the theory where:
Originally posted by Niki2:
.... which is actually "climate change" ...
1. If it is really cold, it is because of CO2.
2. If it is really hot, it is because of CO2.
3. If it is somewhere in between, it is because of CO2.
There is simply no way to prove it isn't because of CO2, is there? Is "climate change" falsifiable at all?
Can't Take (my gorram) Sky
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Everything I say is just my opinion, not fact.
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Actually, if I understand much of what I've heard, it's the theory where if it's really warm it's because of C02, and if it's really cold it's because the ice caps are melting. The heat melts the ice caps, the released cold spreads, and the collision causes severe weather patterns all over the world. There's nothing about moderate weather in there at all, it's all about severe weather, unusual weather, that sort of thing. It's fairly easy to check all those historical record thingies and see if the weather is doing something rather unusual. Record lows. Record highs. If you haven't been hearing a whole lot about those wherever you're living, you're fortunate.
I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being
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No, CTTS dear:
1. If it is EXTREMELY cold where it SHOULDN'T be...
2. If it is EXTREMELY hot where it SHOULDN'T be...
The words are "extreme" and "unusual". Can you grasp the concept? Probably not. Or, no, wait, it's that you guys don't WANT to, I know, it might mean we should change something...like our too-comfortable lifestyles...
While Jo was here they had heat spells like never before back in England. They're not prepared for that, their houses aren't built for heat, and her mom suffered a lot, given she's in poor health. Felt awfully sorry for her; the only good thing was, being here in CA, Jo was able to give her ll kinds of tips for minimizing the heat.
Jezus, Rose, that's truly wild! Colorado should be steeped in snow about now, shouldn't it?? And scorpions, my gawd, they must be going nuts...they're warm-weather beasties and hibernate, don't they? Poor confused babies!
We'll get a heat spell in January, but that's normal for us...sometimes we get up into the 80s for a week or so, always have.
The only difference this year was that my beloved "Pineapple Expresses" went South to LA and we got cold, northern storms. Those are storms that come up from the tropics, they bring heavy rain that goes on forever and warm temps. Bah. I wait eagerly for the Pineapple Expresses, which even bring the occasional (joy of joys)LIGHTNING! We rarely get lightning here in Marin, it goes out across the Bay. We did get ONE P.E., which brought three whole lightning strikes and thunder booms. I was in heaven.
But the rest of them went South, which means L.A. is suffering greatly. With their annual fires, which destroy the undergrowth, and their over-development, they suffer awful mudslides and flooding when the P.E.s head South. I pity them, more than I'm envious, but admittedly, only slightly. I WANT MORE RAIN!
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
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It's usually steeped in snow, yes. Or if not steeped in snow (this being a rather arid region, we don't always get the precipitation) then at least below freezing. I'm actually enjoying the warmth, as I'm not a huge fan of cold, but it's still unsettling. I've lived here all my life, and never have I been able to walk around without a jacket in the winter. Hell, I always had to plan my Halloween costumes to be nice and warm, because it usually dropped below freezing by then. This year it was a balmy 70 degrees on Halloween. I didn't know what to make of that, let alone the current weather. I got a new down coat for my birthday, which was the first day of winter, and I've only worn it once. Didn't even need to zip it up, I think it was about 35 out that day.
I have no idea if scorpions hibernate. Since they usually live in hot southern climates, I don't know if it ever gets cold enough for them to be hibernators. I think they just hang out in the hot desert regions. I mean, this is technically a sort of desert region, but not a hot one. We're not even supposed to have scorpions, let alone in December. I mentioned that it was in the mountains, right? You know, the ones that have ski resorts that generally open by September? The ones that go from Winter to July and back again? Yeah. It's disturbing. Again, I stress that I don't like being cold. I should be loving the weather, and sort of am, but it is just weird.
I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being
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Ooops, thanx Rose--I was typing while you posted. I believe that's mostly right; I'm not that well versed on it. I've always remembered the "extreme" and "unusual" and heavier-than-normal heat and cold, so I always grimace when the global-warming deniers try to point to heavy cold as not global warming. Uneducated only works for so long; denial in the face of facts becomes deliberate stupidity. Sigh...
Another point, just for the hell of it and those who are actually interested in LEARNING (you can tune out now, Kane, PN, Whozit...):Quote:
http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Global-Warming-Effects.html
As an example, the government of the Maldives - an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands located in the Indian Ocean with most islands lying just 1.5 meters above the sea level - is considering a purchase of land elsewhere in the world for a complete relocation of this nation, because of the fear that these islands will be totally flooded by rising sea levels.Quote:
http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Global-Warming-Effects.html bears have become “poster children” for the melting of Arctic ice due to climate change.
The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole, and everywhere in between. Globally, the mercury is already up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive polar regions. And the effects of rising temperatures aren’t waiting for some far-flung future. They’re happening right now. Signs are appearing all over, and some of them are surprising. The heat is not only melting glaciers and sea ice, it’s also shifting precipitation patterns and setting animals on the move.
•Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
•Researcher Bill Fraser has tracked the decline of the Adélie penguins on Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to 11,000 in 30 years.
•Sea level rise became faster over the last century.
•Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher, cooler areas.
•Spruce bark beetles have boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm summers. The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.
Melting ice reduces the ability of polar bears to find enough food as they prefer to use ice as a platform to hunt for prey.
We are starting to witness:
•Earlier leaf production by trees
•Earlier greening of vegetation
•Changed timing of egg-laying and hatching
•Changes in migration patterns of birds, fish and other animals
•Reductions and re-distributions in populations of algae and plankton; this threatens the existence of fish and other animals that rely on algae and plankton for food
http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Global-Warming-Effects.html Quote:
How are polar bears being impacted by global warming?
•Population sizes decreasing
•Sea ice platforms moving farther apart and swimming conditions more dangerous
•Fewer hunting opportunities and increased scarcity of food
Rapid Arctic ice melting in 2007:
•Caused a record low for the surface area of summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, nearly 23 percent below the previous record low in 2005.
•Melted an additional area equivalent to the size of Alaska and Texas, combined (compared to average sea ice conditions).
•Exceeded the projections of most climate-ice models. Based on the rapid melt, one NASA scientist projected summer ice could be essentially gone as early as 2012.
In southern portions of their range, like Hudson Bay, Canada, there is no sea ice during the summer, and the polar bears must live on land until the Bay freezes in the fall, whereupon they can again hunt on the ice. While on land during the summer, these bears eat little or nothing.
In just 20 years the ice-free period in Hudson Bay has increased by an average of 20 days, cutting short polar bears' seal hunting season by n
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