For Dahjah- Yes this is Global Warming

[kia027]

Different locations are seeing different effects. For example, a cold winter on the U.S. East Coast could go along with record highs in northern Canada:

http://www2.ucar.edu/currents/cold-comfort-canadas-record-smashing-mildness

[kia027]

Re: For Dahjah- Yes this is Global Warming

Every day, we use 85 million barrels of oil, 19 million tons of coal, and 300 billion cubic feet of natural gas. As you will probably recall, C + O2 = CO2, so burning these fossil fuels creates a lot of carbon dioxide: http://photos.mongabay.com/09/forecast_co2.jpg



Does all that CO2 just dissipate? Nope. It is building up in the atmosphere: http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu



CO2 is a greenhouse gas, so the extra CO2 warms the planet. There is a great outline of the physics at www.uchicago.edu. Just search for "PhysTodayRT2011"



What about other factors that influence the climate? Here is a comparison: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/RadF.gif . The spikes are volcanoes, which have a short-term cooling effect.



The effect of the additional CO2 is a few extra watts per square meter added to earth’s energy balance. Can that tiny amount of extra energy warm the planet? Sure looks like it: http://climateprogress.org/wp-conten.../GISS-nino.gif



So will everybody just get a few more days of summer? Doesn't look like it. Different locations are seeing different effects. For example, a cold winter on the U.S. East Coast could go along with record highs in northern Canada: http://www2.ucar.edu/currents/cold-c...shing-mildness



And a warming planet can have feedbacks. Ice sheets reflect light and help keep the planet cooler. If they melt, more warming occurs: http://nsidc.org/images/arcticseaice...05_Figure3.png



Permafrost holds a lot of methane (another greenhouse gas), which is released if the permafrost thaws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YegdE...eature=related



The effect of clouds is an area of active research and debate: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/fea...d-warming.html



"but, but, but ..." Yes of course you have questions. Try here first: www.skepticalscience.com



You can follow trends at: http://climate.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/


Note: prominent “skeptics” include Roger Pielke Sr., Roy Spencer, Richard Lindzen, Christopher Monckton, Sherwood Idso, Anthony Watts, Don Easterbrook, and Robert Clark (in case you are interested).

One simple way to do something to move us toward clean energy is to sign up for green power through your electric utility: http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpo...ng_power.shtml

[kia027]

Re: For Dahjah- Yes this is Global Warming

and hunting for methane

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[Emperah]

Re: For Dahjah- Yes this is Global Warming

Is There Global Cooling???





Welcome to my website where I will try to give you the answer to the question &quot;is there global cooling?&quot; As you are well aware there is a huge effort around the globe to counter the alleged impact of mankind on the world's climate. If in fact mankind will cause the seas to rise appreciably by causing CO2 induced global warming then certainly let's do something about it. But, what if global warming is not what they say it is? What if the world's temperature is headed in the opposite direction? Global temperatures increased for twenty years from the late 1970s to the late 1990s but have actually been cooling the last eleven years. The global warming and subsequent cooling were even predictable due to hundreds of years of historical trends and observation of the impact of variations in solar activity on global temperature.

Did you know that the Roman Period and Medieval Period were both several degrees warmer than today's temperature. The world then cooled at least four degrees from 1450 to 1850. This period was called the Little Ice Age (a period of glacial advance, the same glaciers that are in retreat today). These temperature variations were not caused by man. They were caused entirely by natural forces.

Quick facts about the US and global climate

U.S. and global Temperatures are cooling
*October 2009 U.S. temperatures according to NOAA were the third coldest in 115 years of record keeping, 4 degrees below the average temperature for this month. link October 2009 also had the most snow in the U.S. than has ever been recorded for that month.
*Germany recorded in 2009 its lowest October temperature in history link. New Zealand had record low October temperatures and record late snows link China had the worst October snowstorms in recorded history, 40 people died and over 9,000 buildings collapsed link
Siberia may have had its coldest winter in history in 2009-2010 link European and Asian temperatures in the winter 2009-2010 were well below normal link

*October 2008 to January 2009 temps were well below normal link According to the NCDC U.S. temperatures in October 2009 was on average the third coldest in 116 years, November was the 4th coldest, and February 2010 was the 29th coldest. U.S. temperatures December '09 - February '10 were well below normal link. UK experiences coldest May temps in 15 years link U.S. temps Nov '09 to May '10 remain mostly below normal link , October '09 through March '10 was the snowiest on record in the northern hemisphere link

*In the U.S. temperatures cooled in five of the last seven decades even though CO2 levels increased steadily throughout this period. link link

*In February 2010 the Northern Hemisphere had the second largest area of snow coverage ever recorded link and North America had the most snow cover ever recorded. Snow coverage in the Northern hemisphere has been growing since 1998 link. Snow in areas where it usually does not snow can only be because temperatures are colder, and not from global warming link The additional snow was not because of higher levels of humidity, according to NCDC February '10 was the 47th driest in 116 years.

July 2010, South America experiences historic cold weather link Argentina experiences coldest winter in 40 years link

Record Summer 2010 cold in Australia link

Cold weather kills 600 rare Penguins in South Africa link

In spite of all the hot weather of late, according to NOAA 62% of the continental U.S. had below normal temperatures January-July 2010 link

August 2010, hundreds die in Peru from record cold link October 2010, hundreds of thousands of sheep die in New Zealand from winter weather link

Early December snow (2010) impacts millions in Europe link Denmark experiences coldest November 2010 temps in 131 years link Sweden braces for coldest November 2010 temperatures in over 100 yearsl link UK midlands expect coldest November temps in 134 years link

The central England temperature record in early December 2010 was the second coolest since records began in 1649 link UK experiences coldest December in history link

UK is paralyzed by December blizzards. Only essential travel allowed. link

December 2010 near record cold in Europe, India, and Asia link

7,000 buffaloes die from cold in Vietnam link Bitter cold sets records in Korea, Jan '11 link 800,000 animals lost from cold in Mongolia link Snow flattens 100,000 homes in China link

The best and most accurate way to measure global temperatures are from satellites that measure atmospheric temperatures. See how atmospheric temperatures have changed since the start of measurement in 1979 link


Total global polar sea ice extent is largely unchanged over the past 30 years

*When adding the sea ice volumes at both poles there is about the same ice as 30 years ago link. Antarctica has 90% of the world's ice and had the most sea ice ever recorded at the end of 2008, over one million square kilometers above the average maximum. The global sea ice extent today (combined sea ice at both Poles) is nearly the same as the average of the last 30 years according to NASA and NSIDC link link View today's Antarctic sea ice extent compared to the 1979-2007 average (National Snow and Ice Data Center) link link While it is true Arctic sea ice volumes have been overall slightly less today than the average of the last 30 years the ice there has been growing the past several years and as of mid September 2009 there was 24% more ice than just two years earlier, which is over 1 million square kilometers of new ice since 2007. There is also substantially more multi year ice in the Arctic in 2009 than just one year earlier link Antarctic sea ice extent in September 2009 is also growing and is 1 million square kilometers more than the previous year. In 2009 the Antarctic had the most Summer ice ever recorded link. The 2010 Arctic sea ice melt has started later than at any time ever recorded. Arctic ice volumes in April 2010 are the largest in nine years and are now close to the average of the last 30. link. View today's Arctic sea ice extent, AMSR-E link NSIDC link (Nansen) link DMI link

2010 Antarctic ice extent was the third largest ever recorded. Average snowfall in Antarctica was the most ever recorded link

See current ice conditions in the Northern Hemisphere link and the Southern Hemisphere link

The Arctic ice concentration (total density) in early July 2010 is the highest in satellite history link


Ocean temperatures are cooling
*NSIDC/NASA AMSR-E also shows that the overall trend of ocean temperatures since 2002 is one of cooling in spite of a recent short lived El Nino warming event link
The oceans have been cooling which is contrary to climate model predictions link See how Argo is measuring ocean temperatures throughout the globe link Argo research (with its 3,300 ocean buoys) has found ocean temperatures are cooler. link link
The PDO (Pacific) is moving towards a cool period (La Nina). See current ocean surface temperatures from the NOAA link link link
Track mid Atlantic storm formation here, NOAA link
See Pacific Ocean surface temperatures Nino 3.4l link








nuff more pan de site deh plus all de active links.

The global warming ppl have de stage right now along wid de ears a media. De real honest scientist nah get dde press. A suh dem set it.

[kia027]

Re: For Dahjah- Yes this is Global Warming

and that is why it is called Climate change and the people watching and trying to stop the trends are climate hawks dahjah..

we are saying the same thing

[kia027]

Re: For Dahjah- Yes this is Global Warming

More info on the impacts of global warming

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That carbon we've poured into the air traps more of the sun's heat near the planet. <span style="font-weight: bold">And that extra energy expresses itself in a thousand ways, from melting ice to powering storms</span>. Since warm air can hold more water vapor than cold, it's not surprising that the atmosphere is 4% moister than it was 40 years ago. That &quot;4% extra amount, it invigorates the storms, it provides plenty of moisture for these storms,&quot; said Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section at the government's National Center for Atmospheric Research. It loads the dice for record rain and snow. Yesterday the Midwest and Queensland crapped out</div></div>

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