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Study Finds World Warmth Edging to Ancient Levels
Krishna Dagli writes to mention a decades-long study by NASA scientists. According to the research, global temperatures are reaching highs not seen in thousands of years. From the article: "One of the findings from this collaboration is that the Western Equatorial Pacific and Indian Oceans are now as warm as, or warmer than, at any prior time in the Holocene. The Holocene is the relatively warm period that has existed for almost 12,000 years, since the end of the last major ice age. The Western Pacific and Indian Oceans are important because, as these researchers show, temperature change there is indicative of global temperature change. Therefore, by inference, the world as a whole is now as warm as, or warmer than, at any time in the Holocene. According to Lea, 'The Western Pacific is important for another reason, too: it is a major source of heat for the world's oceans and for the global atmosphere.'"
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Just say no to irreversible processes!
we're already experiencing late falls, and slightly earlier springs. Two years running now the ground hasn't reliably frozen solid until well into november. Therefore, while I feel for those of you living 2 ft above sea level in Florida, I believe I speak on behalf of many residents of Upstate NY, Minnesota, Saskatchewan, etc., when I say, "Good".
the more accurate the calculations became, the more the concepts tended to vanish into thin air. R. S. Mulliken
... were a real problem. I'm so glad Atlantis was destroyed, or else who knows where we'd be since we are only now jsut approaching those Atlantean high temps of 12K years ago.
Prof. Farnsworth - "Oh a lesson in not changing history from Mr I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!"
They assume the laws of physics and certain chemical processes were the same before as they are now. That's how science, generally, works.
I could point out a few contrived examples, but instead, I'll just let you deduct from here.
No, I'm just so disillusioned by society that I don't think anything is done honestly anymore.
Assuming you're right, that means you're probably lying since you're part of society. Assuming you're wrong, means you're mistaken. Thus, your opinion kind of defines itself as irrelevant, huh?
I, for one, welcome our new gigantic dragonfly overlords.
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"variability in temperatures prior to the past century were generated by Mann and his co-authors."
;-)
See? Global warming isn't caused by man, it's caused by Mann and his cronies. We need to find them and make them pay.
That's because snide comments can't be bookmarked.
Ha! I just drag the little "/." icon in my Firefox address bar to the link bar, and I've bookmarked them. Suck it, Trebeck.
...the width of tree rings is related to temperature...
Maybe if we stopped cutting down trees to find out what the temperature was like 1000 years ago, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Yeah, just look at the effect global warming is having on severe hurricanes this year.
Oh, wait...
It's natural to be afraid of changes but really, what difference changing climate does? Sit back and enjoy the show I say. On average, humans aren't going anywhere anyway and those selected few who are can take care of themselves. Really, can you see average human being doing much else with noticeable effect on the whole with their lives than multiplying?
Those who think we are something else than natural phenomenon are fooling themselves. Our population curve, use of resources and space shows no higher intelligence than what bacteria have.