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2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century

Posted by timothy on from the problem-with-complexity-is-all-the-complexity dept.

dtjohnson writes "Data from the United Kingdom Meteorological Office suggests that 2008 will be an unusually cold year due to the La Nina effect in the western Pacific ocean. Not to worry, though, as the La Nina effect has faded recently so its effect on next year's temperatures will be reduced. However, another natural cycle, the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, is predicted to hold global temperatures steady for the next decade before global warming takes our planet into new warmth. If these predictions are correct, there must be a lot of planetary heat being stored away somewhere ... unless the heat output from the sun is decreasing rather than increasing or the heat being absorbed by the earth is decreasing due to changes in the earth's albedo."

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  1. gore by gearloos · · Score: 5, Funny

    But what will I do with all my "Gore 2012" buttons?

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    1. Re:gore by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Burn them for warmth.

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    2. Re:gore by strelitsa · · Score: 5, Funny

      Market them as sleds for gerbils.

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    3. Re:gore by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Still touting the insane idea that the media is not a right-wing mouthpiece? How cute.

      Yeah, I hate the way the media have manufactured this McCainmania, portraying him as almost the Messiah and so on whilst giving no coverage to Obama.

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  2. Oh goody... by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here comes a raging global warming debate... haven't seen this on the Internet in 5 seconds.

    Hopefully for this one we'll get some cashiers, makeup artists and puppeteers to weigh in with their expert environmental opinion, just to mix things up.

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    1. Re:Oh goody... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wow, believe it or not, most people aren't going to care about a theory that A) Doesn't affect them B) has many people that reject it C) Has no short or medium-term impact and D) has no effects right now.

      Awesome troll. But I think you're being too harsh on intelligent design, personally ...

    2. Re:Oh goody... by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Global warming is a misnomer anyway - it should be called, "global climate instability."

      How about 'Intelligent Heating?'

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  3. Global warming or cooling? by ilovesymbian · · Score: 5, Funny

    This picture says it all - is it global warming or global cooling?

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  4. Re:Stupid sunspots...( or lack thereof ) by ockegheim · · Score: 5, Funny

    First off, the new solar cycle is somewhat late

    OK, who knocked Sol up?

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  5. Re:Coldest year my ass.... by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...tell that to my $300+ powerbill for AC.

    Quit paying the ACs, that only makes them post more.