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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. Frost Post by abirdman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The masses are huddled away from their keyboards so they let me post frost?

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  2. Re:gore by jcr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tacit? Al Gore was all for the PMRC, and if voters were paying attention, that would have ended his political career.

    -jcr

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  3. Re:gore by zegota · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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

  4. Re:gore by Em+Ellel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't harm this person's karma. He posted during the same 60 seconds that the above poster did!

    It's still redundant. The purpose of moderation is to improve the discussion.

    Where are my mod points so that I can mod both of these as "offtopic".... as well as this post....

    -Em

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