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Canada Warming At Twice the Global Rate, Report Finds (www.cbc.ca)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC.ca: Canada is, on average, experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with Northern Canada heating up at almost three times the global average, according to a new government report. Entitled "Canada's Changing Climate Report (CCCR)," the study was commissioned by the Environment and Climate Change Department and was slated to be released officially on Tuesday. That release date was moved up to Monday after CBC published its story about the leaked report.
The leaked copy of the report says that since 1948, Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed 1.7 C, with higher rates seen in the North, the Prairies and northern British Columbia. In Northern Canada, the annual average temperature has increased by 2.3 C. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), since 1948, global average temperatures have increased by about 0.8 C. Along with these temperature increases, the CCCR says Canada is experiencing increases in precipitation (particularly in winter), "extreme fire weather" and water supply shortages in summer, and a heightened risk of coastal flooding. The document says that while warming in Canada has been the result of both human activity and natural variations in the climate, "the human factor is dominant," especially emissions of greenhouse gases.
The leaked copy of the report says that since 1948, Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed 1.7 C, with higher rates seen in the North, the Prairies and northern British Columbia. In Northern Canada, the annual average temperature has increased by 2.3 C. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), since 1948, global average temperatures have increased by about 0.8 C. Along with these temperature increases, the CCCR says Canada is experiencing increases in precipitation (particularly in winter), "extreme fire weather" and water supply shortages in summer, and a heightened risk of coastal flooding. The document says that while warming in Canada has been the result of both human activity and natural variations in the climate, "the human factor is dominant," especially emissions of greenhouse gases.
That is about Tmax... Now read what it says about Tmin. And then realize that the average for the day is (Tmax + Tmin) / 2. Increase Tmin without a change in Tmax and you get an increasing average temperature. And it was found to be significant...
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
Canada will soon be a livable country.
If they get rid of Justin Trudeau that is...
"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." -- H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) --
Of the industrialized countries only Australia is worse. We beat the American's by over 5% and that's not counting the fact that we fudge the numbers. The Canadian government chose not to include methane being released by rotting wood from forests. It turns out if you clear cut large areas and then replant those areas with only one type of tree those trees become susceptible to disease. Who would have thought. I guess there is some justice in seeing the Australians suffer but I can't see many Canadians complaining.
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The Climate Change "Truthers" (including their "scientists") will continue to say "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" and "Death to Climate Change Deniers!"
The Climate Change "deniers" will continue to say "No it's not, no it's not" "Death to the Climate Change "Truthers"!".
Guess what it's all a load of horse shit! No one on either side can TRUTHFULLY prove their point! I don't give a shit how many articles you point to, how many FAKE, DISCREDITED studies you point too. How much FALSIFIED data you point to. Because BOTH sides have been shown to have BULLSHIT coming out of their mouths!
Go ahead mod this flamebait - but the fact is THE TRUTH IS A VIRUS! Both sides a completely full of HORSE SHIT!
So enough of this already!
The Truth is a Virus!!!