Freezing Winters In Europe Could Be The Norm

IceCap ^ | 1/21/2011 | Oliver LeJeune

[Paladin2]

IMHO the very definition of Winter is to have temps below freezing.

Check out the latitude of Europe vs. the US or Russia or Canada and get back to me.

[I_Like_Spam]

I guess cold weather is the surest sign of global warming you can have.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[GOPJ]

Ummm, if true - food prices will be going waaaaay up.

[Flycatcher]

;climate change, which results in warmer Arctic air and sends cold air southward to Europe;

The stupidity of that sentence fragment boggles the mind...

[Mariner]

"Talking to Platts Tuesday, UK national weather service the Met Office said: “There is a large amount of variability in the NAO… any long-term predictions of the NAO are speculative.” “That said, there are avenues of research being pursued to improve our understanding and ability to make such predictions in the future.” "

Yet they'll claim that we'll all be cinders in a hundred years.

They cannot see how clownish they look.

[djf]

Google “interglacial maximum”

Same thing has been happening over and over for the last 800,000 years or so.

Enjoy those warm summer days while you can!

[artichokegrower]

Global Norming.

[dr_lew]

I saw some show about speed skating which talked about some kind of skating marathon held on the canals of Holland, in years when conditions allow it. It had been some years since it had been held. I don’t suppose the canals froze this year did they?

[rdl6989]

Pardon my stupidity, isn’t it SUPPOSED to be freezing in winter?

[Ciexyz]

I recall winters circa 1958, 1960 in western PA as being much more harsh than today, with three feet of snow in the driveway being the norm. It was a big deal to shovel out the driveway. We got enuf snow to build snowmen, today we do not get that same amount of snow, and how many snowmen do you see getting built today.

[Mister Da]

All those frozen wind turbines & snow covered solar cells are gonna be worthless in winter. Better start chopping wood.

[Avid Coug]

This is where the globull warming nuts start investing in European petroleum and coal futures.

[JPG]

Then Europe better get busy building more windmills. Since they are outlawing fossil fuels to fight the dreaded scourge of global warming, they will probably need a couple million whirligigs scattered about. Dumbkofs.

[rsobin]

Global warming...there ain’t nottin it can’t do.

[mamelukesabre]

Most of the british/irish isles are mostly between 40 and 60 degrees F year round, historically. Latitude has nothing to do with it. Ocean currents and air currents are the driving force. In ireland, if per chance the air temps reach 60F, everyone strips their clothes off and dives into the ocean.

[I_Like_Spam]

Ummm, if true - food prices will be going waaaaay up.

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Not necessarily.

I think the real cold weather kills a lot of the bugs, and if the bugs being killed feed on the crops, it might increase it.

Further, even if it wasn’t so cold, it would still be too cold to grow anything. I think temps during the growing season are a lot more critical as far as food supply.

[Paladin2]

"Latitude has nothing to do with it."

Just wait until the Gulf Stream Stops.

[ThunderSleeps]

You're right... Why "Freezing Winters In Europe Could Be The Norm" egads! Who would've thought?! Next thing you know, it'll be hot and humid in the summer! Talk about rapid climate change, why, someone should do something... this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!*

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(*) For those too young to remember, that was Otter, in "Animal House."