Clear skies end global dimming. Earth's air cleaner, but may worsen the greenhouse effect.

NATURE ^ | Published online: 5 May 2005; | | Quirin Schiermeier

[mountn man]

There is only one answer for this:

IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT.

[brownsfan]

"Personally, I'm still waiting for the ice age we were promised back in the 70s"

Amazing how many don't remember, or weren't around when those claims were made.
I cannot believe the desperation of those who want to run other people's lives. Everything is indeed a symptom of global warming. If the average temperature of the earth dropped 3 degrees, they'd find a way to link that to global warming!
I'm sick of junk science.
Chicken is good for you.
Chiken is bad for you.
Coffee is bad for you.
Coffee is good for you.
Being slightly overweight will shorten your life.
Being slightly overweight will lengthen your life.
Eggs are bad for you.
Eggs are good for you.

Newsflash: researchers admit that they know absolutely nothing for sure, and are in search of a clue.

[RJL]

More sunlight will also have knock-on effects on cloud cover, winds, rainfall and air temperature that are difficult to predict.

What is the global effect of millions of large scale wind turbine farms that work by removing energy from the wind and thus slowing down the wind?

This slow down will affect the air and weather circulation patterns worldwide.

Where do I sign up for the government's free money to study this problem?

[Luna]

Gee, we're doomed if we have pollution and we're doomed if we clean it up. I guess we're doomed no matter what.

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."

[.cnI redruM]

It could be an even greater effect than the BTUs of heat emitted from the psuedoscientific flatulence that passes for environmental science these days.

[CharlesWayneCT]

ITS Bush's fault, him and his d*mn clean skies initiative.

It's also Ronald Reagan's fault, for destroying communism.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its always something.

[kennedy]

If the air is clear, it is proof positive that we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

If the air is cloudy, it is proof positive that we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

If it is warm outside, it is proof positive that we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

If it is cold outside, it is proof positive that we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

If the sun rises in the east, it is proof positive that we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

If the sun sets in the west, it is proof positive that we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

Anyone else beginning to notice a pattern here?

[pfony1]

I think you might get a larger grant if you studied the extent to which wind-farms are slowing the rotation of the Earth.

And, BTW, we have already started having longer days.

When I was a kid, I was awake from 7AM to 9PM. Now I'm awake from 5:30 until 11PM.

What further proof do you need?

[.cnI redruM]

>>>we are all going to die from global warming caused by George W. Bush and SUVs.

If that didn't happen, I figure on immortality.

[RepoGirl]

I remember back in 1977, I was in fourth grade and the teacher told us about this new threat that was coming. I don't remember what she said would cause it, but she told this rapt group of nine year olds about how the earth would freeze over (I think it was because of the Pollution that would block out the sun... or something.) and how we would all die.

Now, of course, I was probably the only kid in the class room thinking, "COOL!" and I came up with this fantasy about being sort of this cave girl of the frozen tundra (of Florida), wearing animal skins and riding a wooly mammoth, hunting my food with spears, etc. I'm still waiting for that damn mammoth.

[brownsfan]

" I came up with this fantasy about being sort of this cave girl of the frozen tundra (of Florida), wearing animal skins and riding a wooly mammoth, hunting my food with spears, etc. "

Well, if it's any consolation, you've just contributed to a fantasy for me! :)

[cogitator]

[brownsfan]

You read my mind!

[Lazamataz]

Is it just me or are all these scientists just full of crap ?

If they are, it's because of Global Warming.

[Lazamataz]

I'm still waiting for that damn mammoth.

You are in luck.

[RepoGirl]

Hot d*mn! My mom always said patience pays.

Still, I'm wondering if there's anything in the Homeowners Association by-laws about having an animal like this. I wonder if they'd be considered livestock.

[add925]

Today, there were no volcanic eruptions.

No! The pressure is building, we're all DOOMED!

Please send taxpayer grant money to study this potential environmental disaster to the Volcano Watch Society c/o Nancy Pelosi, Washington DC.

[Lazamataz]

Still, I'm wondering if there's anything in the Homeowners Association by-laws about having an animal like this. I wonder if they'd be considered livestock.

If you look good and wear skimpy furs while riding around on your mammoth, you can count on the man vote in your Homeowners Association.

[RepoGirl]

I better rake out the Abdominizer if I'm going to fit into that sabre tooth bikini by swim suit season...