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Global Warming: On Hold?
Discovery News ^
| March 2, 2009
| Michael Reilly
Posted on 03/02/2009 7:26:59 PM PST by Lorianne
For those who have endured this winter's frigid temperatures and today's heavy snowstorm in the Northeast, the concept of global warming may seem, well, almost wishful.
But climate is known to be variable -- a cold winter, or a few strung together doesn't mean the planet is cooling. Still, according to a new study, global warming may have hit a speed bump and could go into hiding for decades.
Earth's climate continues to confound scientists. Following a 30-year trend of warming, global temperatures have flatlined since 2001 despite rising greenhouse gas concentrations, and a heat surplus that should have cranked up the planetary thermostat.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: climate; freezingcold; globalcooling; globalwarming
Don't worry, no need to panic, it's just been postponed. Carry on with the taxes etc.
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:26:59 PM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne; Defendingliberty; WL-law; Genesis defender; proud_yank; FrPR; enough_idiocy; Desdemona; ..
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:30:11 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(How many face lifts were required before the Speaker began speaking from her anal orifice?)
To: Lorianne
Yeah, postponed until the heat of the summer, when the protestors and marches are not interrupted by snowstorms!
To: Lorianne
Plus, now Jack Bauer is on the case. Sutherland's pitch to fight "climate change" in an ad on '24' tonight kinda pissed me off.
That, and the possibility the show has completely jumped the shark.
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:33:44 PM PST
by
LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot
("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
To: Lorianne
Record lows mean that global warming is here, just not yet?
This reeks of the crazy lady who is afraid to walk around outside because a semi might run her over.
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:34:12 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Lorianne
Global warming is just resting. It's pining for the fjords!
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:35:10 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Hail to the Dork!)
To: Lorianne
Earth's climate continues to confound scientists. Following a 30-year trend of warming, global temperatures have flatlined since 2001 despite rising greenhouse gas concentrations, and a heat surplus that should have cranked up the planetary thermostat. It truly is amazing the capacity Liberals have for denying the glaringly obvious. This article admits the data does not support their "consensus" but it doesn't matter. They have their conclusion and they're sticking to it regardless.
To: Lorianne
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:46:11 PM PST
by
50mm
(My respect for zero has reached zero)
To: 50mm
This thread has some fantastic photoshop!
To: Lorianne
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:50:29 PM PST
by
50mm
(My respect for zero has reached zero)
But, what about “Man-Bear-Pig”???
Won’t climate change destroy it too????
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:56:01 PM PST
by
ak267
To: ak267
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posted on
03/02/2009 7:58:18 PM PST
by
50mm
(My respect for zero has reached zero)
To: Lorianne
It seems to me over the last couple of years the temperature has plummet ted. That doesn't appear flat.
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posted on
03/02/2009 8:08:59 PM PST
by
stevem
To: Lorianne
To: Lorianne
Wow, you mean climate on a global scale is a complex problem? That maybe (as myself and many have said and others have proven) the global climate models (GCMs) are:
- Inconsistent with each other.
- Inaccurate, failing to predict past and current conditions from prior data.
- Wildly sensitive to input conditions and run-time parameters, leading to tremendous swings in results from relatively minor changes.
- Based in large part on suspect data - data with "corrective" factors and adjustments (land use, population changes, metering technology upgrades etc.) that are larger than the trends they supposedly predict.
I do large scale computer modeling for a living. I know some of the fundamental issues with computer modeling of complex systems. The factors listed above mean you don't have a viable model or models, and the results aren't worth the media they are stored on. GCMs are at best,
at best a work in progress. They are no where near ready to be used to make important decisions.
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posted on
03/02/2009 8:50:18 PM PST
by
CodeMasterPhilzar
(I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom. You can keep the "change.")
To: Lorianne
Yeah, yeah, um there is still global warming, it uh, is just going into hiding for a few decades! Yeah, we were right all along! See!?
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posted on
03/02/2009 9:39:14 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:27:09 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Lorianne
The search for unicorns is on hold too - for the same reason.
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:28:25 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(People who can't use the new WH phone system are trying to redesign half the US economy - Brooks)
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