Comments TheKidSalami has made
30 year chunks
"Climate is defined as weather averaged over a period of time -- generally around 30 years."
Ignoring the assertive nature of this statement, let's assume it is true. Then looking at the graph on the 'Global warming stopped in 1998' page, showing the global temps from 1850 to now, waht exactly would the prediction of the state of the climate have been in 1975? Clearly, it was stable or if anything getting cooler and so any judgement on the climate would not have bee that things were getting warmer.
Why is this? If CO2 use over the last 100 years is responsible for global warming, then this would have been true in 1975 as it is now. How can a theory depend on when it is evaluated?
And if the answer is, you need to look at the whole century, then why? Because that supports your theory? On 'We can't even predict the weather next week'--But weather is not climate posted 1 year, 4 months ago 11 Responses
Having your ice and eating it
"Second, ice-sheet thickening is not inconsistent with warming! Warmer climates tend toward more precipitation. The Antarctic is one of the most extreme deserts on the planet. As it warms, we would expect it to receive more snow. But even a whopping warming of 20 degrees -- say, from -50 degrees C to -30 degrees C -- would still leave it below freezing, so the snow wouldn't melt. Thus, an increase in ice mass. "
So, glaciers melt, this is evidence for (or at least not against) global warming. Antarctica gets bigger - this is also evidence for global warming. What could happen that ISN'T evidence for global warming? Any chance of any predictive hypotheses that could be verified in the future?On 'Antarctic ice is growing'--Well, probably not, but even if it were, we are not off the hook posted 1 year, 4 months ago 8 Responses