Global warming or not?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Fox News chief enforced climate change skepticism – leaked email

Email obtained by Media Matters reveals reporters were under orders to cast doubt on any mention of climate change:



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...e-change-email

I'm so surprised. Fox showing bias?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm so surprised. Fox showing bias?

Thought so.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm so surprised. Fox showing bias?

Is that not a sheep in wolf's clothing?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm so surprised. Fox showing bias?

And on that note - Fox News Makes you Stupid: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...47#post1276347

[SameOldStory]

Oppps!

Somehow I clicked on the Huffington Post.

[Dodge]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And on that note - Fox News Makes you Stupid: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...47#post1276347

Do you know why the "Fox News Makes you Stupid" thread got moved or deleted... same with the France blocking sites thread?

I was interested in reading those since I posted to them.

By the way... as far as global warming goes I would say it's more related to planetary cycles than mankind. But we should create cleaner ways of doing things. Better technology lends to cleaner lives and simpler ways of getting things done, usually.

To me the history of the planet and the incredible swings of climate and geography throughout time have occurred long before we were here.

[kennyc]

Cause someone decided it was Politics not general info. You have to opt-in to the politics and religion section.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=103740

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Dodge

Do you know why the "Fox News Makes you Stupid" thread got moved or deleted... same with the France blocking sites thread?

I was interested in reading those since I posted to them.

By the way... as far as global warming goes I would say it's more related to planetary cycles than mankind. But we should create cleaner ways of doing things. Better technology lends to cleaner lives and simpler ways of getting things done, usually.

To me the history of the planet and the incredible swings of climate and geography throughout time have occurred long before we were here.

It's here. I just posted to it. As Kenny said, you have to opt-in for any of the threads discussing politics or religion.

[Dodge]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

It's here. I just posted to it. As Kenny said, you have to opt-in for any of the threads discussing politics or religion.

Okay, thanks for the heads up!

[astra]

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past

Children just aren't going to know what snow is

Really?

[nohmi2]

I have never seen snow in my life.

I believe that it's lovely to look at, and then becomes a mess.

Somehow I always think of Dr. Zhivago when I read about snow.

Cheers

[astra]

Originally Posted by nohmi2

I have never seen snow in my life.

I believe that it's lovely to look at, and then becomes a mess.

Somehow I always think of Dr. Zhivago when I read about snow.

People in the UK might appreciate this Global Warming article vs. present conditions

[Icarusbop]

Originally Posted by astra

People in the UK might appreciate this Global Warming article vs. present conditions

Yip: I'ts jeffing feezing over here - I've never known it to be so cold - backed up by the fact that we are having the coldest December since records began in 1910

Still - I like the snow, it's great fun - I just think it is misunderstood. (like the climate change scientits )

[astra]

I love snow
It is so beautiful outside.
Walking is a bit difficult, but fun nonetheless . I live 2 miles from my work. I walk to and fro. Lately I have realised I have more muscles in calves than I thought previously. When I go home, about 1/2 of the way I pretend to be a bus and walk on a bus lane against the traffic (so I can see a coming bus ahead of the time )

[Gwen Morse]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

This here dumb reneck would like y'all to explain the following things

Why things were so warm around 1000ad? Nobody was creating extra greenhouse gases then.

Why did the Maunders Minimum correlate with the Little Ice Age?

We have had 4 Ice Ages in the last 2 million years, with big warm-ups in between. Could somebody explain why the wild cycles, and why the current period is different?

Gee, since the science is so definitive, I expect good, detailed, answers to all the question in just a few minutes.....

These answers are provided my my husband, the geophysicist. His specialty is glaciation and sea-level change. If there are any weird gaps, please forgive me, I'm trying to form neat paragraphs of what he typed in IM from work.

"The longer term ice ages are caused by the Milankovich cycle which is caused by tiny perturbations of the Earth's orbit by Jupiter."

"Things were warm in the northern hemisphere around 1000 AD but not in the southern hemisphere."

"The current cycle is different because the pattern of temperature rise is confined to the lower atmosphere, which is a characteristic of greenhouse-driven temperature increase. The greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere are expected to produce at least 4 degrees Fahrenheit increase on top of any natural warming in the next 50 years. That is as warm as any of the previous interglacials got. If we keep producing greenhouse gases we'll get warmer than any previous period we know about that mammals have lived in. That could be very bad for agriculture. Also currently global average temperature is increasing in both hemispheres, not just the Northern like in 1000 AD."