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hedgehog

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7. Here's how to see what is happening -
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 08:22 AM
Apr 2014

Go out in the kitchen and put a pot of water on the stove. You might want to add a drop of vegetable dye. If you watch, the dye takes a long time to spread through a pan of cold water. Get a fresh pot, do it again, but this time put the pot on a low simmer. The dye will spread through the water at faster rate. Now, do it again, but this time put the pot on a high boil. You'll see the dye spread through the water almost instantly.

Gloal heating raises the overall temperature of the atmosphere, but it also speeds up the mixing of air currents. What we experienced this winter was a result of global warming as cold air from the North Pole was pushed down over the United States.

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this is a joke, right? Skittles Apr 2014 #1
no Archae Apr 2014 #2
Google the difference between "temperature" and "climate" Skittles Apr 2014 #3
I'm just so sick and tired of it being cold! Archae Apr 2014 #6
I can imagine Skittles Apr 2014 #15
seriously, dude. you need to check yourself. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #4
... handmade34 Apr 2014 #5
Here's how to see what is happening - hedgehog Apr 2014 #7
That's why it's called "climate change" cyberswede Apr 2014 #8
People HAVE to quit calling it Global warming! it's Climate Change!! N/T nirvana555 Apr 2014 #9
Some DU members are calling it Climate Disaster ... Auggie Apr 2014 #14
... Major Nikon Apr 2014 #10
She'll probably say... Iggo Apr 2014 #12
Check out Climate Central Blue Diadem Apr 2014 #11
Looks like you have some support for your doubts. Ptah Apr 2014 #13
move to Australia. nt magical thyme Apr 2014 #16
1) The world is bigger than the Midwest. Most places were warmer Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2014 #17
Tell that to the disappearing glaciers. sakabatou Apr 2014 #18
Yes, it has been very cold in the Midwest. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #19
Come south. I'll knight you as a FIB novice Paulie Apr 2014 #20
Come to Texas and you'll find out pretty Texasgal Apr 2014 #21
Next weekend it is $230 to play Whistling Straights and the River Course. AngryAmish Apr 2014 #22
There's a reason it's called "global warming" and not "localized warming". Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #23
For the umpteenth time RedCloud Apr 2014 #24
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