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Demeter

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6. I'm not convinced that in the absence of Man, the Highs and lows would be equaling out

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 04:44 PM

Jul 2012

Because statistics are much more complex than that, if a proper analysis is done.

There are no simple natural causes of extreme cold. There are a lot of one-step natural causes of extreme warmth: solar fluctuations, vulcanism, CO2 and methane released into the air by natural causes....

An Ice Age, for example...there would have to be reduced solar activity (less energy input) and increased plant growth (less CO2 storage) and more sulfur particulates to increase precipitation so that the snow piled up in the right places...

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I have a comment on these temperature record pie charts: [View all] phantom power Jul 2012 OP

you ain't seen nothin yet limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #1

We should start flamingdem Jul 2012 #11

It's Gore's fault Doctor_J Jul 2012 #2

And he is making $Millions$ doing it. rgbecker Jul 2012 #3

Jesus, that really drives the point home, doesn't it? nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #4

Shamelessly shared on FB nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #5

I just realized I forgot link, which I corrected in the OP phantom power Jul 2012 #9

I'm not convinced that in the absence of Man, the Highs and lows would be equaling out Demeter Jul 2012 #6

it certainly assumes the distribution is symmetric, or nearly so. phantom power Jul 2012 #7

Pretty cool - it's kind of like the clock on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . . hatrack Jul 2012 #8

If those charts were clocks pscot Jul 2012 #10

The catastrophic decline of the arctic ice cap is causing... joshcryer Jul 2012 #12

As you say, it would be easy to overlook the cumulative effect ... Nihil Jul 2012 #13

Or something along the lines of XemaSab Jul 2012 #14

I think one of the articles linked from the one in the OP has a clearer picture caraher Jul 2012 #15

Wouldn't one also expect the trend to go closer to 1:1 each decade? XemaSab Jul 2012 #16

I think that's right caraher Jul 2012 #17