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Environment & Energy

Bob Wallace

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11. No, I got your point...

Reply to Nederland (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 12:49 PM

Dec 2011

You point is consistently to downplay climate change.

You are totally correct that the daily temperature in one location is meaningless as a measure of how we're screwing our climate and our weather. What we have to do is to look at larger scale measurements and when we do we should not be surprised that it was t-shirt weather in Fargo in late December.

Here's what has been happening in the US...

And here's what has been happening over the entire globe...

The 'G' in AGW is there for a reason.

Get it?

The 'A' in AGW is also there for a reason.

Got that as well?

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Yesterday it was a record 52F in Fargo. [View all] Odin2005 Dec 2011 OP

That is called weather, not climate change (nt) Nederland Dec 2011 #1

Sez a resident Denier. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Nederland Dec 2011 #4

Global temperatures are rising due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases jpak Dec 2011 #5

Your comment has nothing to do with mine (nt) Nederland Dec 2011 #6

If the climate changes... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #7

Missing the point Nederland Dec 2011 #8

Yeah, it's not like this is a pattern or anything that might imply long-term climate change NickB79 Dec 2011 #9

No, I got your point... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #11

Now THAT is a valid piece of evidence Nederland Dec 2011 #13

Valid evidence? Not really guardian Dec 2011 #14

8/10 of a degree in 120 years? The Muller study confirmed 1 degree C in 50 years NickB79 Jan 2012 #20

the weather on one day or month or year is part of the samples CreekDog Jan 2012 #26

Is that why I can't go ice fishing next week? jpak Dec 2011 #10

No Nederland Dec 2011 #15

Humans are changing the climate and the ice data from Maine lakes clearly indiicates warming jpak Dec 2011 #16

Same in WI. I had to travel to far north MN to find fishable ice this week. Viking12 Dec 2011 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Jan 2012 #24

climate is the average of weather CreekDog Jan 2012 #25

yah stuntcat Jan 2012 #27

and here in the desert south eastern NM, we barely got above freezing yesterday NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #3

It was 48F in Milwaukee on the 26th. Freakishly weird. The lawns there are still green. kestrel91316 Dec 2011 #12

we have cherry trees blooming in Virginia AlecBGreen Jan 2012 #21

Here in Vegas we should be in the mid 50s for highs. Systematic Chaos Jan 2012 #18

It's a taste of things to come... Bob Wallace Jan 2012 #19

its been a very mild fall/winter in VA so far AlecBGreen Jan 2012 #22

p.s. AlecBGreen Jan 2012 #23