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Global Warming: A localized pause and then the end of our civilization
The majority of the American population now thinks that global warming probably doesn’t exist. Part of that is the huge amount of money which has been spent on propaganda, but part of it is that the only continent which is not experiencing increased temperatures right now–is North America. If you want to be a climate change denialist, America is a great place to live.
It is also true that the speed of global warming has slowed down. This is primarily due to two factors:
1) The sunspot cycle. Solar radiation is currently at its lowest level in some time. Less heat equals, well, less heat.
2) The icecap and glacial dump. The polar icepack being dumped into the oceans has had a cooling effect.
The sunspot cycle can change pretty much any time it wants. Probably we’ve got a decade or so at lower heat levels, but that’s not a sure thing. As for the icecap and glacier dump: well, once the ice is gone, it’s gone.
The bottom line is that we are going to see things get worse, more slowly, in terms of temperature rises. We will, however, keep getting crazy weather, changes to weather patterns are an early sign of climate change.
One Comment on "Global Warming: A localized pause and then the end of our civilization"
hoangkybactien on Tue, 18th May 2010 3:24 am
I have noted continuously for 9 years (since 2001) that right after Chritmas time -around January 1 to 15, approximately – flower peach trees (I guess, the ones only produce flowers and no fruits) blossom and produce flowers in areas along the interstate I-10 in southern United States.
This always amaze me, for december 21 is officially the first day of the winter months! and the coldest month in the year, I guess, is the month of February! and yet, some trees (such as peach trees above, I guess) start blossoming, three to four months earlier than those in the Washington D.C. areas that often blossom in midle of April or so.
Since flower blossoming always means to me a sign of spring is comming.
The above phenomenon may suggest that along I-10 areas in Southern U.S.A. there is actually no real winter! it exists in name only, not in reality.
I wonder if this is the way it has been since antiquity or it just happens since the past few decades?