Anyone know if the La Nina cycle has started to wind down yet? I%26#039;m hoping it was less intense in February so that when the data comes out, it will return to a more normal average global temperature and we won%26#039;t have to hear this amateurish %26quot;weather = climate%26quot; %26quot;where did global warming go?%26quot; %26quot;global cooling%26quot; nonsense anymore.
I guess the deniers need to enjoy being able to make this argument while they can though. They%26#039;re sure milking it for all it%26#039;s worth.
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unitedcats2004 - yeah no worries, this is just a phase until we have a warm month. Though there are always people saying %26quot;today was cold in Walla Walla Washington, where%26#039;s global warming?%26quot;. Not nearly to this extent though, because the blogs are fueling this %26quot;global cooling%26quot; nonsense.6 months ago
Kent M - where is the evidence to support your claim that %26#039;it%26#039;s not just one month%26#039;? I beg to differ, and here is the data to prove it.http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabled...
About 30 days ago;
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/da...
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You know, reading TC%26#039;s answer it struck me that he%26#039;s probably unaware that when real climate scientists talk about climate change, they also mean oceanic climate change, or changes in mean circulation in the ocean. We tend to focus on atmospheric climate change, since weather more directly impacts us than changes in the ocean, at least on shorter timescales. However, one of the major impacts of changing the radiative balance of the atmosphere is going to be changes in ocean circulation. This was the point of the news stories last week (maybe?) about upwelling along the west coast of N. America causing dead zones.
The large-scale cooling observed in the equatorial oceans might not be evidence so much of a reversal of global warming, but instead of something much more chilling (no pun intended), oceanic climate change. So it seems TC%26#039;s happiness over this is somewhat misplaced, since bringing a lot of cold water to the surface, where it will warm and provide a heat sink and thus a short-term respite from land and atmosphere warming, is not the same thing as finding a mechanism by which the planet can shed the 1.6 W/m^2 of longwave radiation being trapped by the radiatively active trace gases.
I%26#039;m sorry, this doesn%26#039;t answer your question, but pointing out that there are two climates that are changing is relevant. In fact, I am not looking forward to increased warming. I sincerely wish TC and the other skeptics were correct and CO2 wasn%26#039;t forcing climate. It is though, and I am deeply concerned we are living on a global equivalent of Easter Island, happily cutting down all the big palm trees to erect statues of no real use.
And it%26#039;s a hard rain%26#039;s a-gonna fall.
X happened, you guys all said X was our fault and would keep happening.
X stopped happening, Y is happening and now %26quot;X causes Y.%26quot;
What%26#039;s the evidence? Look at Frank%26#039;s links above.
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there is snow in Antarctica all year round. %26quot;more proof%26quot;
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Temperatures are expected to be in the 40%26#039;s (celsius) during this summer with an alarmingly high UV content.
Cold winter weather is just as damaging as hot summer weather on a climactic scale.