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Thread #87391   Message #1859481
Posted By: Don Firth
15-Oct-06 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Where's the Global Warming
Subject: RE: BS: Where's the Global Warming
Old Guy, get a clue! Global warming is a upward trend in the global temperature, and like all meteorological phenomena, an instance or two that seems to contradict the trend does not mean the trend isn't happening!

Some posts back I point out the matter of the Greenland ice cap melting (which it is doing at a rapid rate) and pouring enough cold, fresh water into the warm, salty Gulf Stream, potentially disturbing its flow and basically, shutting it down. With the cessation of the warm flow of the Gulf Stream, Northern Europe would experience a severe drop in temperature--a sort of mini-Ice Age (it's happened before). But that would only be temporary. The global temperature would continue to rise and the cold temperatures in Nothern Europe would end soon enough. In the meantime, things could get pretty damned nasty in other parts of the world. Droughts, crop failures, increased "desertification," and much more severe storms (hurricanes, tornadoes).

Learn something about meteorology. You might also take a look at planetology. We can see, by examining conditions on planets like Venus, just how dangerous to humanity--or all life on Earth--a runaway greenhouse effect can be.

Don't snort. It's possible!

Don Firth