Global Climate Reversal?

at 01/11/10 12:38PM *
All agree there has been a pause in global warming. Now scientists (who could never have been labeled "deniers") are saying that we are in for a period of global cooling!

"The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world’s most eminent climate scientists."

"According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this."

"This challenge to the widespread view that the planet is on the brink of an irreversible catastrophe is all the greater because the scientists could never be described as global warming ‘deniers’ or sceptics."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html#ixzz0cKWHsOTn

Will we now hear cries of...
Cut down more trees!!!
Burn more fossil fuels!!!
Establish more cattle herds!!!
We MUST emit more greenhouse gases or our planet will freeze!!!
  • video_nana
    Good one!
    by video_nana at 01/11/10 12:57PM
  • marmee
    I like it ... mostly because it proves Mr. Gore and his cronies wrong!!
    by marmee at 01/11/10 8:38PM
  • bzyabsma
    I figured something like this would come up. Here are a couple of other articles: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/11/years-global-cooling-coming-say-leading-scientists/?test=latestnews

    http://www.pnas.org/content/98/23/12876.full

    ...And this was interesting, as well -
    http://www.ccg.org/English/S/p218.html

    It's just annoying how out of joint some people can get over this kind of thing, while ignoring
    the One who created the whole idea of weather, itself.
    by bzyabsma at 01/11/10 10:10PM
  • crysnrob
    Also:

    http://globalwarming.change.org/blog/view/its_cold_in_florida_is_climate_change_a_hoax

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/weather-climate-cold-snap-global-warming/story?id=9505043

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9495864

    http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/01/will-greenlands-shrinking-glaciers-sink-us.ars

    http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/11/five-things-you-should-know-about-climate-change.ars

    http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/01/why-the-us-and-much-of-europe-are-shivering-in-the-cold.ars

    http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1762
    by crysnrob at 01/12/10 12:05AM
  • laurar209
    Poor Al Gore. I hope someone put coal in his stocking because he may need it to stay warm!
    by laurar209 at 01/12/10 4:21PM
  • cbonk
    People concerned about "global climate" should do some research into history to see how climate changes have occurred and how it has affected humans. Usually, the reason for the climate change remains a theory. The Medieval Warm Period (AD 300-1300) contributed to the spread of disease (The Black Death, specifically), droughts and famines, and even increased Viking raiding. In some places in northern Europe, there were times when it was so warm that they were able to grow at least some crops YEAR ROUND! It was followed by what is (I always think "affectionately") called the Little Ice Age (c. AD 1500-1800) which involved drastic cooling. Ice formed so heavily that you could sled from Poland to SWEDEN and walk from Staten Island to Manhattan! Outdoor winter sports grew in popularity in areas where, now, it is too warm to curl or skate outdoors (Scotland). It also lead to widespread crop and livestock failure, especially in the Norse countries, with growing seasons shortened and unreliable. Climate change is an interesting phenomenon! Sometime we think that we are immune to it with our cars, air conditioning, and forced air, BUT, just come to the Midwest and see all the corn that is half-rotten in the fields due to our wet, early winter! All that to say, though, that while man and nature may contribute to climate change, past history shows that MAJOR fluctuations DO occur and are most often unexplainable. : ) That was long...
    by cbonk at 01/13/10 11:04AM
  • dbsmelser
    good summary, good point!
    by dbsmelser at 01/14/10 10:06PM
  • marmee
    yes, i liked that history lesson ...
    by marmee at 01/14/10 10:10PM
  • timstarr
    Oh, it's still our fault. Especially your fault because you're an evil, greedy, power-hungry American. And because you're a Conservative who speaks out against the science of Global Climate Change.
    by timstarr at 01/15/10 2:03PM
  • timstarr
    Matt Duggin told me about it yesterday, but hearing her actually say it was still astounding. I don't care how they try to spin it, when you hear her tone of voice when she first makes the assertion and then when she reverses it, it is so obvious that she doesn't know what she's talking about. I can maybe understand not knowing one of the lesser Red Sox - one who maybe isn't such a dominant player, wasn't part of the '04 or '07 World Series teams, hasn't been with the team that long, etc. But Schilling? He wasn't just another Red Sox player, he's a loud mouthed, media challenging, 23 year MLB veteran, three time World Series winner (against the Yankees in his first WS, with the Red Sox in the other two), and LOCAL HERO. He's eveywhere! You can't miss him!
    by timstarr at 01/18/10 2:10PM
  • praguer
    Well, I'm glad they've changed their minds. I was beginning to wonder what was going on as I sat FREEZING in Florida!
    by praguer at 01/19/10 10:13AM
  • oeyjay143
    :)
    by oeyjay143 at 01/19/10 10:58AM