More AGW Hysteria Debunked, Yet Again

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Global Warming Follies

Posted in Follies by tjgavin

March 11 2008



http://gwfollies.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/never-mind-again/



At some point you have to wonder when the press will do a proper job of
being skeptical about claims by the GWers. Last year they reported
unquestioningly that the floods in England were caused by GW and we
should expect more. Now? Well.never mind.



Freak rain, not global warming, blamed for last year's devastating £3bn
floods



The devastating floods that deluged Britain last summer were not caused
by climate change, contrary to the claims of politicians and green
campaigners, scientists have said. '



A major new study says there is no evidence that the "exceptional river
flooding" - which caused more than £3billion damage and left thousands
homeless - was anything other than a freak "100- to 200-year" event.



At the time, there were claims that the floods were the result of
climate change - and a taster of the sort of floods that would become
more common.



Last year, as Gordon Brown visited flood-damaged homes, he blamed the
events on climate change. "We're looking, if you like, at 21st-century
extreme weather conditions," he said at the time.



Remember, Gordon Brown is the same British Prime Minister that had his
claims about plastic bags disproven too. (See earlier post.) Will the
British press put those two facts together? Don't hold your breath.












Warmest Regards

Bonzo

"Attributing global climate change to human CO2 production is akin to
trying to diagnose an automotive problem by ignoring the engine
(analogous to the Sun in the climate system) and the transmission (water
vapour) and instead focusing entirely, not on one nut on a rear wheel,
which would be analogous to total CO2, but on one thread on that nut,
which represents the human contribution." Dr. Timothy Ball, Chairman of
the Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP.com), Former Professor
Of Climatology, University of Winnipeg

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Post by 00NZB
Posted in Follies by tjgavin

Worthless KKKonservative BLOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGG

Meanwhile....

2007 A Top Ten Warm Year For U.S. And Globe

The preliminary annual average temperature for 2007 across the contiguous
United
States will likely be near 54.3° F- 1.5°F (0.8°C) above the twentieth
century
average of 52.8°F. This currently establishes 2007 as the eighth warmest on
record. Only February and April were cooler-than-average, while March and
August
were second warmest in the 113-year record.

The warmer-than-average conditions in 2007 influenced residential energy
demand
in opposing ways, as measured by the nation's Residential Energy Demand
Temperature Index. Using this index, NOAA scientists determined that the
U.S.
residential energy demand was about three percent less during the winter and
eight percent higher during the summer than what would have occurred under
average climate conditions.

Exceptional warmth in late March was followed by a record cold outbreak from
the
central Plains to the Southeast in early April. The combination of premature
growth from the March warmth and the record-breaking freeze behind it caused
more than an estimated $1 billion in losses to crops (agricultural and
horticultural).

A severe heat wave affected large parts of the central and southeastern U.S.
in
August, setting more than 2,500 new daily record highs.


Global Temperatures

The global annual temperature − for combined land and ocean surfaces -
for 2007
is expected to be near 58.0 F - and would be the fifth warmest since records
began in 1880. Some of the largest and most widespread warm anomalies
occurred
from eastern Europe to central Asia.

Including 2007, seven of the eight warmest years on record have occurred
since
2001 and the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1997. The global
average
surface temperature has risen between 0.6°C and 0.7°C since the start of the
twentieth century, and the rate of increase since 1976 has been
approximately
three times faster than the century-scale trend.

The greatest warming has taken place in high latitude regions of the
Northern
Hemisphere. Anomalous warmth in 2007 contributed to the lowest Arctic sea
ice
extent since satellite records began in 1979, surpassing the previous record
low
set in 2005 by a remarkable 23 percent. According to the National Snow and
Ice
Data Center, this is part of a continuing trend in end-of-summer Arctic sea
ice
extent reductions of about 10 percent per decade since 1979.


U.S. Precipitation and Drought Highlights

Severe to exceptional drought affected the Southeast and western U.S. More
than
three-quarters of the Southeast was in drought from mid-summer into
December.
Increased evaporation from usually warm temperatures, combined with a lack
of
precipitation, worsened drought conditions. Drought conditions also affected
large parts of the Upper Midwest and areas of the Northeast.

Water conservation measures and drought disasters, or states of emergency,
were
declared by governors in at least five southeastern states, along with
California, Oregon, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware at some point during
the
year.

A series of storms brought flooding, millions of dollars in damages and loss
of
life from Texas to Kansas and Missouri in June and July. Making matters
worse
were the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, which produced heavy rainfall in
the
same region in August.

Drought and unusual warmth contributed to another extremely active wildfire
season. Approximately nine million acres burned through early December, most
of
it in the contiguous U.S., according to preliminary estimates by the
National
Interagency Fire Center.

There were 15 named storms in the Atlantic Basin (Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean
Sea
and Gulf of Mexico) in 2007, four more than the long-term average. Six
storms
developed into hurricanes, including Hurricanes Dean and Felix, two category
5
storms that struck Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Nicaragua, respectively
(the
first two recorded category 5 landfalls in the Atlantic Basin in the same
year).
No major hurricanes made landfall in the U.S., but three tropical
depressions,
one tropical storm and one Category 1 Hurricane made landfall along the
Southeast and Gulf coasts.

La Niña conditions developed during the latter half of 2007, and by the end
of
November, sea surface temperatures near the equator of the eastern Pacific
were
more than 3.6°F (2°C) below average. This La Niña event is likely to
continue
into early 2008, according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.

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Post by 00NZB
Global Warming Follies
Posted in Follies by tjgavin
March 11 2008
http://gwfollies.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/never-mind-again/
At some point you have to wonder when the press will do a proper job of
being skeptical about claims by the GWers. Last year they reported
unquestioningly that the floods in England were caused by GW and we
should expect more. Now? Well.never mind.
Freak rain, not global warming, blamed for last year's devastating £3bn
floods
The devastating floods that deluged Britain last summer were not caused
by climate change, contrary to the claims of politicians and green
campaigners, scientists have said. '
A major new study says there is no evidence that the "exceptional river
flooding" - which caused more than £3billion damage and left thousands
homeless - was anything other than a freak "100- to 200-year" event.
At the time, there were claims that the floods were the result of
climate change - and a taster of the sort of floods that would become
more common.
Last year, as Gordon Brown visited flood-damaged homes, he blamed the
events on climate change. "We're looking, if you like, at 21st-century
extreme weather conditions," he said at the time.
Remember, Gordon Brown is the same British Prime Minister that had his
claims about plastic bags disproven too. (See earlier post.) Will the
British press put those two facts together? Don't hold your breath.
Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"Attributing global climate change to human CO2 production is akin to
trying to diagnose an automotive problem by ignoring the engine
(analogous to the Sun in the climate system) and the transmission (water
vapour) and instead focusing entirely, not on one nut on a rear wheel,
which would be analogous to total CO2, but on one thread on that nut,
which represents the human contribution." Dr. Timothy Ball, Chairman of
the Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP.com), Former Professor
Of Climatology, University of Winnipeg

Flooded roads and subways, deformed railroad tracks and weakened
bridges may be the wave of the future with continuing global warming,
a new study says.
********************

BOOGA BOOGA!
--
Warmest Regards

Bonzo


". researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar Research in Germany
report the sun has been burning more brightly over the last 60 years,
accounting for the 1 degree Celsius increase in Earth's temperature over
the last 100 years."
http://ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=287279412587175

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Post by 00NZB
". researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar Research in Germany
report the sun has been burning more brightly over the last 60 years,
accounting for the 1 degree Celsius increase in Earth's temperature over
the last 100 years."

Another complete lie from Bonzo.

I have never encountered a KKKonservative who wasn't a perpetual Liar.

Bonzo makes a great example.

[Surfer]

Post by 00NZB
http://gwfollies.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/never-mind-again/
At some point you have to wonder when the press will do a proper job of
being skeptical about claims by the GWers.

Adelaide breaks another heat record
March 14, 2008 - 4:04PM
http://news.theage.com.au/adelaide-breaks-another-heat-record/20080314-1zd9.html

"..... Adelaide recorded its hottest March night in history, with an
overnight minimum temperature of 30.2 degrees."

".... The city's forecast maximum of 40 degrees is the 12th
consecutive day of temperatures above 35 degrees - the longest
heatwave ever in any Australian capital city."

".... Adelaide's heatwave is predicted to continue with temperatures
around 38 degrees until next Wednesday."

[ which will make it FAR LONGER than longest ever previously recorded]

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Post by Surfer

Post by 00NZB
http://gwfollies.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/never-mind-again/
At some point you have to wonder when the press will do a proper job of
being skeptical about claims by the GWers.

Adelaide breaks another heat record
March 14, 2008 - 4:04PM
http://news.theage.com.au/adelaide-breaks-another-heat-record/20080314-1zd9.html
"..... Adelaide recorded its hottest March night in history, with an
overnight minimum temperature of 30.2 degrees."
".... The city's forecast maximum of 40 degrees is the 12th
consecutive day of temperatures above 35 degrees - the longest
heatwave ever in any Australian capital city."
".... Adelaide's heatwave is predicted to continue with temperatures
around 38 degrees until next Wednesday."
[ which will make it FAR LONGER than longest ever previously recorded]

Yes, hot northerly winds will do that.
Nothing to do with AGW though!
Adelaide is the place to be for hot dry summers as most, but the
stridently blinkered, know..
Didn't you know? C'mon admit it!
BTW the effect was highly localised due to the narrowness of the
northerly air stream.
BBTW Adelaide is NOT Australia, and Australia is NOT the globe.
There, double whammy!

Oh, and BTW again ...


Global Cooling Update
NOAA, Globe's Coldest Winter Since 2001
March 15, 2008
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/globes_coldest_winter_since_2001/
The NOAA confirms a little global cooling:
The average temperature across both the contiguous U.S. and the globe
during climatological winter (December 2007-February 2008) was the
coolest since 2001, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic
Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080313_coolest.html