Global Warming. The Debate is Over.
We’ve been told over and over again, that Global Warming is a fact and that the debate is over. We know that much beyond any doubt and we know that it’s your fault and maybe even a tiny bit mine that it’s happening. I realize that some may be skeptical that either of the above statements are true — but let me assure you that it’s a fact. I know this because many scientists say so. As many of these scientists point out, much of the misunderstanding is caused by people not comprehending the difference between “weather” and “climate.” I’ve done extensive research on this topic, so allow me to enlighten you.
Let’s examine a few examples. Here’s a quote from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) in 2001:
NOAA scientists announced today that the U.S. national temperature during the November through December two-month period was the coldest such period on record.
“Whoa, that doesn’t sound like global warming,” you might say. Not so though, because you see that’s an example of weather not of climate. You might also wonder about the fact that in November 2006 Eastern Australia experienced the coldest temperatures in over 100 years. Well you’d be wrong again, because that’s not evidence of climate change. That’s weather. What about the record cold in Southern California this year, or the fact that the southern hemisphere was unusually cold with the first snowfall in Buenas Aires since 1918, or the record cold temperatures in Minnesota, Pennslyvania and Ohio and Seol Korea? Weather, weather, weather not climate. So what is an example of climate?
This year in nothern Europe, they recorded the warmest weather on record. That is an example of climate. “But hold on a minute,” you say, “that sounds just like the examples above.” Not a bit of it. This is clearly evidence of climate change, not an anomalous weather pattern. Here let me give you another example, to clear up any confusion that might remain and to prevent you from falling into the same intellectual trap that even some learned scientists have unwittingly fallen into. I admit that it might be hard to understand at first, but it will all will be cleared up shortly — I promise.
A study done in 2002 showed that the Antarctic had been cooling for some time. The study was initiated because of the unusually cold summers that had been occuring there., clearly what they were seeing was weather. Soon after, it was discovered that the Western Antartic ice sheets were becoming thinner, while the Eastern Antartic Ice sheets were becoming thicker. A later study showed that the areas around McMurdo and the Antarctic peninsula are warming. A recent article of The Journal of Climate, by William Chapman and John Walsh found that other than the area around McMurdo and the Antartic Penninsula, there is a lack of evidence to show any “spatially widespread warming.” So if that is the case, then what’s really going on? It’s really quite simple once you understand the current scientific use of weather and climate. The scientists that looked at the Western Antarctic ice sheets were seeing climate change, while the ones studying the Eastern Antarctic ice sheets were seeing weather. Likewise, those that were studying temperatures on the Antarctic peninsula were studying climate, while Chapman and Walsh were identifying weather patterns.
So to summarize we can say that whenever temperatures fall, even for long periods of time or over wide areas, even to record lows, that is evidence of weather, not climate. Whenever temperatures rise, no matter how locally, or for how brief a time, that is climate. So as even a layman can understand, global warming is without a doubt a fact. The debate is indeed over, and you my noxious-fume belching friends are the cause. Shame on all of you.
