Posted on 01/29/2012 6:13:06 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian
The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.
The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century.
Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093264/Forget-global-warming--Cycle-25-need-worry-NASA-scientists-right-Thames-freezing-again.html#ixzz1kr75xT7b
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I recall one website that hat photos of the same weather stations over time. Tons of them. 1990 photo would show a weather station in the middle of a large grassy area. 2008 photo would show the same station with the grassy area now a paved parking area with a wall nearby, etc.
Can anyone find the actual paper this article is based on? I’ve been all over the Met Office site and can’t find it at all.
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>> “And, if they are, the implications for some scientists could be very serious.” <<
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Not serious enough, IMO.
>> “But the polar bears...what about the polar bears!?” <<
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Do they Pole Dance bare?
Glaciation occurs when the oceans are excessively warm; kind of like a giant El Nino.
...”2000 feet of ice on the Thames”...
OK, so what does that mean for the Chesapeake Bay, the Hudson river, Cape Cod and the rest of the USA?
Well, where I live (Seattle) there was over a mile of ice last time. (Might need to add some 2x4’s to the roof!).
Didn’t Washington have to completely rebuild the highway over Snoqualmie due to a huge mass of snow and ice back in the ‘90s?
They are always working on that road it seems - but I don’t recall anything with specifics to large snowfalls. Other than perhaps more downtime for avalanche control.
I seem to recall some story from a LONG time ago (80-100 years???) where a train got caught up in the one of the passes (Stevens Pass?) and they had to wait for a few days to be rescued during a huge snow storm.
The way you worded that makes it sound as though there was a massive overhanging cornice of snow in those years. In fact, there is snow every year, some more than others, and the rebuild of the westbound lanes of I-90 made avalanche control and routine road maintenance easier and safer.
Check this west summit webcam in the morning.
http://www.kirotv.com/s/weather/snoqualmie-pass-cam/
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What I’m talking about was just one year in particular, where an abnormal build-up and one big storm resulted in an avalanche that took out several miles of the road and lots of cars with it.
You must have dreamed that!
No, I was stuck in Seattle because the state had I5 closed to through traffic so the trucks could use it exclusively.
I just don’t remember the year.
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