Posted on 03/28/2012 4:03:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Warming has led to changes in climate extremes such as heat waves, record high temperatures and, in many regions, heavy precipitation since 1950, the U.N. climate panel warned in a report Wednesday.
"It is very likely that there has been an overall decrease in the number of cold days and nights, and an overall increase in the number of warm days and nights, at the global scale," the scientists wrote.
Some populations are already living on the edge of disaster, given the projected increases in the magnitude or frequency of some extreme events in many regions, the report stated.
"Small increases in climate extremes above thresholds or regional infrastructure 'tipping points' have the potential to result in large increases in damages to all forms of existing infrastructure," the experts said.
In the past, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has focused on the gradual rise of temperatures and oceans. This report is the first to look at less common but far more noticeable extreme weather changes, which lately have been costing on average about $80 billion a year in damage.
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Now they’re just embarrassing themselves....
Screw the U.N.
do you realize it’s almost 25 years since the Global Warming scam started? Nobody’s burned up yet.
Ok, so we need more tax on carbon based fuels and more research grants for scientists. /S
You just know they are PO’d and hoping for a ton of hurricanes to justify their crack-pot theories. Liars one and all.
Maybe the climate is changing. BUT what is the cause? Back inn the 13th century, Southern California was all as dry as a bone, even on the coast.The Sierras had absolutely no snow cap. On the other hand, the Baltic Coast was warm enough to produce as much wheat as the Ukraine does today. Within two generations, all that changed, and the “Little Ice Age“ settled over the world, lasting until the 18th century. WHY? WHY? WHY? The Global warming crowd wants to believe that it is something as simple as fossil fuels. Maybe not. Maybe it is the sun? Maybe a change in the magnetic field (which makes the atmosphere possible)? DO WE KNOW, or are the elites just doing the equivalent of issuing a bull against the comet because they CAN do that.
Maybe the climate is changing. BUT what is the cause? Back inn the 13th century, Southern California was all as dry as a bone, even on the coast.The Sierras had absolutely no snow cap. On the other hand, the Baltic Coast was warm enough to produce as much wheat as the Ukraine does today. Within two generations, all that changed, and the “Little Ice Age“ settled over the world, lasting until the 18th century. WHY? WHY? WHY? The Global warming crowd wants to believe that it is something as simple as fossil fuels. Maybe not. Maybe it is the sun? Maybe a change in the magnetic field (which makes the atmosphere possible)? DO WE KNOW, or are the elites just doing the equivalent of issuing a bull against the comet because they CAN do that.
Ping.
You just know they are PO’d and hoping for a ton of hurricanes to justify their crack-pot theories. Liars one and all.
WHAT WARMING?????????
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