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Lightning strikes could drop by 15% as global temperatures to soar by 5°C in 2100 (tr)
Daily Mail ^
| February 12, 2018
| By JOE PINKSTONE
Posted on 02/12/2018 11:15:21 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Global warming has the power to curtail one of nature's most powerful phenomena, cutting the chance of lightning strikes in the future.
Increasing greenhouse gases could have a significant effect on storm clouds, experts say.
Under worst case climate change scenarios temperatures worldwide could increase by 5°C (9°F) by 2100.
Using a new method, researchers calculate that the likely incidence of lightning flashes from storm clouds will drop by 15 per cent under these conditions.
Dr Declan Finney of the University of Leeds, who was part of the research, told MailOnline: 'In previous studies of the impact of climate change on lightning, researchers often didn't include consideration of changes in cloud ice.
'This is despite cloud ice being thought to be key in charge generation in thunderstorms.
'This research questions the reliability of previous projections of lightning, and encourages further study into the effects of climate change on cloud ice and lightning.'
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakescience; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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Lightning strikes could drop by 15% as climate change causes global temperatures to soar by 5°C in 2100
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:17:20 AM PST
by
moovova
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Ridiculous projection based on “fake” model...by scientists with lotsa Grant Money.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Pigs could fly.
Donkeys could sing.
Hell could freeze over........................
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:18:12 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
To: moovova
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:18:37 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Bring on globull warming to save lives from lightening strikes.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:19:28 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
More fake news distractions. What would the democrats do if they couldn’t keep their followers in a constant state of fear?
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:19:53 AM PST
by
Trillian
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I just knew you’d be here.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:20:28 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wasn't there just an article about a solar minimum and the possibility of a new mini-ice age?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, they’ve learned to put their predictions more than 80 years out now...as opposed to the times when they’ve predicted things within their own lifetimes that never happened. They’ve wised up, put the prediction out there long enough so you’ll be gone by the time everyone knows you are just another charlatan.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
By 2100 I don’t think I’ll be too concerned about the weather.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:23:08 AM PST
by
rdl6989
To: Oldeconomybuyer
By 2100...
Notice that the projection is so far out that the predictor will be long gone and few if any will remember the prediction or who made it.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:23:15 AM PST
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: butlerweave
I am 74, soon to be 75. So, I don’t think I’ll worry too much about this idiocy. Seems to me these guys need a job that actually contributes to wellbeing of others. Like a job that creates weath.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:23:39 AM PST
by
Parmy
To: Oldeconomybuyer
there is absolutely no global warming. None
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:24:17 AM PST
by
raiderboy
( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Due to global warming zombie attacks are expected to increase by 500%. Please prepare your zombie safe place now.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:26:31 AM PST
by
IVAXMAN
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is that good or bad? I'm confused. I thought that everything associated with global warming was supposed to be bad so people would be scared and demand government action.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:26:43 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: neverevergiveup
Not a possibility, there is minimum. With the collapse of both the solar and earth polar fields (cyclical) we will see the opposite of "fewer" lightening strikes.
Temperatures are already dropping. I was surprised to see the Weather Channel reverse itself. Could just be CYA.
Others? They're sticking to the narrative for now. It will morph into global warming causes ice ages.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:26:46 AM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
To: Red Badger
Hillary could turn states evidence..!!
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:27:55 AM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Watch your six.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Another Wild Ass Guess from “science”.
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posted on
02/12/2018 11:28:02 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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