So that wasn’t the cause of temperatures going down over the Winter? And what about temperatures warming up now? Please, someone, tell me there’s a good explanation for this scary trend of warming temperatures ever since March 21.
;-)
There is a good explanation.
We're doomed. DOOMED!
Just give up and go curl up in a ball in the corner right now.
*snif* I want my Mommy!
;)
“Please, someone, tell me there’s a good explanation for this scary trend of warming temperatures ever since March 21.”
Bush’s fault.
Duh.
We’ve also noticed up here in Alberta considerable and increasing amounts of global lighten-ing that’s been going on since sometime around Christmas. Whatever are we going to do?
[Please, someone, tell me there’s a good explanation for this scary trend. . .]
What me was the loss of leaves by most trees last fall. By January they were bare. Fortunately some trees seem to be recovering with tiny buds sprouting in the last week or so.
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How do you tell a scientist from a non-scientist? Where does science end, and propaganda, politics, and opinion begin? You only need to know one thing:
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Straight away, this sorts the wheat from the weeds. We don’t learn about the natural world by calling people names or hiding data. We don’t learn by chucking out measurements in favor of opinions. We don’t learn by suppressing discussions, or setting up fake rules about which bits of paper count or which people have a licence to speak.
A transparent, competitive system where all views are welcome is the fastest way to advance humanity. The Royal Society is the oldest scientific association in the world. Its motto is essentially, Take No One’s Word For It. In other words, assume nothing; look at the data. When results come in that don’t fit the theory, a scientist chucks out his theory. A non-scientist has “faith”, he “believes” or assumes his theory is right, and tries to make the measurements fit. When measurements disagree, he ignores the awkward news, and “corrects”, or statistically alters, the data–always in the direction that keeps his theory alive.
NOTES: This page was created as part of the booklet Global Bullies Want Your Money (The Skeptics Handbook, vol. II). It was inspired by requests from people who were obviously frustrated. They wanted a formula, a checklist, or a table: a way to know which side was right. The people who normally like to trust authority are the ones most likely to run into a brick wall in this debate. They trust the scientific method, but also trust the institutions, the processes, and the politics that have risen up to supposedly carry this method from it’s pure form into it’s practical output. And the two sides are at loggerheads.
I trust the scientific method, but not the human institutions (they are subject to ambition, personality, money, and conflicts of interest).
In the end, the only real way to decide is to look at the evidence. But, if you have to figure out who to trust, if that’s your chosen short-cut, then at least this is a more systematic approach than trying to weigh up the resumes on each side.
Dont you worry, there are billions going towards finding out these “quarterly fluctuations”. Then even more billions to cover them up.
Actually, here in PA we have had scary COOLING since March 21. If we continue at the current pace (74F 3/21 vs. 50F 3/28), we will be looking at a HIGH of negative 32F in June! The next ice age is coming if we don’t DO SOMETHING!! AHHHH! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!
If THIS GUY would just stay put, no one in 'Da Nort' would even KNOW it's Spring! I guess he's next on Algores Hit List, LOL!