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Cooling? Yes siree, cooling
Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren’t quite understanding what their robots are telling them.
This is puzzling in part because here on the surface of the Earth, the years since 2003 have been some of the hottest on record. But Josh Willis at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the oceans are what really matter when it comes to global warming…
In recent years, heat has actually been flowing out of the ocean and into the air. This is a feature of the weather phenomenon known as El Nino. So it is indeed possible the air has warmed but the ocean has not. But it’s also possible that something more mysterious is going on.
That becomes clear when you consider what’s happening to global sea level. Sea level rises when the oceans get warm because warmer water expands. This accounts for about half of global sea level rise. So with the oceans not warming, you would expect to see less sea level rise. Instead, sea level has risen about half an inch in the past four years. That’s a lot…
It’s … possible that some of the heat has gone even deeper into the ocean, he says. Or it’s possible that scientists need to correct for some other feature of the planet they don’t know about. It’s an exciting time, though, with all this new data about global sea temperature, sea level and other features of climate.
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Can we just bring lead paint back and call it a day?
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OOC, has anyone seen the on going study regarding the NOAH stations that many of these temps are taken from? in many instances, the measuring devices are not placed in accordance with NOAH spec, such as on rooftops, near asphalt and concrete, etc. The gauges are measuring incorrect temps.
Here is a blog that outlines the problem:
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/
That makes AL GORE and the greens the biggist liars around i mean how about those green pinnocios with their noses getting longer and longer
A global warming story for you…
Last week we received 22″ of snow- a record amount for our area. As I was driving arounf my 4WD Dodge w/hemi, I came upon a Toyoto Prius stuck that in a drift, so I pulled it out.
Oh irony, I live for thee!
Were you worried about pulling it apart?
The Church of Global Warming zealots already have this covered. Now it’s called Climate Change. Whatever happens, wherever and whenever, its climate change so they’re still right and we must not interrupt the transfer of money and control to them.
Someone is suggesting that AL GORE be sued for fruad and CHICKEN LITTLE should be one of those plantiffs in that lawsuit