--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > The more interesting chart is the inner one because it shows relatively > little or no significant difference in cyclones and earthquakes. > > Floods, of course, will only be of concern in populated areas...and populated > areas increased with the increase of world population. > > Also interesting is the explanation for what is included in the definition of > disasters. A lot of that stuff can be ascribed to other factors than global > temperatures. > > Anyway, none of these figures have any meaning whatsoever because: > > 1)it only goes back to 1900; > > 2) we don't know the breakdown of all the disasters except for the ones in > the inner box; and > > 3) no one trusts ANY figures anymore from the fraudulent pro-global warming > crowd. > > Everything must be recalculated because all data is tainted. >
The evidence for AGW is undeniable on the basis of thousands of peer-reviewed research papers and simple human observation. Like I've suggested before, either you're a willfully blind supporter of the profiteer corporate polluters, you're stupid or you're trolling. My bet is that it's a little of all three. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > This is simple and basic. > > > > > > > > > > > > Part of the scientific realities of AGW is that the > > > > > > consequences include the abnormal and extreme weather > > > > > > fluctuations that we see as the trend of increasing > > > > > > global temperatures continues upward. > > > > > > > > > > ...but there ARE NO extreme weather fluctuations. > > > > > > > > > > It was all made up. > > > > > > > > He's referring to, among other examples, the record-setting > > > > storm that just hit Washington--you know, the one you cited > > > > in the post he was responding to. > > > > > > > > > > That was one "extreme weather fluctuation". > > > > > > Are there MORE extreme weather fluctuations since the advent of global > > warming compared to before the advent of global warming or is there less > > or about the same? > > > > > > > Global warming may be responsible in part for some trends in natural > > disasters such as extreme weather > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather> . > > > > [File:Trends in natural disasters.jpg] > > <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Trends_in_natural_di\ > > sasters.jpg> > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trends_in_natural_disasters.jpg > > > > > > Extreme weather includes weather <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather> > > phenomena that are at the extremes of the historical distribution, > > especially severe or unseasonal weather > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_weather> .[1] > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-0> > > The World Meteorological Organization > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization> [2] > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-1> and the U.S. > > Environmental Protection Agency > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency> [3] > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-2> have linked > > increasing extreme weather events to global warming > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming> , as have Hoyos et al. > > (2006), writing that the increasing number of category 4 and 5 > > hurricanes is directly linked to increasing temperatures.[4] > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-3> > > > > Similarly, Kerry Emmanuel in Nature writes that hurricane power > > dissipation is highly correlated with temperature, reflecting global > > warming <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming> . Hurricane > > modeling has produced similar results, finding that hurricanes, > > simulated under warmer, high CO2 conditions, are more intense than under > > present-day conditions. > > > > Thomas Knutson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Knutson> and Robert > > E. Tuleya of the NOAA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA> greenhouse gas > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas> may lead to increasing > > occurrence of highly destructive category-5 storms.[5] > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-4> Vecchi and > > Soden find that wind shear <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear> , > > the increase of which acts to inhibit tropical cyclones > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclones> , also changes in > > model-projections of global warming. There are projected increases of > > wind shear <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear> in the tropical > > Atlantic and East Pacific associated with the deceleration of the Walker > > circulation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_circulation> , as well > > as decreases of wind shear in the western and central Pacific.[6] > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-5> > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather > > > > Extreme Weather Fits Global Warming Pattern > > Drought, Flooding, Heavy Storms May Become More Frequent and Extreme as > > Climate Changes It seems to make no sense: Record drought, right > > next to downpours. Just this week, for example, swaths of Arizona have > > been on fire and there have been flash floods in Texas. [flood] > > (ABCNEWS.com) > > > > > > But to scientists, it does make sense. > > > > > > > > The simple reason is that the air is getting warmer, and warmer air > > holds more moisture -- so when the warmer winds sweep across wet > > farmlands, they suck up more moisture drying the farms out. > > > > > > > > And when the winds finally dump that moisture out as rain, the downpours > > are much heavier. > > > > > > > > "Suddenly you've got a gully-washer," says Kevin Trenberth, a scientist > > with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, part of a research > > collaboration among universities. "You've got too much water. And then > > at other times you've got drier conditions, potential for drought -- > > associated with global warming because of this increase of water vapor > > in the atmosphere." > > > > > > > > That can translate into more rain or more snow -- as was the case this > > winter in the western mountains. > > > > > > > > Normally, more snow is good news for farms and towns below the > > mountains, because three-fourths of the West's water comes from snow > > pack. > > > > > > > > But a warming trend over the past 30 years means snows often melt out > > weeks too soon, leaving drier summers, like this year. > > > > > > > > On a hot day in the mountains with the snow melting fast, someone might > > be tempted to see the weather as a sign of global warming and climate > > change. But of course it's not, all by itself. There are natural cycles > > of earlier and later snow pack melting. > > > > > > > > > > Global Changes > > > > > > Plus, as scientists point out, weather is not climate. > > > > > > > > Weather is local, whereas climate is a long-term pattern over a large > > region. Extremes in the past -- like the Dust Bowl in the 1930's -- > > happened in only one region at a time. > > However, what worries scientists now is that these climate extremes are > > global. > > > > > > For instance, wildfires over the last five decades are soaring in the > > United States and the other continents, according to data from the > > Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, an authoritative report involving > > consensus from many established scientists. The same goes for floods. > > And precipitation for the planet as a whole is up 20 percent. > > > > > > > > So, say scientists, for the coming decades we must get ready for more > > frequent extremes of too dry, and too wet. > > http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/GlobalWarming/story?id=2115144&page=1 > > >
