Hey Cosmo!! (Good to see ya by the way!!) You might want to check out these web sites, which share a slightly different perspective.
================== * Junk Science Update: New NASA Evidence Refutes Global Warming (Video) http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/10/junk-science-update-new-nasa-evidence.html **New NASA Evidence Refutes Global Warming * * http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article.html?articleid=24359 * *Unusual Winds Caused Arctic Ice Melts, Not Global Warming* http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/quikscat-20071001.html Challenge to Scientific Consensus on Global Warming: Analysis Finds Hundreds of Scientists Have Published Evidence Countering Man-Made Global Warming Fears http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,176495.shtml *Artic Ice Up Over Nine Percent From Last Year:* * http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/16/artic-sea-ice-melt-season-officially-over-up-over-9-from-last-year/ * ** Antarctica Ice Cap Growth Reaches Record High Levels (Photos) http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/10/antarctica-ice-cap-growth-reaches.html ============ Noted Moonbat Christopher Booker has done extensive research and written several books on the subject, and is now hated by his brethren because he dared to challenge Al Gore with fact: http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/17/the-bias-and-logical-fallacies-of-christopher-bookers-freezing-heat/ http://www.peter-ould.net/2008/08/31/global-warming-politics-christopher-booker-in-the-telegraph/ http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/12/31/christopher-booker%e2%80%99s-scientific-credentials/ ================== Here is a great web site, from a meteorologist, with a number of different studies as well as comparative and empirical data: http://wattsupwiththat.com/about/ An Interesting Article from the referenced site above: *Philadelphia's Climate In The Early Days* http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/01/25/philadelphias-climate-in-the-early-days/ January, 1790 was a remarkable year in the northeastern US for several reasons. It was less than one year into George Washington's first term, and it was one of the warmest winter months on record. Fortunately for science, a diligent Philadelphia resident named Charles Pierce kept a detailed record of the monthly weather from 1790 through 1847, and his record is archived<http://books.google.com/books?id=yXkWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=temperature+philadelphia+1790&source=web&ots=kDcJ9xhG8H&sig=ocb5JfGI5A8j5ApWfBacyRyY2pY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA19,M1>by Google Books. Below is his monthly report from that book. *JANUARY 1790 The average or medium temperature of this month was 44 degrees This is the mildest month of January on record. Fogs prevailed very much in the morning but a hot sun soon dispersed them and** the mercury often ran up to 70 in the shade at mid day. Boys were often seen swimming in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.** There were frequent showers as in April some of which were accompanied by thunder and lightning The uncommon mildness of the weather continued until the 7th of February.* Compare that to January, 2009<http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KLOM/2009/1/25/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA>with an average temperature of 27F, 17 degrees cooler than 1790. One month of course is not indicative of the climate, so let us look at the 30 year period from 1790-1819 and compare that to the last 10 "hot" years. >From Charles Pierce's records, the average January temperature in Philadelphia from 1790-1819 was 31.2F. According to USHCN records<http://cdiac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_PROGRAM=prog.climsite_monthly.sas&_SERVICE=default&id=369464>from 2000-2006 (the last year available from USHCN) and Weather Underground records<http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KLOM/2009/1/25/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA>from 2007-2009, the average January temperature in Philadelphia for the last ten years has been 29.8 degrees, or 1.4 degrees cooler than the period 1790-1819. January, 2009 has been colder than any January during the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, or Monroe. January 2003 and 2004 were both considerably colder than any January during the terms of the first five presidents of the US. Data can be seen here<http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pj0h2MODqj3haGylGKraPXQ> . According to several of the most widely quoted climate scientists in the world, winters were much colder 200 years ago than now - yet the boys swimming in the Delaware in January, 1790 apparently were unaware. Read the rest of this entry ยป<http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/01/25/philadelphias-climate-in-the-early-days/#more-5324> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
