same here in Ohio On Mar 14, 7:52 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in Arkansas. Our motto for climate change here is: If you dont like > the weather wait an hour and it'll change. > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Ohio mark <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > these loon are using the same evidence today claiming "global > > warming", that they used in the 70's when they predicted the ice age. > > plug and play > > > On Mar 14, 7:41 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And how about Bonnie Prince Charlie saying that the world has 100 months > > or > > > less before we all come to a tragic end from being burned up by the > > goracles > > > global warming. hahahahahaha > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Ohio mark <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > This seems destined to be ignored by today's climate change obsessed > > > > media: Scientists from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies - > > > > the very organization now presaging gloom and doom at the hands of > > > > global warming - predicted a new ice age back in 1971. > > > > > Think this will be a focus of tonight's evening news broadcasts? > > > > > Regardless of the answer, the Washington Times wonderfully reported > > > > Wednesday (emphasis added throughout, h/t Marc Morano): > > > > > NASA scientist James E. Hansen, who has publicly criticized the > > > > Bush administration for dragging its feet on climate change and > > > > labeled skeptics of man-made global warming as distracting "court > > > > jesters," appears in a 1971 Washington Post article that warns of an > > > > impending ice age within 50 years. > > > > > The Post archives do indeed identify the existence of such a piece, > > > > with the following preview: > > > > > The world could be as little as 50 or 60 years away from a > > > > disastrous new ice age, a leading atmospheric scientist predicts. Dr. > > > > S. I. Rasool of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and > > > > Columbia University says that... > > > > > The Times piece continued: > > > > > The scientist was S.I. Rasool, a colleague of Mr. Hansen's at the > > > > National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The article goes on to > > > > say that Mr. Rasool came to his chilling conclusions by resorting in > > > > part to a new computer program developed by Mr. Hansen that studied > > > > clouds above Venus. > > > > > The 1971 article, discovered this week by Washington resident John > > > > Lockwood while he was conducting related research at the Library of > > > > Congress, says that "in the next 50 years" - or by 2021 - fossil-fuel > > > > dust injected by man into the atmosphere "could screen out so much > > > > sunlight that the average temperature could drop by six degrees," > > > > resulting in a buildup of "new glaciers that could eventually cover > > > > huge areas." > > > > > It turns out the Post was referring specifically to an article > > > > published at the journal Science that day, which was written by Rasool > > > > and S. H. Schneider. > > > > > Science archives identified the following abstract of the piece > > > > entitled "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large > > > > Increases on Global Climate," and indicated the authors were from > > > > "Institute for Space Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center, National > > > > Aeronautics and Space Administration" (emphasis added): > > > > > Effects on the global temperature of large increases in carbon > > > > dioxide and aerosol densities in the atmosphere of Earth have been > > > > computed. It is found that, although the addition of carbon dioxide in > > > > the atmosphere does increase the surface temperature, the rate of > > > > temperature increase diminishes with increasing carbon dioxide in the > > > > atmosphere. For aerosols, however, the net effect of increase in > > > > density is to reduce the surface temperature of Earth. Because of the > > > > exponential dependence of the backscattering, the rate of temperature > > > > decrease is augmented with increasing aerosol content. An increase by > > > > only a factor of 4 in global aerosol background concentration may be > > > > sufficient to reduce the surface temperature by as much as 3.5 ° K. If > > > > sustained over a period of several years, such a temperature decrease > > > > over the whole globe is believed to be sufficient to trigger an ice > > > > age. > > > > > How marvelous. Yet, 36 years later, this same organization is > > > > predicting a planetary cataclysm at the hands of global warming. > > > > > Which one of this agency's warnings should we heed? > > > > >http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/09/19/nasa-scientists. > > .. > > > > -- > > > *~@):~{> > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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