leaking pen wrote: > More importantly, winters are getting colder, from more open water and > less ice, causing more reflection back,
More reflection? Doesn't sound right. Do you mean, rather, more radiation? As in, lower albedo means radiative cooling proceeds faster, not just radiative warming. > and summers hotter, melting > the ice, repeating the cycle. > > look at summer data, and winter data. hotter in summer, colder in > winter, than previous. This is why its called global climate change. > its not JUST warming... > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> thomas malloy wrote: >> >>>> You do realize, I hope, that this has no bearing whatever on the validity >>>> of global warming observations. >>> You do realize, I hope, that this has been an ongoing pattern this year. >> An ongoing pattern where? In your state? In North America? This is not the >> worldwide trend. Temperatures in Japan and Europe, for example, remain at >> record highs this year. >> >> Also, trends that last only one year do not count. You have to look for >> broader, longer trends. There have been several cold years in the last few >> decades, but there have been many more hot years and the average is higher >> than previous norms. >> >> Finally, I believe global warming is thought to produce temperature extremes >> including colder than normal temperatures in winter. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
