decades ago..your "climatetologists" predicted global cooling NOT global warming..

this climate change had been following a pattern since the start of earth's creation..EARTH WAS NEVER IDLE...seeesh

and scam artists had been making MONEY out of this shit..controlling industries and 3rd world countries..

and what power are you talking about??? ( i want to hear this..i mean you guys been saving the planet since the 1970's)

question..do you guys ever finished anything that you tried to save?

what happened to the holes in our ozone layer???

I likewise have friends in northern California that I have not been able to reach for a week.
I was there for the "100-year flood" back in 1986. Then we had to rescue a dozen sheep from the top of a tree. That is when I first became aware of global warming.
& it's only become worse ever since.

I find it hilarious that even when the man-made global warming lemmings are presented with clear facts in multiple comments that debunk their false religion they'll vote it all down for no other reason than they can't stand to be confronted with the truth.

You've obviously been holding your thermometer upside down... "Global temperatures are lower now than they have been for a long time", what a load of crock!

Says who? Meaningless and microscopic dip in the general upward trend, at most.

Oh look, another "new" identity on Current. How convenient.

Jesus Christ, paranoid much? Of course when it appears that another free thinking person signs up to post here & disagree with your rhetoric it just has to be a forum regular out to stir up trouble against The Cause. Time to lay off the weed & get yourself some help.

What a crock. You are "new" yet you start out with the same insults about "weed" and "getting help" as every other usual troller here. Your diversionary insulting BS has been duly noted, and you are now relegated to the dustbin with the others.

Oh please... you really are a piece of work.

Clones never differ.

Then go back into your playpen and play with your dollies, and leave the adults alone.

You wouldn't know a fact if it sliced and diced and fried and force-fed you your gonads (assuming you have any).

Prove it.

That's not proof - how do I know you didn't pull all those figures out of your ass (like every allegations you make)?

Blah blah blah blahitty blah. You made the assertions, the burden of proof is on you.

I trust him a million time more than I trust you, for excellent reasons.

I have no leaders, dearie. I trust him because he is eminently qualified, and you are not.

It was only his former supervisor Dr. John S. Theon, and not NASA, that did so. Dr. John S. Theon also asserted that climate models are useless.

"Hansen has stated that NASA administrators have tried to influence his public statements about the causes of climate change.[76][77] Hansen said that NASA public relations staff were ordered to review his public statements and interviews after a December 2005 lecture at the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. NASA responded that its policies are similar to those of any other federal agency in requiring employees to coordinate all statements with the public affairs office without exception.[78] Two years after Hansen and other agency employees described a pattern of distortion and suppression of climate science by political appointees, the agency’s inspector general found that the NASA Office of Public Affairs had mischaracterized the science of climate change intended for the public.[79]

"Hansen has also appeared on 60 Minutes stating that the George W. Bush White House edited climate-related press releases reported by federal agencies to make global warming seem less threatening.[80] He also stated that he was unable to speak freely without the backlash of other government officials, and that he has not experienced that level of restrictions on communicating with the public during his career.[80]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen

It is pretty clear and obvious that the oil-driven Bush administration was behind efforts to discredit Dr. James Hansen - it was glaringly obvious at the time, it still is today.

deary, dearie [ˈdɪərɪ]
n 1. pl dearies Informal a term of affection: now often sarcastic or facetious

My use of the term was sarcastic, as per the definition above. There is not a shred of anything coming close to being endearing in you, quite the opposite.

If you were well aware of the way I used the word, why did you ask, why did you question my use of the term? I only counter-insult - if you don't like being insulted, you know what not to do.

That's better.

Increased evaporation due to warmer atmosphere and ocean temperatures is changing how many systems work.

http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_869_en.html

Excerpt:

"The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global combined sea surface and land surface air temperature for 2009 (January–October) is currently estimated at 0.44°C ± 0.11°C (0.79°F ± 0.20°F) above the 1961–1990 annual average of 14.00°C/57.2°F. The current nominal ranking of 2009, which does not account for uncertainties in the annual averages, places it as the fifth-warmest year. The decade of the 2000s (2000–2009) was warmer than the decade spanning the 1990s (1990–1999), which in turn was warmer than the 1980s (1980–1989). More complete data for the remainder of the year 2009 will be analysed at the beginning of 2010 to update the current assessment.

This year above-normal temperatures were recorded in most parts of the continents. Only North America (United States and Canada) experienced conditions that were cooler than average. Given the current figures, large parts of southern Asia and central Africa are likely to have the warmest year on record.

Climate extremes, including devastating floods, severe droughts, snowstorms, heatwaves and cold waves, were recorded in many parts of the world. This year the extreme warm events were more frequent and intense in southern South America, Australia and southern Asia, in particular. La Niña conditions shifted into a warm-phase El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in June. The Arctic sea ice extent during the melt season ranked the third lowest, after the lowest and second-lowest records set in 2007 and 2008, respectively.

This preliminary information for 2009 is based on climate data from networks of land-based weather and climate stations, ships and buoys, as well as satellites. The data are continuously collected and disseminated by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of the 189 Members of WMO and several collaborating research institutions. The data continuously feed three main depository global climate data and analysis centres, which develop and maintain homogeneous global climate datasets based on peer-reviewed methodologies. The WMO global temperature analysis is thus based on three complementary datasets. One is the combined dataset maintained by both the Hadley Centre of the UK Met Office and the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Another dataset is maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the United States Department of Commerce, and the third one is from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The content of the WMO statement is verified and peer-reviewed by leading experts from other international, regional and national climate institutions and centres before its publication.

Final updates and figures for 2009 will be published in March 2010 in the annual WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate.

Regional temperature anomalies

The year 2009 (January–October) was again warmer than the 1961–1990 average all over Europe and the Middle East. China had the third-warmest year since 1951; for some regions 2009 was the warmest year. The year started with a mild January in northern Europe and large parts of Asia, while western and central Europe were colder than normal. Russia and the Great Lakes region in Canada experienced colder-than- average temperatures in February and January, respectively. Spring was very warm in Europe and Asia; April in particular was extremely warm in central Europe. Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria reported temperature anomalies of more than +5°C, breaking the previous records for the month in several locations. The European summer was also warmer than the long-term average, particularly over the southern regions. Spain had the third-warmest summer, with hotter summers reported only in 2003 and 2005. Italy recorded a strong heatwave in July, with maximum temperatures above 40°C, and some local temperatures reaching 45°C. A heatwave at the beginning of July affected the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Germany, and some stations in Norway experienced new maximum temperature records.

India had an extreme heatwave event during May, which caused 150 deaths. A heatwave hit northern China during June, with daily maximum temperatures above 40°C; historical maximum temperature records were broken for the summer in some locations.

In late July many cities across Canada recorded their warmest daily temperatures. Vancouver and Victoria set new records, reaching 34.4°C and 35.0°C, respectively. Alaska also had the second-warmest July on record. Conversely, October was a very cold month across large parts of the United States. For the nation as a whole, it was the third-coolest October on record, with an average temperature anomaly of -2.2°C (-4.0°F). Similarly, a very cold October was reported in Scandinavia, with mean temperature anomalies ranging from -2°C to -4°C.

The austral autumn (March to May) was extremely warm in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil. With daily temperatures ranging from 30°C to 40°C, several records were broken during this season. By the end of October, an extreme weather situation affected north and central Argentina, producing unusually high temperatures (above 40°C). Conversely, November was abnormally cold in the southern part of the region, with some rare and late snowfalls.

So far, Australia has had the third-warmest year on record. The year 2009 was marked by three exceptional heatwaves, which affected south-eastern Australia in January/February and November, and subtropical eastern Australia in August. The January/February heatwave was associated with disastrous bushfires that caused more than 173 fatalities. Victoria recorded its highest temperature with 48.8°C. The northern region experienced a cold summer, however, with anomalies reaching -3°C to -4°C in some places. Winter was exceptionally mild over much of Australia. Maximum temperatures were well above normal across the entire continent, reaching 6°C to 7°C above normal in some parts. The national maximum temperature anomaly of +3.2°C was the largest ever recorded for any month.:

cont.

Yes, and it only proves our point. But again, it is the length as well that constitutes an "official" heatwave, but don't you love the desperation here of certain individuals even when ignored who hang on here to dispute everything posted and actually wind up making your point about the unusal weather Australia has been having? Even if it is an unsourced quote from a "cricket match" site. Again, no science, only obsession with proving the target wrong. I think that addiction to fossil fuel is much stronger than we thought.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6040IE20100105
Australia Scorches Under Its Hottest Decade On Record

http://current.com/news/92873669_the-wild-weather-of-2010-a-year-of-climate-weat...

2010-a year of climate weather extremes

I wouldn't exactly say they are "winning" cards or even cards at all. I'm not here to have a contest with fools or to recruit anyone to "my side" because there is no "side" in this to me, only the truth. I'm not here to put on a show, I'm here because I am truly concerned about where we are headed. It is the neocons, teabaggers, some Democrats who play the game as well, the MEDIA, oil barons and their minions, and those in the service of keeping the status quo who have made this into a political/ ideological football in their attempt to keep people asleep for their benefit regarding this, and it stinks to high heaven.

This is the main reason why I will no longer engage the same disruptors on these threads as they fall into that group. They use every tactic from the Internet troll playbook to demean, disrupt a thread, change the topic and cast doubt on the very reality that is posted, all for an obvious agenda (and attention it seems for some as the most prolific responder in this thread can only be found for the most part in threads I post) that goes beyond just "disagreeing" about something.

And I honestly have no time for these antics nor the pedantic attempts to divide and conquer. The reality as it is playing out in this world is what we should be concentrating on, not the personal grudges of those on an Internet message board who play political games and don't really know Sh** about what they're talking about.

I BTW, do not think the end is near, I think WE have brought ourselves to a point of moral introspection collectively through our actions when we will be forced to look into the abyss, and are at that point now. What we do after looking into it is what posting truth to bring awareness and action is all about. And that for me is not political or ideological in scope. It however has everything to do with the moral compass of a species that appears on the whole to be going way off into the stratosphere. And I will not be deterred in posting what is happening in the hope that the truly positive place we could make this world if we truly had the will to do so can still come to fruition. That will however, only seems to come when we have pushed ourselves to the point of no return. We must not allow that to happen in this case because it is all on the line now.

The big difference between Gravity Man and you is that there is method and logic in his madness, but not a trace of them in yours.

How do you know it is not true? Yes, there is logic and method in his madness, but none in yours.

I neither believe nor disbelieve. With regard to AGW, it is not a matter of belief, it is a question of knowledge (something you sorely lack).

Compared to the amount of real science demonstrating that AGW is a fact, the "volume of information that has shown AGW to be bullshit" is outnumbered 10,000 to 1 and based on phony science and hysteria.

I don't have any religion, and IceKat posts only disinformation, as do you.

Here is fact (also, you are the one who should prove your assertions are fact, you are the one on whom lies the burden of proof).

http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2010/20101211_TemperatureAndEurope.pdf

Here you go: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2010/201010_BluePlanet.pdf

Watch the coastlines...The oceans are "talking" to us.

And yet it's getting even drier. Despite the flooding ;)

I don't think you quite understand this whole weather thing. :)
You see, climate change is a global phenomena, GLOBAL. As such, things like La Nina and El Nino are a part of it.

It's like when a Libertarian nutjob rails at the government when a policeman gives him a speeding ticket. Unlike you, he at least understands that the one is an agent for the other.

Extremes aren't as important, it's general trends that matter.
These events HAVE been linked to the La Nina and El Nino currents, but it's also widely agreed that events tied to those weather influencing currents have been getting steadily worse, especially the extent of the drought periods during El Nino.

You are right to point at the problem with overemphasis on extremes distorting the picture, but disingenuous to try and use the knowledge you have to discredit the notion of climate change.

And I didn't even type the words climate change or global warming here and the usual assigned posters jumped on it. It speaks volumes as to their true motives for being here... Which is why I am ignoring every single one of them. It's a new year and I have no time for their pathetic unsourced graphs and assinine pictures, their desperate denials, their political bs, and their outright ignorance. These are indeed events that point to trends that we need to understand and look at throughout the world in total much more attentively in piecing them together in light of what is happening in the Arctic and with ocean currents as well as glaciers worldwide and the effect on the hydrologic cycle. It is then a waste of time to try to reason with the same batch of boring paid operatives and those who clearly have a political agenda. I've got more work to do presenting reality, I don't have time to engage in their fantasyland.

Satan is looking for someone....is that you?

..let me guess..."global warming......

are you playing jesus again..jan

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