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2007-05-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Surprise - Earth's Climate Is Seesawing, According To Climate Researchers

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Posted by Cleash Omereter2552 2007-05-01 10:15|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I say again for the 100th time...Most atmospheric scientists are employed by the US government. Government policy forbids government workers from publicly deviating from the government's position or directives. And, that includes the climate change debate...unless we are doing applied or theoretical research. The majority of government atmospheric scientists are familiar with, or well-versed in the climate change arguments, and are skeptical at best. You will not see their names in a magazine, or the paper, or TV debating the issue with moonbats or zeolts on either side of the issue.

I will also restaste what I say to folks who ask about the certainty of man-induced climate change: "Why do you think they call it Greenland? If Global Circulation Models that support inundation of the coastal regions by the end of the 21st century due to the melting of polar ice are so good, why do short term atmospheric models that are orders of magnitude more sophisticated go unstable after 10 days? Why is there evidence of subtropical climate under the Antarctic Ice Cap?"

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-05-01 12:58|| 2007-05-01 12:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't confuse infidel facts with Gore-facts, anymouse. It confuses the followers of Gaia and makes them grumpy.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-05-01 15:29|| 2007-05-01 15:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is there evidence of subtropical climate under the Antarctic Ice Cap?

Anymouse, that is an entirely different question.
Kinda relates to a question why there are remnants of coral reefs at Spitsbergen. No, not that old as mythical Gondwana, quite fresh, < 50kya (the results of dating vary from 50kya to 3.5kya).

Posted by twobyfour 2007-05-01 17:49|| 2007-05-01 17:49|| Front Page Top

#4 2x4...I understand that you have to be careful mixing plate tectonics and global climate as they are related. However, it is unclear where Gondwana was in relation to the equator, etc., etc.

As you so aptly point out there are countless of middle latitude examples of a topsey-turvey biosystem that is directly related to the climate.

The bottom line: We are still a long ways from equilibrium exiting the last ice age. Throw in the measured variation in the solar contstant...and there is your "climate change".

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-05-01 23:44|| 2007-05-01 23:44|| Front Page Top

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