The fascinating thing is how identical the weather forecasts are in 1997 to 2017, even the temperatures are identical.
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What happened to Global Warming?
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostWell quite. GW is currently happening at around 0.18C / decade. TV weather forecasts report in whole degrees.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAnd I always thought climate and weather were different....I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostThat's right, the climate is changing but the weather is still the same as it was 20 years ago,
And CUK was just a glint in admin's eye.....Comment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostI seem to remember a prediction in year 2000 that the UK will not have snow after 2010 and a BBC program about the UK having a Mediterranean climate by 2012
I'm dubious about a lot of the claims but on the other hand... one day of snow is now headline news. Doesn't that imply it's not happening as often? Even in the north, snow is a relative rarity... my wife's Reception kids had in some cases never seen heavy snow before last week!Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostLots of scientific theories turned out to be correct despite early versions having predictions which turned out to be false. Early CC/GW theories were pretty sensational - not to mention that a lot of these so called 'claims' were deliberately sensationalised by the media to get headlines.
I'm dubious about a lot of the claims but on the other hand... one day of snow is now headline news. Doesn't that imply it's not happening as often? Even in the north, snow is a relative rarity... my wife's Reception kids had in some cases never seen heavy snow before last week!
I'm no "denier" of global warming - we probably have contributed to a slight warming due to increased CO2 concentrations, but there's no real evidence that this is happening at some sort of catastrophic rate.Comment
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Counterintuitively, the effect of GW on the Arctic ice cover may cause more snow in Europe and N. America..
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22371563My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by FrontEnder View PostNo, it just shows we've had relatively mild winters the last few years. Before that we had really heavy snow for several years on the bounce.
I'm no "denier" of global warming - we probably have contributed to a slight warming due to increased CO2 concentrations, but there's no real evidence that this is happening at some sort of catastrophic rate.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAt what does "a few" become significant? I can recall only one heavy snowfall in my early childhood (1986/7 probably) and in my entire life only once where we had snow sitting on the ground for a week or more (around 2010 IIRC). I spent 10 years in Cornwall which meant I had no idea how much snow there was for that period though But I've lived in the north 17 years as an adult (legally).Comment
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