Those who whine that climate science is a fraud because it’s cold outside demonstrate an astonishing ignorance of the difference between climate and weather.
They are so focused on local WEATHER and are so blind to GLOBAL CLIMATE that they are unaware that climate change is not evenly distributed. While there are record cold temps in the United States, there are record heat waves in Australia and other southern hemisphere nations, and warm temperatures in Alaska and the polar regions. During the recent Polar Vortex, it was COLDER IN THE U.S. MIDWEST THAN IN ALASKA, the ARCTIC and ANTARCTIC.
Such ignorati have no understanding that the extreme cold weather in the recent Polar Vortex was CAUSED BY global warming. High atmospheric wind patterns normally keep the cold temperatures of the Polar Vortex in the Arctic Circle. But as Arctic water temperatures rise, the wind patterns that hold the cold in the North weaken, break and spill down into the United States. The current phenomenon is exactly what was presented in peer-reviewed scientific papers from 40 years ago!
WEATHER is short term and local; CLIMATE is long term and of broad geographic scope; when discussing the issue of climate change, it is preceded by the adjective “global” which, to educate the illiterate debunkers, means “worldwide” which, again for the illiterate, is a pretty broad scale.
Climate change warnings are about increasingly extreme FLUCTUATIONS of weather, with both LOWER COLD TEMPS as well as WARMER HI TEMPS, with an overall long-term trend toward INCREASING average global mean temperatures, which accounts for the term “global warming” (both “global warming” and “global climate change” are, in the long run, accurate terminology).
Mr. Jones you are a national treasure. Walk it right on up to ‘em and tell it like it is! You are Mozart to their Salieri, err… maybe Springsteen to their Kid Rock… arggg… Eddie Van Halen vs Musak…d’oh!
so here in Michigan after the polar vortex left (wind chills around -25 F) the temp went to 50 plus F in about 48 hrs. so I would think that the climate is having a fit.
“There will be a noticeable difference in the color of 50 percent of the ocean by the end of the 21st century it could be potentially quite serious. Different types of phytoplankton absorb light differently, and if climate change shifts one community of phytoplankton to another, that will also change the types of food webs they can support.“ Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
An MIT press release has some bizarre and dangerous findings of the world’ s ocean surface. They found that climate change is changing the makeup of phytoplankton. That will intensify the blues and greens of the ocean. By 2100, our planet will be visibly altered.
Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the world’s oceans, and a new MIT study finds that over the coming decades these changes will affect the ocean’s color, intensifying its blue regions and its green ones. Satellites should detect these changes in hue, providing early warning of wide-scale changes to marine ecosystems.
The study suggests that blue regions, such as the subtropics, will become even more blue, reflecting even less phytoplankton — and life in general — in those waters, compared with today. Some regions that are greener today, such as near the poles, may turn even deeper green, as warmer temperatures brew up larger blooms of more diverse phytoplankton.
“The model suggests the changes won’t appear huge to the naked eye, and the ocean will still look like it has blue regions in the subtropics and greener regions near the equator and poles,” says lead author Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
It was generally accepted until the 16th century that the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbited Earth. Mathematical equations proved this to be wrong. Dam those scientists. Fact based science is always evolving. Doesn’t it make since that we need to take better care of the only planet known today that can support human life?
The climate deniers came up with 197 excuses (https://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php) for why global warming wasn’t happening or didn’t matter or we can’t do anything about it, up until every country in the world signed on to COP21 (Nicaragua and Syria were the last). Now the US has shuttered more than half of its coal-fired power plants, China and India have begun to turn around, and large funds have been raised to help the poorer countries put in renewables, which will save them substantial money.
And there have been no more new climate myths for years now. Other than President Trump, of course, who has mythical status in his own mind and with his Base.
This January should be remembered for its unusual warmth, not its cold.
Yes, it’s so cold right now that even hardy Minneapolis is shutting down schools, but even with these few days of extreme cold, Minnesota should end up with a near “normal” month thanks to weeks of unusual warmth. It was in the 70s and 80s as far north as Maryland on New Year’s Day. Alaska has been so warm that they’re canceling sled dog races. So far this month, there have been 651 record daily highs across the United States, compared to 321 record daily lows—a roughly 2-to-1 ratio. And that’s just in the U.S.
Globally, the ratio of record highs to lows was about 20-to-1, with new all-time records in Namibia, Chile, and Reunion Island.
It’s summer in the southern hemisphere, and a brutal heat wave in Australia is melting roads and killing wildlife on a mass scale. On January 18, one town never dropped below 96.6 degrees F—marking the hottest night in Australian history. Thursday was the hottest day so far in relatively mild Sydney, with temperatures reaching 104 degrees F and knocking out power for tens of thousands of people.
There’s that pesky notion of global warming again…
Dtroutma about 5 years ago
And the right-wing takeover of too much media means those are the folks we’ll be having do our cartooning.
DD Wiz Premium Member about 5 years ago
Those who whine that climate science is a fraud because it’s cold outside demonstrate an astonishing ignorance of the difference between climate and weather.
They are so focused on local WEATHER and are so blind to GLOBAL CLIMATE that they are unaware that climate change is not evenly distributed. While there are record cold temps in the United States, there are record heat waves in Australia and other southern hemisphere nations, and warm temperatures in Alaska and the polar regions. During the recent Polar Vortex, it was COLDER IN THE U.S. MIDWEST THAN IN ALASKA, the ARCTIC and ANTARCTIC.
Such ignorati have no understanding that the extreme cold weather in the recent Polar Vortex was CAUSED BY global warming. High atmospheric wind patterns normally keep the cold temperatures of the Polar Vortex in the Arctic Circle. But as Arctic water temperatures rise, the wind patterns that hold the cold in the North weaken, break and spill down into the United States. The current phenomenon is exactly what was presented in peer-reviewed scientific papers from 40 years ago!
WEATHER is short term and local; CLIMATE is long term and of broad geographic scope; when discussing the issue of climate change, it is preceded by the adjective “global” which, to educate the illiterate debunkers, means “worldwide” which, again for the illiterate, is a pretty broad scale.
Climate change warnings are about increasingly extreme FLUCTUATIONS of weather, with both LOWER COLD TEMPS as well as WARMER HI TEMPS, with an overall long-term trend toward INCREASING average global mean temperatures, which accounts for the term “global warming” (both “global warming” and “global climate change” are, in the long run, accurate terminology).
Daeder about 5 years ago
Nailed it again, Clay! Your conservative colleagues can never resist doing that.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 5 years ago
See Henry Payne’s strip today. It’s the only argument he knows.
Guy Fawkes about 5 years ago
Mr. Jones you are a national treasure. Walk it right on up to ‘em and tell it like it is! You are Mozart to their Salieri, err… maybe Springsteen to their Kid Rock… arggg… Eddie Van Halen vs Musak…d’oh!
rekam Premium Member about 5 years ago
You see where Trump named a Climate change denier to be his Scientific adviser?
Masterskrain Premium Member about 5 years ago
So Lisa Benson is really a MAN???
2peabody1 about 5 years ago
so here in Michigan after the polar vortex left (wind chills around -25 F) the temp went to 50 plus F in about 48 hrs. so I would think that the climate is having a fit.
Radish the wordsmith about 5 years ago
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Radish the wordsmith about 5 years ago
“There will be a noticeable difference in the color of 50 percent of the ocean by the end of the 21st century it could be potentially quite serious. Different types of phytoplankton absorb light differently, and if climate change shifts one community of phytoplankton to another, that will also change the types of food webs they can support.“ Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
An MIT press release has some bizarre and dangerous findings of the world’ s ocean surface. They found that climate change is changing the makeup of phytoplankton. That will intensify the blues and greens of the ocean. By 2100, our planet will be visibly altered.
Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the world’s oceans, and a new MIT study finds that over the coming decades these changes will affect the ocean’s color, intensifying its blue regions and its green ones. Satellites should detect these changes in hue, providing early warning of wide-scale changes to marine ecosystems.
The study suggests that blue regions, such as the subtropics, will become even more blue, reflecting even less phytoplankton — and life in general — in those waters, compared with today. Some regions that are greener today, such as near the poles, may turn even deeper green, as warmer temperatures brew up larger blooms of more diverse phytoplankton.
“The model suggests the changes won’t appear huge to the naked eye, and the ocean will still look like it has blue regions in the subtropics and greener regions near the equator and poles,” says lead author Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
6.6TA about 5 years ago
Berkshire Hathaway owns newspapers? How can that be? I understood that Mr.Buffet only made good investments with a good return on investment.
Ally2005 about 5 years ago
It was generally accepted until the 16th century that the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbited Earth. Mathematical equations proved this to be wrong. Dam those scientists. Fact based science is always evolving. Doesn’t it make since that we need to take better care of the only planet known today that can support human life?
Mokurai about 5 years ago
The climate deniers came up with 197 excuses (https://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php) for why global warming wasn’t happening or didn’t matter or we can’t do anything about it, up until every country in the world signed on to COP21 (Nicaragua and Syria were the last). Now the US has shuttered more than half of its coal-fired power plants, China and India have begun to turn around, and large funds have been raised to help the poorer countries put in renewables, which will save them substantial money.
And there have been no more new climate myths for years now. Other than President Trump, of course, who has mythical status in his own mind and with his Base.
mysterysciencefreezer about 5 years ago
“Polar Vortex Causes Hundreds of Injuries as People Making Snide Remarks About Climate Change Are Punched in Face”- http://tinyurl.com/y9orledl-
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 5 years ago
This January should be remembered for its unusual warmth, not its cold.
Yes, it’s so cold right now that even hardy Minneapolis is shutting down schools, but even with these few days of extreme cold, Minnesota should end up with a near “normal” month thanks to weeks of unusual warmth. It was in the 70s and 80s as far north as Maryland on New Year’s Day. Alaska has been so warm that they’re canceling sled dog races. So far this month, there have been 651 record daily highs across the United States, compared to 321 record daily lows—a roughly 2-to-1 ratio. And that’s just in the U.S.
Globally, the ratio of record highs to lows was about 20-to-1, with new all-time records in Namibia, Chile, and Reunion Island.
It’s summer in the southern hemisphere, and a brutal heat wave in Australia is melting roads and killing wildlife on a mass scale. On January 18, one town never dropped below 96.6 degrees F—marking the hottest night in Australian history. Thursday was the hottest day so far in relatively mild Sydney, with temperatures reaching 104 degrees F and knocking out power for tens of thousands of people.
There’s that pesky notion of global warming again…
https://www.wired.com/story/january-record-warmth-despite-the-polar-vortex/