Climate Change Thread

[Shaka_Khan]

My grandfather feels a big difference in the climate from when he was young to the climate nowadays. He mentions it every time winter comes. The winters are definitely warmer when we look at the long term.

[Gilrandir]

My grandfather feels a big difference in the climate from when he was young to the climate nowadays. He mentions it every time winter comes. The winters are definitely warmer when we look at the long term.

I'm not THAT old, but the winters I can remember with certainty from my childhood were definitely colder than those we have now.

[Tristuskhan]

Tree rings speak by themselves: since the begining of proper sylvicultural research (mid 19th), european beech's growth has doubled. We became good at sylviculture since then. Very good. But not THAT good.

[Husar]

When I was a child we sometimes had snow for 2 or 3 weeks, I mean snow that stayed. Lately we've been lucky to get snow for 2 or 3 days a winter that stayed for a few hours each time...

I'm not sure how that relates to the topic though because Climate deniers have long switched to merely denying that we humans have any influence on it while grossly exaggerating natural effects that normally lead to changes over much longer periods of time.

[Pannonian]

Tree rings speak by themselves: since the begining of proper sylvicultural research (mid 19th), european beech's growth has doubled. We became good at sylviculture since then. Very good. But not THAT good.

Stradivarius weeps.

[HopAlongBunny]

The Trump administration may be wishing to downplay climate-change; Mattis is following the tradition in the DOD of recognizing it as a present threat, with very real strategic implications:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...ity-challenge/

[Seamus Fermanagh]

The Trump administration may be wishing to downplay climate-change; Mattis is following the tradition in the DOD of recognizing it as a present threat, with very real strategic implications:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...ity-challenge/

The DoD is all about threat assessment. The motivations of a potential opponent can be completely fatuous -- and that would not, of itself, render the threat any less. Since notable global warming over the last century or so is documented fact, the strategic threat implications must be considered, pretty much regardless of one's personal position on the anthropomorphic character of that warming trend.

[Greyblades]

Blame Al Gore for giving the detractors so much ammunition.