Climate Change Thread

**Beskar** · 03-01-2018, 12:49

We got weather bombed by Siberia, even the place I am at which never snows is experiencing a blizzard.
http://theconversation.com/beast-fro...an-chill-92385

**Fragony** · 03-01-2018, 15:52

Same here, it's really cold, temperatures as low as -20. I don't really mind, normally it's rainy and grey this time of the year, everything is kinda beautiful now

**HopAlongBunny** · 03-02-2018, 00:28

I find it interesting.
Mainly because of a SCIAM article from back in the '90s.
Among the many observations the author made was a discussion of how wind patterns could change.
Yes it's a little disturbing seeing it play out in real-time, but it's kinda cool too :p
"Why didn't someone say something!?"

someone did (actually many) and here we are.

**Fragony** · 03-02-2018, 01:00

It's pretty straightforward, we are a little less close to the sun so it's colder. it's a pattern that has been consistant for millions of years. At times the planets allign differently and the earth ges pulled out of orbit a bit, I doubt anyone at NASA disagrees with that it's as exact as a rolex. Manmade ckimate-change is beyond rediculous. At least it helps to make things cleaner if people believe in it, but nuclear energy ohnoes.

**HopAlongBunny** · 03-02-2018, 12:08

The thing that is not happening is already having some real world impact:

https://www.motherjones.com/environm...lobal-warming/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...than-20-years/

The Greenland base was entombed in ice. At the time, it was thought it would be entombed "forever" (thank you to CrossLOPER for pointing out that term should be used very carefully

)
Both facilities will likely "rot in place"; too bad if you are a resident or live nearby.

**Fragony** · 03-02-2018, 12:19

It has always been happening https://www.google.nl/search?client=...GNdVjz-px3j1M:

What also always been happening is that religion flourishes when things get a bit inconvenient, and manmade-global warming is a religion, everything happened before. Ever thought about why Greenland is called Greenland, here's why, during the medieval warmth it was green furtile land

**HopAlongBunny** · 03-02-2018, 13:18

Originally Posted by Fragony

It has always been happening https://www.google.nl/search?client=...GNdVjz-px3j1M:

during the medieval warmth it was green furtile land

Maybe, the way I understood it, it was called Greenland to encourage people to settle there; Iceland was so-named to discourage settlement.
An early example of "truth in real estate development".

After a little bit of exercising my Google abilities it seems both explanations have support.
Thank you Fragony