As the early days of 2009 rolled off the calendar advocates of global warming in the USA needed to confront a difficult dilemma. It was the fact that despite the prognostications of a doom laden future that was assured to fry everything to a crisp, the opposite seemed likely - the spectre of a new Ice Age.
Obviously the hasty expectations of a carbon filled atmosphere need a hasty revision, but this hasn't stopped some sources from labelling 2008 one of the warmest on record. But on whose reckoning? What data can possibly support the fact that despite all the hype and publicity this planet shows no signs of catastrophic heating. In fact all to the contrary as many US States are setting new record low temperatures by the day. For more information on this please turn to the following link:
Record US low temperatures.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, December 26, 2008
USA heads for next Ice Age
Global Warming eh! Well try telling that to so many inhabitants of numerous states within the USA that we're really heading for run away Global Warming. The next ice age maybe, but Global Warming....no way!!! As things turned out many states within the USA enjoyed, suffered or otherwise experienced a considerably whiter Christmas than they could ever have imagined. For more on this please turn to the following link:
US Freeze.
US Freeze.
Monday, December 22, 2008
2008 - A critical review
For various reasons it was not always possible to update this site as often as we would have wanted. However now at the end of yet another year it is possible to take stock of the previous 12 months and arrive at certain obvious conclusions.
The most obvious conclusion is that 2008 was hardly the sort of epoch making example of an environment about to be ravaged by run away global warming. It was true that certain areas did have summer heatwaves, but these were in places and nations well known for such events. On the other hand northern Europe saw a summer that existed in word only. In Britain for example dull,rainy and unseasonably cold conditions provided better evidence for a coming Ice Age rather than a planet about to be consumed by hastening clouds of carbon dioxide.
Above all one thing appeared to stand out quite poignantly. It is that for at least the last five years once winter sets in, it sets in with a vengeance, and although there may be few big freezes or snow falls the ensuing winter unfolds to a pattern of consistently low temperatures that were not a feature of the weather only a decade ago. For example 2008 saw some of the earliest frosts and freezes on record and hardly the sort of weather one would have expected of a planet about to be stricken with catastrophic levels of global warming. There was further evidence for this in the USA where heavy snow falls and very low temperatures brought chaos to many states. Once again this was much more proof for a coming Ice Age than Global Warming, but then where fixations become blinded to a single obsession truth is bound to suffer.
Another inescapable conclusion is that compared with just 12 months ago the notion of Global Warming and Climate Change now occupy far fewer column inches and media exposure than they once did. This is because the so called 'credit cruch' and universal downturn in the global economy have created an understanding diversion of attention from the fantasy that global warming and climate change really represents.
In its way the ecoomic state of the planet at present is a far more serious situation than global climate trends, since the global economy is all that holds us from financial armaggeddon, that if ruptured would create the complete dismantlement of the world we know and have come to rely on.
As for the climate as a whole, 2008 was a totally unremarkable year and suggestive that despite blips and dips there was nothing suggestive of anything catastrophic to come.
If only the same could be said of the economy.
The most obvious conclusion is that 2008 was hardly the sort of epoch making example of an environment about to be ravaged by run away global warming. It was true that certain areas did have summer heatwaves, but these were in places and nations well known for such events. On the other hand northern Europe saw a summer that existed in word only. In Britain for example dull,rainy and unseasonably cold conditions provided better evidence for a coming Ice Age rather than a planet about to be consumed by hastening clouds of carbon dioxide.
Above all one thing appeared to stand out quite poignantly. It is that for at least the last five years once winter sets in, it sets in with a vengeance, and although there may be few big freezes or snow falls the ensuing winter unfolds to a pattern of consistently low temperatures that were not a feature of the weather only a decade ago. For example 2008 saw some of the earliest frosts and freezes on record and hardly the sort of weather one would have expected of a planet about to be stricken with catastrophic levels of global warming. There was further evidence for this in the USA where heavy snow falls and very low temperatures brought chaos to many states. Once again this was much more proof for a coming Ice Age than Global Warming, but then where fixations become blinded to a single obsession truth is bound to suffer.
Another inescapable conclusion is that compared with just 12 months ago the notion of Global Warming and Climate Change now occupy far fewer column inches and media exposure than they once did. This is because the so called 'credit cruch' and universal downturn in the global economy have created an understanding diversion of attention from the fantasy that global warming and climate change really represents.
In its way the ecoomic state of the planet at present is a far more serious situation than global climate trends, since the global economy is all that holds us from financial armaggeddon, that if ruptured would create the complete dismantlement of the world we know and have come to rely on.
As for the climate as a whole, 2008 was a totally unremarkable year and suggestive that despite blips and dips there was nothing suggestive of anything catastrophic to come.
If only the same could be said of the economy.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Record Scottish ski season
The Scottish ski industry has just recorded one of its longest and most lucrative seasons on record. Well into April skiers were enjoying record snow coverage the like of which have barely been witnessed for over 50 years. Indeed many had never expected to see the like again as talk of Global Warming had convinced many that the heyday of Scottish skiing was well and truly over. And yet here we are nearly May and people are wondering when these brilliant skiing conditions will persist to.
Once again it shows that despite the doomsayers the weather has not forgotten how to do cold and this winter (in the northern hemisphere) has proved beyond doubt that prognostications of doom lag a long way behind the reality of things.
And it wasn't just Scotland. Parts of the USA experienced incredibly severe snow falls and farther afield snow fell in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for the very first time(see pic below)
Other badly affected regions included India, China and Afghanistan, and as other posts in this site illustrate, snow even fell in the deserts of Arabia where summer temperatures routinely top 50 centigrade. And still there's talk of Global Warming!!! Well the way things are going it will be the next Ice Age that will start to worry people. Just over 25 years ago that was the dominant fear and acres of newsprint were devoted to the inexorable slide towards an icy catastrophe that never materialised. It shows just how fickle are the assumptions on which these fears are based. Meanwhile the weather carries on regardless and seemingly intent on making a mockery of human based predictions.
Once again it shows that despite the doomsayers the weather has not forgotten how to do cold and this winter (in the northern hemisphere) has proved beyond doubt that prognostications of doom lag a long way behind the reality of things.
And it wasn't just Scotland. Parts of the USA experienced incredibly severe snow falls and farther afield snow fell in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for the very first time(see pic below)
Other badly affected regions included India, China and Afghanistan, and as other posts in this site illustrate, snow even fell in the deserts of Arabia where summer temperatures routinely top 50 centigrade. And still there's talk of Global Warming!!! Well the way things are going it will be the next Ice Age that will start to worry people. Just over 25 years ago that was the dominant fear and acres of newsprint were devoted to the inexorable slide towards an icy catastrophe that never materialised. It shows just how fickle are the assumptions on which these fears are based. Meanwhile the weather carries on regardless and seemingly intent on making a mockery of human based predictions.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Britain sees heaviest snow falls for over a hundred years
In the British Isles the first week in April saw some of the coldest conditions for this time of year in over two decades. Some areas also saw their heaviest snow falls in over a century.
But wait a minute? Isn't this supposed to be the era of Global Warming? Well so much for that, because as this latest episode shows quite plainly the weather most definitely has not forgotten how to do cold. Furthermore as this site has continued to insist for a very long time, none of this would be possible if indeed we were really experiencing the true Greenhouse Effect. Remember the Greenhouse Effect? That was the great buzz phrase around a decade ago, until the evidence showed it just wasn't happening. So then there was Global Warming, and now as the evidence for this is becoming ever more slender we have the next alternative buzz phrase 'Climate Change.' Yet as we have stated innumerable times on this site Climate Change is just a statement of the obvious since the Earth's climate has always been changing and establishing just what is a normal climate for the planet is as close to impossible as impossible gets.
Yes the Earth's climate is changing. But it has always changed and will carry on doing so long after the Human Race has faded into oblivion, just like it saw dramatic changes long before the Human Race ever arrived on the planet.
Oh, and by the way the reason, for this cold snap in Britain was simply the result of cold northern air blowing down from the Arctic. No great mystery, just a question of wind direction. This is important to state, because when in the course of the Summer hotter conditions eventually prevail, these will not have been because of shifting clouds of carbon dioxide, but simply because the winds will have changed to a more southerly direction.
But wait a minute? Isn't this supposed to be the era of Global Warming? Well so much for that, because as this latest episode shows quite plainly the weather most definitely has not forgotten how to do cold. Furthermore as this site has continued to insist for a very long time, none of this would be possible if indeed we were really experiencing the true Greenhouse Effect. Remember the Greenhouse Effect? That was the great buzz phrase around a decade ago, until the evidence showed it just wasn't happening. So then there was Global Warming, and now as the evidence for this is becoming ever more slender we have the next alternative buzz phrase 'Climate Change.' Yet as we have stated innumerable times on this site Climate Change is just a statement of the obvious since the Earth's climate has always been changing and establishing just what is a normal climate for the planet is as close to impossible as impossible gets.
Yes the Earth's climate is changing. But it has always changed and will carry on doing so long after the Human Race has faded into oblivion, just like it saw dramatic changes long before the Human Race ever arrived on the planet.
Oh, and by the way the reason, for this cold snap in Britain was simply the result of cold northern air blowing down from the Arctic. No great mystery, just a question of wind direction. This is important to state, because when in the course of the Summer hotter conditions eventually prevail, these will not have been because of shifting clouds of carbon dioxide, but simply because the winds will have changed to a more southerly direction.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
A White Easter
Ok, so we just got back from vacation, and what a time it was too. Here we're talking of the weather scene where most of northern Europe was treated to one of its coldest Easter's on record. Britain, Germany, France and many other nations saw heavy snow falls, that brought chaos to roads and travel arrangements in general.
But just one moment!!! Isn't this supposed to be the age of Global Warming when we are meant to be choking under clouds of carbon dioxide? Well it must have been a dream. Either way there was no sings of anything resembling a heatwave and every sign that contrary to popular expectation we are heading towards the next Ice Age. Ok, strike that last comment. But who knows!! After all there's as much evidence to support the idea of a coming Ice Age as to say we are in a catastrophic period of Global Warming.
Inevitably there were those who called attention to the fact that this was the earliest Easter vacation for around a hundred years or so. Quite correct. But even bearing this in mind average temperatures in Britain over this period were at least two to three degrees colder than usual for this time of year. It means of course that those that insist we are heading for catastrophically hot conditions in the near future have a lot of explaining to do.
But just one moment!!! Isn't this supposed to be the age of Global Warming when we are meant to be choking under clouds of carbon dioxide? Well it must have been a dream. Either way there was no sings of anything resembling a heatwave and every sign that contrary to popular expectation we are heading towards the next Ice Age. Ok, strike that last comment. But who knows!! After all there's as much evidence to support the idea of a coming Ice Age as to say we are in a catastrophic period of Global Warming.
Inevitably there were those who called attention to the fact that this was the earliest Easter vacation for around a hundred years or so. Quite correct. But even bearing this in mind average temperatures in Britain over this period were at least two to three degrees colder than usual for this time of year. It means of course that those that insist we are heading for catastrophically hot conditions in the near future have a lot of explaining to do.
Monday, March 17, 2008
No sign of Spring
As Britain approached Spring there was no sign the weather showed any signs of turning warmer in what has turned out to be a decidedly chilly, not to say freezing end to the winter. Either way there was no sign of Global Warming, and it was once again business as usual as those disposed to believe in the catastrophe of a super heated planet were left looking a little silly.
Meanwhile the Times of London drew attention to the fact that last years summer in Britain was unusually wetter than even the British Isles is renowned for being. In fact these were just the opposite conditions that the Climate Change models said would apply if the world were really heating up. These postulate drier summers and wetter, windier winters - none of which appears to be happening. And this should be no mystery. The world is not heating up, and as for Climate Change this - as we have said a thousand times before - is no more than a statement of the obvious, as the world's climate is constantly changing and there is no clear idea of what a normal climate really is.
Whatever the case, the error of the Global Warming idea, and its attachment to Human activity becomes more farcical by the day. As mentioned in earlier posts some areas of the world, including China, India and even the deserts of Arabia have experienced some of the harshest winter conditions for many years, and plainly shows that the planet has not forgotten how to do cold when it wants to. And remember none of this would be possible if the world were really under the blanket of choking clouds of carbon dioxide - the original Greenhouse Effect as it was called.
Meanwhile the Times of London drew attention to the fact that last years summer in Britain was unusually wetter than even the British Isles is renowned for being. In fact these were just the opposite conditions that the Climate Change models said would apply if the world were really heating up. These postulate drier summers and wetter, windier winters - none of which appears to be happening. And this should be no mystery. The world is not heating up, and as for Climate Change this - as we have said a thousand times before - is no more than a statement of the obvious, as the world's climate is constantly changing and there is no clear idea of what a normal climate really is.
Whatever the case, the error of the Global Warming idea, and its attachment to Human activity becomes more farcical by the day. As mentioned in earlier posts some areas of the world, including China, India and even the deserts of Arabia have experienced some of the harshest winter conditions for many years, and plainly shows that the planet has not forgotten how to do cold when it wants to. And remember none of this would be possible if the world were really under the blanket of choking clouds of carbon dioxide - the original Greenhouse Effect as it was called.
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