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On 2/22/2021 1:40 PM, Tekkie� wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:10:44 -0800, Bob F posted for all of us to digest...


On 2/20/2021 1:42 PM, Tekkie? wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:42:21 -0700, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...


On 02/20/2021 10:30 AM, Muggles wrote:
Man believes they know everything, until they find out they don't. The
Earth warms and cools since known history. Why people believe they are
capable of changing that is profoundly self-righteous.

The real problem in my min is the unintended consequences of well
intentioned meddling.

Follow the money...


"Ice, Fire, Floods: Extreme Weather and Climate Change
By Brian K Sullivan
and Eric Roston
February 19, 2021, 12:15 PM EST
Snow covered Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Feb. 18.

Snow covered Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Feb. 18.
Photographer: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg
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Not that many years ago, a senator used a snowball gathered outside the
U.S. Capitol to stand as conclusive proof that global warming didn?t
exist. That?s not an argument heard much any more, even as a severe cold
snap has created emergency conditions in Texas and other southern
states. The connections between warming trends and extreme weather
aren?t completely understood, but it?s becoming increasingly apparent
that there?s a connection between climate change and rising damage from
hurricanes, typhoons, rainstorms, wildfires and heat and cold.

1. What?s the connection to the Southern freeze?

The Earth?s poles are warming faster than anywhere on the planet: The
North Pole has been heating up about twice as fast as the rest of Earth
for the last 30 years, according to the National Snow & Ice Data Center.
In the Northern Hemisphere?s summer, this has led to a decrease in the
contrast between the heat of the equator and the cold of North Pole. The
strength of the summer jet stream, a river of wind that propels weather
systems around the globe, depends on extreme temperature differences
between these two regions. As the planet warms and this contrast
diminishes, the jet stream weakens and can no longer push large weather
patterns out of the way.

2. How did this send cold air south?

In the case of the Texas cold snap, the phenomenon began in the first
week of January, when air in the stratosphere above the Arctic warmed
suddenly. This set up a slow-moving atmospheric chain reaction that
weakened the polar vortex, the girdle of winds that keeps frigid air
corralled at the North Pole, allowing it to spill out into the temperate
regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. Once the cold starts rolling
south, very little can stop it.

3. Can scientists prove that climate change caused this?

No. Similar events happen about six times per decade, according to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But Judah Cohen,
director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental
Research, part of risk analytics firm Verisk, who?s spent more than a
decade studying Arctic warming, maintains that climate change has
increased the frequency with which the polar vortex weakens and allows
the cold air to run amok. Texas has certainly seen snow before, said Bob
Henson, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections. But he urged
observers not to be distracted by individual anomalies. ?We know the
climate of the central U.S. can produce events like this,? he said. ?The
point is, when you sum up all the events that are happening 365 days a
year, that is when you see climate change most vividly.?

4. What other kind of weather do scientists tie to climate change?

The blackouts in Texas marked the second time in six months that extreme
temperatures have brought grids to their knees ? a heatwave across
California in August caused a spike in energy demand for cooling
equipment, forcing rolling blackouts for the first time since 2001.
Across the U.S., severe thunderstorms and hail damage have been rising
for decades. Some of that is due to increasing population, but that
doesn?t explain the full extent of the increase. While scientists aren?t
sure about the precise cause, there?s broad agreement that the weather
is changing. In the past year, many parts of the world?s oceans reached
record warm temperatures. The Atlantic produced an all-time high of 30
hurricanes and tropical storms in 2020. Vast areas of the west were
consumed by wildfires, including parts of Oregon and Washington that
were once too wet to produce the required dry brush as fuel. Studies by
reinsurers Munich Re and Aon both show weather-related natural disasters
around the world increasing over the years, while damage from other
events such as earthquakes and volcanoes has remained the same.

5. What kind of certainty is there over the link to climate change?

It depends on what kind of disaster is being discussed. Global warming
projections dating back to the 1970s have been borne out in rising
temperatures, a pattern that makes increasingly common heat waves among
the easiest weather events to connect directly to humanity?s greenhouse
gas pollution. Forest fires are the product of heat, drought and wind,
which is why scientists have become so confident that climate change is
making wildfires in the western U.S., Australia, and elsewhere much
worse. In the U.S. fire season is now two months longer than it was in
the 1970s and 80s. Since the beginning of this century, the West has
seen a 75% increase in forest area with a high fire risk, and from 1984
to 2015, the area lost to forest fires almost doubled. Hurricanes are
harder to pin down, given their meteorologically complex nature and how
quickly they form and dissipate. But warmer water and wetter air ? both
realized as complements of global warming ? provide added fuel to
tropical cyclones, which are expected to become more intense as the
century wears on."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ange-quicktake


Whatever you say... Hey did you just plagiarize this article? Join Joe Biden in
that category.


You really ARE THAT STUPID, aren't you.