Have ya noticed, since the Goracles big concert, global warming stories have become kinda scarce? Wasn’t the idea to clue in everyone to the danger, to get people talking about it? Woops!
Anyhow, digging in, here’s one about how bad it is going in Tibet
BEIJING (AFP) – Tibet, the mountainous region whose snows and glaciers give birth to several of Asia’s major rivers, is warming at an alarming rate, China’s state media reported Sunday, citing a new survey.
Goodness! "An alarming rate!" Really?
Average annual temperatures in Tibet are rising at a rate of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 degrees Fahrenheit) every ten years due to global warming, Xinhua news agency said, citing a report by the Tibet Meteorological Bureau.
Wow. Disturbing. Such a huge change. It couldn’t have anything to do with natural Earth forces, such as the continuing Indian Plate subduction, which raises Mt. Everest several millimeters every year, massive pollution from Chinese industry, or the inflow of moist air due to defoliation, right? Has to be man made global warming from CO2, which is what their main focus is on. Personally, I wish they would spend more time working on real environmental issues, such as the afformentioned pollution coming from mainland China.
Interestingly, the story kinda debunks the danger of global warming as caused by Man
By comparison, China’s average temperatures are rising by 0.4 degrees Celsius every 100 years, while a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said average global surface temperatures have risen 0.74 degrees over the past 100 years.
So, anwhere from .72 F to 1.33 F change in 100 years. Consider that during the Little Ice Age, the average temps were down 4 degrees F from the supposed norm. But, it begs the question: what is normal? What is the optimal temperature for the Earth? Is there one? Can any climate change disciple tell us? Was it the temperature from when the Little Ice Age ended? Maybe it was from the middle of the LIA. Who knows? I’m sure the Goracle and his disciples will not say.
Temps change. The Earth is a dynamic system which is also affected by the Sun.
Color me unimpressed and unworried.
Teach said: Interestingly, the story kinda debunks the danger of global warming as caused by Man
No it doesn’t. The rise in the average temperatures in one country are not going to correspond exactly to the rise in the global average temperatures.
Teach said: Temps change. The Earth is a dynamic system which is also affected by the Sun. Color me unimpressed and unworried.
Yes the Sun is what warms the Earth, but scientists do not believe it is the primary cause of the current warming trend. They have studied the Sun closely for several decades now and it does not account for the rate of change. Most scientists do however believe changes in the greenhouses gases are the primary cause.
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