Global Warming

[Soldier4Christ]

Many farmers worried about unusually cool weather

 Farmers from Michigan to California to Wisconsin to North Dakota to Kansas are concerned about the colder weather.

North Dakota farmers fear killing frost

The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the harvest made good progress until rain and cool temperatures hit the state late last week. The agency says corn farmers are worried about their crops reaching maturity before a killing frost

Weekend's heavy rain leaves farmers' fall crops to rot underwater - Michigan

 His harvest, which had promised to be a bumper crop, was just getting under way, starting about three weeks late because of the cool, wet weather earlier in the season.

Farmers in northern Wis. report light frost

State farmers are hoping for more heat and more time before a killing frost arrives this fall after some light frost was reported in northern Wisconsin early last week, according to the latest crop report issued Monday from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Kansas: Brisk Late Summer Temperatures Draw Concerns For Early Freeze

Unusually cool weather through much of August and early September in the central High Plains is sparking concern that crops may not reach maturity before the first freeze.

"Most fields will probably reach maturity before the first freeze, but dry-down could be a problem," said Kansas State University agronomist Kraig Roozeboom, adding that the first freeze would be when temperatures across a region drop to a growth-halting 28 degrees F rather than when the mercury dips to 32 F in scattered areas.

Coldest string of five days in 70 years in California

Many California grape growers are reporting lower quantities due to frosting.

The drop in production is shared across California with many winemaking and vintner organizations reporting the same trend. Some state estimates indicate a 20 percent decrease from last year and one-third fewer grapes than in 2005.

"In San Benito County, we had the same problem as everywhere else in California - terrible weather during the flowering season," said Steve Pessagno, owner of Pessagno Winery.

He noted that from April to May, cold weather and overcast skies created perfect conditions for frost.

"My notebook reads, 'April 12 to 16, coldest string of five days in the last 70 years.'"

Josh Jensen, owner and winemaker at Calera Winery, had vineyards yielding as little as half a ton per acre where they usually produce around twelve times that in a good year.

"We are seeing a very small harvest because we were absolutely slammed disastrously by the frosts during April," he said.

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Southern Germany experienced what seemed like a very short wet and cool summer! The corn fields are looking pretty dismal and along with a bad grain harvest it is likely not going to be a bumper crop this season! There has been chilly daytime temps in the 40's, ground frost and the first significant snowfall in the Alps since early August!

It was 45 today in Munich. Forecasters say it should remain quite cool for at  least the long range extended. Last year on this date it was a balmy 68!! Looks like it will be a chilly start to Oktoberfest!!

For the first time in nearly 50 years mountain passes did not open at all this year because the massive snow from winter and spring failed to melt. Some reports say that some high Alpine villages were 'snowed in' for most of this summer.

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Cold wave breaks records in Hungary

A cold weather record set in 1925 went by the books on Monday, as temperatures in Hungary plummeted.

The coldest temperature on record as a daily maximum for September 15 was 10.5 degrees Celsius measured in the SW city of Zalaegerszeg 83 years ago. It fell by the wayside when the city of Sopron, in the NW, reported a high of 8.6 degrees, meteorologist Zoltan Fodor reported.

Budapest also set a cold record, with a high temperature of 11.5 degrees Celsius. That did in a record set on September 15, 1912, of 12.4 degrees.

Fodor promised more of the same on Tuesday, with temperatures rising slightly afterwards, to peak at about 18 degrees Celsius on the weekend.

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Coldest in 14 years in southeastern Australia

Last night one of the coldest spots was Cooma, where it dipped to minus nine degrees at the airport, 11 below average and its lowest September temperature in 14 years. Canberra chilled to minus 3.7 degrees, seven below average and a six year low for September.

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Coldest September day in 33 years in Sydney

Sydney, Australia, struggled to just 13 degrees today, making it the coldest September day since 1975. Some suburbs did not even reach 13, including Terry Hills, which remained below 12 degrees all day. The cold comes only 2 weeks after the city recorded its coldest maximum in 12 years, when it reached just 12 degrees on August 22.

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Has Autumn come early to Britain?

On the rolling moors of Scotland and Yorkshire, dramatic blooms of heather have come out far earlier than normal while wild berries,  normally the harbingers of autumn, have appeared nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.

Fungi has also enjoyed a bumper year and has been spotted sprouting on lawns and meadows in huge numbers for this time of the season.

The early berry season has worried some wildlife experts who fear that the crops, which provide vital food for animals and birds in the lead up to the cold winter months, may disappear too early.

In England the maximum temperature this August has been more than a degree cooler than the average reading of 19.6C.

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[Soldier4Christ]

All these extra cold temperatures worldwide and yet the NOAA claims: Global Summer Temperature Was Ninth Warmest.

This just doesn’t seem to add up given what we’ve seen from anecdotal weather information and satellite data. For example the UAH global temperature for the lower troposphere shows that the temperature in 2008 doesn’t get anywhere close to this claim made by NOAA:

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature for summer 2008 was 0.85 degrees F (0.47 degrees C) above the 20th century mean of 60.1 degrees F (15.6 degrees C).

Why this disparity?

A recent survey of the USHCN network, the network that is used to gather mean temps worldwide, shows us the answer to this question. Remote weather sites that are used to collect this data have been corrupted. Stations that once were in the open and positioned on grassy areas are now on blacktop or cement and buildings have moved in close with heat generating devices such as A/C units, heat pumps, factories, jet engine blasts, and trees or bushes closing in on them. In other instances the station has been moved as much as a quarter mile from it's original station and one of these were placed on a flat black tar roof with an a/c unit on one side and a heat vent on the other side of it. Yet the records for these moved units is not noted and the records continue uninterrupted as if they were the same station.

Many of these stations were found to have a discrepancy of as much as 37 deg F from the actual temperatures of the area.

NO WONDER NOAA RECORDS INDICATE THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS STILL OCCURRING! THE GREAT SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES THAT LINE UP WITH GOREBAL WARMING!

[nChrist]

           ROFL!

I would recognize it to be a scientific fact that AL GOREBAL is full of hot air, so it would stand to reason that the temperature WOULD go up in his immediate vicinity - wherever he goes. I also understand that he's directly responsible for emissions that should be tested. If any GOREBAL WARMING does exist, I think he should be deported and take his emissions and warming elsewhere!

[Soldier4Christ]

Of all the things that cause anthropogenic global warming, this has to be one of the funniest:

Global warming and cleaner skies are making it rain more

After analyzing global measurements of solar radiation and rainfall taken between 1986 and 2000, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, have determined that global warming and cleaner skies are making it rain more.

According to a report in New Scientist, on an average, surface solar radiation has increased by 0.21 watts per square meter per year over land, and rainfall has increased by 3.5 millimeters per year.

In recent decades, air pollution has dropped, so more sunlight is penetrating the atmosphere, said Martin Wild of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Meanwhile, rising levels of greenhouse gases are bouncing radiation back to Earths surface.
The extra energy has fuelled an increase in evaporation.

This intensification of the water cycle means more heavy precipitation events, more flooding, and more landslides, erosion and overloading of water management systems, said Wild.

The analysis only covers land areas, so it isnt clear whether the extra rain is coming from increased evaporation over land or oceans.

According to Wild, the effects have not been distributed evenly.

Local factors, such as winds that carry rain elsewhere, mean some places have become drier, such as the south-west US and southern Asia. (ANI)

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More radiation, more rain? The logic? None. More rain clouds means less radiation reaching the earth! It has the same effect as smog banks but on a wider range than smog has ever had. Have you ever noticed that everything causes AGW? Now when we do good, it is bad.

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Who will benefit from cap and trade carbon schemes?

Remember the derivative trading that led to the downfall of Enron? Global warming and “cap and trade” are brought to you by the same people who brought you Oil for Food, Enron and Fannie Mae.

Lastly, all is not well in polar bear land. The expanding sea ice has been causing other problems. Polar bears seem to be thriving with the extra ice, and juvenile polar bears have been turning away from Coca Cola and have been stealing alcohol from shops in places like Cape Churchill in Canada and having wild drunken parties on icebergs.

The Arctic sea ice expansion may also threaten funding for global warming research, though some scientists hope to double down by studying global cooling. “Cooling would be a real catastrophe,” said global warming advocate Walt Meier. “It might get too cold for the poor bears and plus my wife really likes warm weather.”

(The last two paragraphs are from a spoof article that I modified and are not real statements made by anyone. The others are actual stories and true statements.)

[Soldier4Christ]

Solar Winds Cooling Warmist Doomsaying

Global warming alarmists face yet another challenge to their predictions of an inferno of doom. The solar wind is losing power, and is at a fifty year low, according to NASA.

The Ulysses solar probe reports a 13% drop in temperature, a 20% drop in density, and a 30% drop-off in the sun’s magnetic field, marking this as the weakest period of solar wind on record (records go back to the 1960’s). 

What does this mean? The Heliosphere is thinning, and thus will block fewer cosmic rays.  Heinrick Svensmark theorizes that an increase in cosmic rays reaching the Earth will drive cloud formation, increase the planet’s albedo (reflectivity), thus cooling it.

Is this the cause of the Earth’s unusually cool year?  According to Anthony Watts, the Earth’s albedo reached a nadir in 1997, and has risen sharply since. Is this related to the weakening of solar activity? We`ve seen few sunspots in Solar Cycle 24, the solar conveyor belt has slowed to a crawl, and now the solar wind is bottoming out.

This will allow us to see if we are really in the throes of Anthropogenic Global Warming; if temperatures rise (and they haven’t since 1998) then factors other than solar activity are driving climate trends, if not then the greenhouse gas theory is falsified.

If a cooling trend continues, the climate alarmists will have to throw in the towel.  Never fear; they’ll come up with a new cause to keep their adrenaline flowing! Probably ocean acidification, or the loss of bees.

[Soldier4Christ]

an increase in cosmic rays reaching the Earth will drive cloud formation

There's the cause of the problems in Congress and with the economy ... They all have their heads in the clouds and it's all due to global warming!

[Soldier4Christ]

Rubber Duckie

Rubber Duckie, you’re the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Duckie, I’m awfully fond of you;

Woo woo be doo

NASA uses rubber ducks to fight global warming



    Rubber ducks are the latest weapons in the fight against global warming, according to NASA.

    NASA scientists have dropped 90 of the ducks into holes in the Jakobshavn glacier - Greenland’s fastest moving glacier - in a bid to understand why glaciers speed up in the summer in their march to the sea.

    The toys have been labelled [sic] “science experiment” and “reward” in three languages, and carry an email address.

    The ducks, if found by someone who emails NASA about their discovery, could tell scientists how melting water moves through ice, Alberto Behar of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said.

    “It’s a beautiful place to visit. You can watch these icebergs continuously march across and fall into the ocean,” Mr Behar said.

    “Right now it’s not understood what causes the glaciers themselves to surge in the summer.”

    That’s where the rubber ducks come in, along with a probe about the size of a football loaded with a GPS transmitter and instruments that can tell much about the glacier’s innards.

    Mr Behar said he hoped a fisherman or hunter might find a duck or the probe but so far nothing had turned up.

Perhaps the reason glaciers “speed up in the summer” is because it is warmer in the summer and ice melts faster when it is warmer and water under ice helps reduce friction, thereby improving speed?

Just guessing.

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After reading this I was at a loss for a fitting comment but somehow the words "white jackets" kept coming to mind.

Dr Moe, Dr Larry, Dr curly .....

[nChrist]

Rubber Duckie

Rubber Duckie, you’re the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Duckie, I’m awfully fond of you;

Woo woo be doo

NASA uses rubber ducks to fight global warming



    Rubber ducks are the latest weapons in the fight against global warming, according to NASA.

    NASA scientists have dropped 90 of the ducks into holes in the Jakobshavn glacier - Greenland’s fastest moving glacier - in a bid to understand why glaciers speed up in the summer in their march to the sea.

    The toys have been labelled [sic] “science experiment” and “reward” in three languages, and carry an email address.

    The ducks, if found by someone who emails NASA about their discovery, could tell scientists how melting water moves through ice, Alberto Behar of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said.

    “It’s a beautiful place to visit. You can watch these icebergs continuously march across and fall into the ocean,” Mr Behar said.

    “Right now it’s not understood what causes the glaciers themselves to surge in the summer.”

    That’s where the rubber ducks come in, along with a probe about the size of a football loaded with a GPS transmitter and instruments that can tell much about the glacier’s innards.

    Mr Behar said he hoped a fisherman or hunter might find a duck or the probe but so far nothing had turned up.

Perhaps the reason glaciers “speed up in the summer” is because it is warmer in the summer and ice melts faster when it is warmer and water under ice helps reduce friction, thereby improving speed?

Just guessing.

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After reading this I was at a loss for a fitting comment but somehow the words "white jackets" kept coming to mind.

Dr Moe, Dr Larry, Dr curly .....

           ROFL!

The THREE STOOGES HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE is full, and Dr. Moe, Dr. Larry, and Dr. Curly aren't taking any new patients. I do want to bluntly state that things aren't fair - it isn't first-come - first-served. Politicians, lawyers, and financial analysts are automatically considered to be emergency cases and are served first. I understand that many CLIMATOLOGISTS were considering a class action suit for discrimination until they considered the unquestioned LOGIC of STOOGES HOSPITAL admission policies.

It's a good thing that the U.N. is in session and ImANutJob is here. He saw the crisis and is immediately opening an Iranian Sharia SHRINK Hospital. Seeing the WISDOM in this, all of the POLITICIANS have been immediately transferred to the new facility. Funds have been made available to give each politician their own RUBBER DUCK for bathtub play-time. By the way, I understand that the electric shock and rubber hose units are swamped. ImANutJob has advertised for volunteers to more properly staff these essential services. The last NEWS indicated that volunteers are lined up for blocks, so this need has been fulfilled.

   

[Soldier4Christ]

[HisDaughter]

Perhaps the reason glaciers “speed up in the summer” is because it is warmer in the summer and ice melts faster when it is warmer and water under ice helps reduce friction, thereby improving speed?

Just guessing.

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After reading this I was at a loss for a fitting comment but somehow the words "white jackets" kept coming to mind.

Dr Moe, Dr Larry, Dr curly .....

  Somehow I missed this little gem!  Morons.

[HisDaughter]

Maybe this is here already?  I got this from my brother this morning in an email so I'm just copy and pasting it.  You can read more about it and about her on snopes.com: Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler
Claim: Irena Sendler, a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is credited with
saving 2,500 Polish Jews from the Holocaust.
Status: True.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, June 2008]
Origins: On 12 May 2008, Irena Sendlerowa (commonly known as Irena Sendler) passed
away of pneumonia at the age of 98 in Warsaw, Poland. Irena has often been referred to
as "the female Oskar Schindler" for her daring and ingenuity in saving the lives of more
than 2,500 Jews (most of them children) in German-occupied Poland during
There recently was a death of a 98 year old lady named Irena.
During WWII, Iliana, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a
Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
She had an ulterior motive...
She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German).
Iliana smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she
carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger kids).
She also had a dog in the back, that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let
her in, and out of the ghetto.
The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered
the kids/infants noises.
During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save
2500 kids/infants.
She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, and arms, and beat her
severely.
Iliana kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out, and kept them in
a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.
After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it, and
reunited the family.
Most of course had been gassed.
Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes, or adopted.
Last year Iliana was up for the Nobel Peace Prize....
She LOST.
Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.

[Soldier4Christ]

This just goes to show how far society has degraded. Lies and thieves are more important than true heroes.

[Soldier4Christ]

Here’s the problem with the sun


Newly discovered evidence that polar bears, CO2, climate change, and the sun are intimately connected in ways never envisioned.

[Soldier4Christ]

NBC film crew stranded in Arctic on icebreaker 3 weeks

It never ceases to amaze me how people think when it comes to the Arctic. Somehow there is this pervasive belief that “if we just go there and document it, we’ll be able to demonstrate how climate change is affecting the arctic”.  This is the second team with such dubious aspirations this year, the first being failed kayaker Lewis Gordon Pugh who spun his dismal and embarrassing failure into an “accomplishment”, and then would not even take valid questions about his false claim of being the person who “kayaked furthest north”.

I have no sympathy for these people. Nature is teaching them hard lessons, let us hope they retain the material.

STUCK IN THE ARCTIC FOR THREE WEEKS…AND COUNTING

So, here we are. In the Arctic. Day 23. Good times!

Producer Paul Manson and I, along with cameraman Callan Griffiths and soundman Ben Adam, were sent here on assignment to report on climate change and the Arctic for an upcoming broadcast. The primary news peg — and one reason for our visit — is that for only the second time in recorded history (The record only goes back to 1979.) the Northwest Passage is ice free, effectively clearing this shortcut between Europe and Asia.

Our intention was to stay on board for 10 days, shooting video and interviews.  Mother Nature, apparently, had other plans. Inclement weather, along with an emergency search and rescue mission, has spoiled all five of our attempts to leave the ship.  Getting stuck in the Arctic is not uncommon; getting stuck five times is like punishment.

Joining the team
We left NYC Sept. 3, joining up with a team of scientists from ArcticNet on board the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, Amundsen. (In Canada, the Coast Guard is civilian, not military. It is part of the country’s Department of Oceans and Fisheries.) This particular Coast Guard ship has been dedicated to scientific research and outfitted with all the necessary tools. In a unique partnership, the scientists work side-by-side with the Coast Guard crew. For example, the scientists are testing water samples and sediment samples (from the ocean floor) as well as mapping uncharted territories in this remote part of the world. There are 40 scientists, 40 Coast Guard members and the four of us. By now we’re part of the team, learning to help on deck, in the lab and at dinner.

We boarded the Amundsen Thursday, Sept. 4, in Resolute Bay, a small Inuit village, along the Northwest Passage. The plan was to fly off by helicopter at the northern most civilian community in North America, Grise Fjord, and then begin our long journey home. Freezing rain and harsh weather kept our chopper grounded both Monday and Tuesday. The ship kept going and our chance to get off passed. We continued North with the expedition along the coasts of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, coming within 900 miles of the North Pole.

Over the next couple weeks, we would make three more attempts to fly to land. Each one failed due to weather. Unbelievably, on Thursday our absolute best chance to get off the ship failed, too. The ship was diverted back north to assist a search and rescue mission, something the crew says has only happened once or twice in the last couple years.  From the beginning, we were warned that the ships primary mission was science. The cost of operating this icebreaker and moving the expedition forward is $50,000 a day. While we’ve been welcomed guests on board, we knew the ship wouldn’t be stopping for us.

Close quarters
Paul and I have been sharing what would normally be the infirmary on this overloaded ship. To our eye, it’s roughly, 10 by 12 feet. A thin curtain is the only thing separating us — and our dignity. Callan and Ben share a bunk bed in a slighter larger room downstairs.

In our 23 days on the ship we have covered more than 2,500 miles. The ship rocks incessantly and a sonar machine used for ocean floor mapping ticks loudly all day and night. It’s akin to being audibly poked day in and day out. (Callan has lovingly promised to buy each of us a metronome when we get home so that will be able to sleep as comfortably in NYC.)

Since we were done shooting two weeks ago, we’ve been left with a lot of time to fill. Meals have become a priority. It’s often the only way we can keep track of what time and day it is. Thursday is a favorite — breakfast crepes. Speaking of crepes, we’ll remind you this is a French-Canadian ship, and so we’ve been more than well fed. In fact, we’re convinced Fabien, the ships pastry chef — yes, I said pastry chef — is trying to kill us slowly with desserts.

Meals are always heavy and large. (Now, so are some of us.) But fear not, there is a fitness club on board. Let us describe it for you: it’s half the size of our bedroom (read: infirmary), and consists of a treadmill, two bikes and a bench that’s hidden beneath a four-foot ceiling. (Running on a treadmill when the ship is rocking could easily pass as its own Olympic sport.) Not to worry, we’ve now collectively run or biked the length of Greenland six times over. The other hours have been spent staring at the ocean, staring in the abyss and staring at each other — followed by routine games of Scrabble, “what’s for dinner?” and “if you could be any kind of animal, what would you be?”

A once-in-a-lifetime experience
Let’s be clear, although we’ve been mentally ready to leave for a long time now, we have seen and done some extraordinary things, including meeting some inspiring scientists whose dedication to their field reminds us daily why we’re here. We’ve seen polar bears, beluga whales and icebergs the size of floating hotels. Each sighting reminds us how far away we are from home. In addition, we’ve seen sea creatures from far below the ocean’s surface that would rival the characters at the Star Wars bar.

The scenery is both breathtaking and intimidating. We’ve been awed by sights that most people will never see and appreciate that this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. (Hopefully.)

[Soldier4Christ]

Personally I think it's hilarious!