HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM
HEARING NOTICE
Tue Feb 13 2007 19:31:25 ET
The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing is entitled "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?"
The hearing will be rescheduled to a date and time to be announced later.
DC WEATHER REPORT:
Wednesday: Freezing rain in the morning...then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Ice accumulation of less than one quarter of an inch. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 18. Northwest winds around 20 mph.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8.htm
2007-02-14 05:32:56 · 10 answers · asked by **Anti-PeTA** 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The "Global Warming" theory is just that... A THEORY... If you ask those at NASA if global warming exists... They say no..... If you ask the U.N. they say it does.....Hmmm... I will go with NASA!
Just like every planet in our solar system and in the universe for that matter goes through "Warming" and "Cooling" periods. They can last as long as 10-12 years and in some cases 100's possibly 1000's of years. It is really pious of those that believe this "theory" that in all the time man has been here that we have an effect on the earth's weather... And as for the Polar Ice caps receding they have been receding for thousands of years... even before man was on the planet.... Give me a break!
Every planet goes through this and ours will continue to do so until it starts to cool itself..... In the 70's I remember the climatologists screaming that we were getting ready to go through another "Ice Age" soon.... So just like everything else scientists say... Just wait a few years and they will change their story and theory to suit whatever political agenda they happen to support.
2007-02-14 10:41:41 · answer #1 · answered by ZpprHead 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This bears repeating on every single global-warming naysaying question here: The science is unequivocal. The planet is warming. Period. There is NO doubt on the subject. Please read the latest summary of research for yourself, at http://www.ipcc.ch/. This is the website of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of the best climate researchers from around the world which convened to put together a comprehensive report + policy recommendations. There is near-unanimous scientific consensus on this question: warming is happening, and there is 90% certainty that human CO2 (+methane, etc.) production is responsible. DO NOT let a small handful of well-funded doubters fool you. They will likely quickly vanish, as well, once oil companies and the like see the handwriting on the wall.
To answer your question: "OMG IT SNOWED!1!!!!1!! GLOBAL WARMING IS TEH SUCK!!" demonstrates that you haven't read very much about climate change. The term "global warming" describes a general, average trend in the weather - a shift in the mean temperature. This doesn't suddenly eradicate variance in the climate, and it certainly won't eliminate extrema on either end of the temperature spectrum. What it WILL do is produce unfamiliar weather patterns in some places, so that areas that have never seen snow before will suddenly get some, while others that have regular snow will experience unseasonable warmth. Again, "warming" refers to a GLOBAL AVERAGE trend. Observing a single point on the globe (and, even, a single weather event) tells you nothing about a global average.
Argh. Reply to the guy below me. NASA's primary research on global warming is done at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The lead scientist there, Jim Hansen, is one of the LOUDEST VOICES on the planet calling for action on global warming. He is probably the most famous climate scientist. In other words, you could NOT BE MORE WRONG.
2007-02-14 06:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by astazangasta 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Global warming is about changes in long term average temperatures across the globe. Spikes in temperature plus or minus is normal climatic variation. Plants and animals are moving north, spring migrations take place earlier now. The north polar icecap is shrinking. Glaciers are shrinking. All better markers of climate change than a particular weather event. When I was growing up in New England they had a saying: "It's too cold to snow." It does actually snow more when it's relatively warmer. This is more a measure of moisture. There have been reports of some cooling in this decade ascribed to reduced moisture in the stratosphere. But it is clear the long term trend since the beginning of the industrial revolution has been warming commensurate with the additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. One thing we might consider is what if they are in fact wrong about global warming. We would have to endure cleaner air, a better balance of payments, and reduced financial support to parts of the world that export terrorism.
2016-05-23 22:37:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the question really is - does the amount of snow we are having now supportive of Global Warminig or not-supportive of Global Warming - or that a week or two of heavy snow and cold weather is only indicative of change air flow patterns. What I haven't seen is any good information on the change in soil temperature at the poles that would suggest that Global Warming exists or doesn't exist. Also if the Poles are warming did the human population and the buildup of CO2 caused it.
2007-02-14 05:59:26 · answer #4 · answered by INFOMINDSOLUTIONS 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It makes a good joke but temporary weather conditions have nothing to do with the very real problem of global warming. The polar ice caps are melting as is the permanent ice on mountain tops such as Mount Fuji. Cemetaries that were inland along the Chesapeake Bay are being flooded and caskets are floating the Bay. It is not a joking matter.
2007-02-14 05:38:54 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
global warming is a proven long term trend. not something that can in any way be proven or disproven by a single snowstorm. If we were already at the point in history where the Atlantic coastline didn't ever see snow we'd be at the point in history where 50% of the nations coastline was gone due to rising waters from arctic and antartic ice-melt. We're already at the point in history when the first major snowstorm comes in mid-Febraury and not late October. It's getting worse. We still have time to fix it if we think big and change the way our species negatively uses the planet without thinking about long term consequences.
don't be ignorant.
2007-02-14 05:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by imnotachickenyoureaturkey 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Global warming doesnt neccessarily means everything has to get warm. Global warming throws off all weather patterns. Some places may get hotter whereas other places get affected with cold temps. You must be one of them ppl who take things literally thinking global warming means HOTT
2007-02-14 06:08:50 · answer #7 · answered by Da Answer 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The hearing wasn't cancelled, it was rescheduled TBA.
It was rescheduled because the people who needed to get there couldn't.
It's not rocket science.
2007-02-14 05:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they don't call it global warming anymore, it's climate change. some areas it's getting warmer, others it's getting colder, but weather is getting less and less predictable and changes are drastic.
2007-02-14 05:38:38 · answer #9 · answered by ally 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
LOL DUDE!! 100/100!!!!! IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS AL GORE= IDIOT!
2007-02-14 05:36:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋