Global warming advocates --Whats up with this?

Question

Antarctic temperatures disagree with climate model predictions
COLUMBUS , Ohio – A new report on climate over the world's southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models.

This comes soon after the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that strongly supports the conclusion that the Earth's climate as a whole is warming, largely due to human activity.

It also follows a similar finding from last summer by the same research group that showed no increase in precipitation over Antarctica in the last 50 years. Most models predict that both precipitation and temperature will increase over Antarctica with a warming of the planet.

David Bromwich, professor of professor of atmospheric sciences in the Department of Geography, and researcher with the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University, reported on this work at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at San Francisco.

"It's hard to see a global warming signal from the mainland of Antarctica right now," he said. "Part of the reason is that there is a lot of variability there. It's very hard in these polar latitudes to demonstrate a global warming signal. This is in marked contrast to the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula that is one of the most rapidly warming parts of the Earth."

Bromwich says that the problem rises from several complications. The continent is vast, as large as the United States and Mexico combined. Only a small amount of detailed data is available – there are perhaps only 100 weather stations on that continent compared to the thousands spread across the U.S. and Europe . And the records that we have only date back a half-century.

"The best we can say right now is that the climate models are somewhat inconsistent with the evidence that we have for the last 50 years from continental Antarctica .

"We're looking for a small signal that represents the impact of human activity and it is hard to find it at the moment," he said.

Last year, Bromwich's research group reported in the journal Science that Antarctic snowfall hadn't increased in the last 50 years. "What we see now is that the temperature regime is broadly similar to what we saw before with snowfall. In the last decade or so, both have gone down," he said.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/osu-atd021207.php

Answer 1

It proves to me, that like evolution, Golbal warming is another religion.

Answer 2

OK, so you have one report that points out the difficulty of getting meaningful historical and current climate conditions from one of the remotest regions on earth. Because of that, it's hard to model the potential of global warming based on the Antarctic data.

What's your point? Do you somehow think this refutes anything?

Oh wait, as a parting shot, how about a quote from the good professor on this same data? In reference to global warming -

- David Bromwich, a meteorologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, said there's "no doubt this [warming] is real."

- But, he added, the finding only "deepens the mystery of what's going on over Antarctica."

I guess it's easier to parrot pundits than to research the data.

Answer 3

This is another example of how one group of scientist is discrediting another. There are many press releases like this out on the web, but the liberals take pot shots to say that "this is just another conservative using one source to prove his point!".

The point of this question is to show that global warming is not absolute and those who do not believe in it should not be persecuted. Isn't this what Galielo went through when he said the world was not flat and that they earth revolved around the sun? Galielo ended up being right but it took many years before the truth came out.

There is so much science that still needs to be done before anyone says that global warming is the absolute truth.

Answer 4

The bottom line is that global warming research is both very complex, and compromised by those who put short-term financial interests above long-term health of our planete, But common sense along with virtually all credible, impartial scientific research reinforced by many events across the planet indicate that human pollution represents at least a significant part, if not all, of a serious, looming problem!

Answer 5

there's a pair issues i'm going to assert. international Warming is definitley actual. come as much as Northern Canada or Northern Alaska and you will see it. They anticipate in two decades there is gonna be no glaciers North of 60, and the Greenland Ice sheet might have melted with the help of approximately one 0.33 or according to threat a million/2. there is not any debate on whether or no longer climate exchange is actual. Say that's no longer brought about with the help of man made pollutatns... who likes those pollutants in any case? do no longer you think of it incredibly is a sprint irresonpsible to in easy terms save destroying the ambience in basic terms by using fact it makes a buch? no longer very sustainable or clever for destiny generations is it? What does that say approximately how we are residing? To me it potential alot issues have have been given to alter. that's in basic terms my 2 cents.

Answer 6

People scoff at scientsts and scholars who disagree with the global warming theories and attempt to discredit them with such things as well they get money from energy companies.
Well someone has to pay for studies. Who do you think pays for the scientists advancing the global warming theories...someone pays them too.

If you show evidence that the pro-gw theories have flaws then you are biased to some oil company. On the other side if you have one of those pro-gw theories.. well who is checking the accuracy of these reports.

You have an amalgamation of bits and pieces of climate and evironmental reports that are slapped together and as a whole it looks impressive... but who is checking up on those bits and pieces to make sure that they are real honest examinations?

Well , again some of the guys who are are finding flaws in the data but when they bring it up they are dismissed.

Answer 7

Al Gore is no scientist that's for sure. Some say the global warming theory was a conspiracy to bring the country down so that more people would be dependent on the government. Well, that makes as much sense as a lot of other things in the political realm. But why would Al Gore say he invented the internet.

Answer 8

the models aren't what most scientists put their trust in. but people like you keep bringing it up everytime a computer program does its job poorly.

a model is something to give a visual idea of what is going on, not something that is necessarily truth.
scientists have much much more data that back up global climate change, than silly toyscomputer programmers are trying to sell.
take a real science class will ya?

Al gore never stated he invented the internet!
but all you skeptics, let us know when you invent a way to breath CO2.

Answer 9

I truly believe all this global warming stuff is the governments way of scaring the populace. They scared us into Iraq. It's is all a hoax and what they really want in money money for alternative fuels and then they give big tax breaks to companies to do reserch, development and investments. We all know lobbyist run Washington now don't we? It's called Plan B of the War in the Middle East.
It's all about industry.

Answer 10

I'd be checking his bank account for a 10,000 check from AEI. There's a reason why Al Gore's up for an Oscar--get with the program.

Answer 11

Global warming religionists are now in the process of ostracizing scientists who disagree and are having them fired.

This alone is enough to tell you that this is a liberal cause. Only a liberal would throw a temper tantrum like a small child and have someone fired for disagreeing.

Liberals are the dumbest and most intolerant people in America.

(By the way, in the last 10 years the southern polar ice cap has GROWN by about 8%. Isn't it all supposed to be melting?)