If Global warming is really happening. Why are we having a cooler than normal summer in the upper Midwest?

Answer 1

Global warming is a line of crap designed to get minds full of mush all worked up so that they think they are doing something good for the world. Instead of worrying about something like this why don't we work on being kind to our neighbors and friends. Let's learn to be better parents and spouses. That will benefit our world more than worrying about global warming. In the end God decides when our world is done-not Al Gore's rhetoric.

Answer 2

because global warming has absolutely nothing to do with localized regions.
Global warming is factors in the atmosphere that causes climate change, and as you just stated "cooler than normal summer".
Global warming doesn't mean everwhere is going to get warmer.
one other thing I should point out since you mentioned the midwest, is the fact of how much more time we have spent seeing precipitation, but much less of it at a time.
this is pretty consistant with many climate predictions of global warming, and what is real scarey, it is similar to the precipitation patterns in deserts.
Some people will argue with that, but if you live or have lived in a desert, you will know, that small clouds drop rain all the time, it just isn't enough to do any good.
All the time it has spent raining in my area, and Farmers are worried about the effects of drought. Why? Very rarely has it rained enough to matter, and the very few times it has rained enough to do some good, is probably the only thing that is preventing a full blown drought.
Hopefull we do not see the same weather patterns next year, or we may be in real trouble.

by the way, not sure if you live near Southern Illinois or not, but if you do, you have noticed that there won't be any Calhoun county peaches this year, because of the real late cold weather that followed a period of Spring type weather?

Answer 3

I'm in North Dakota and we've had fairly cool weather this summer and for the past few summers. We might get a week or two of really hot temps, but that's about it. Otherwise comfortable... but by no means hot like what you'd expect in the summertime.

Why is it this way? That I can't answer for you but I've had the same thought. Global warming, from what I understand, is a very slow process, so over the course of many years it only amounts to maybe 3 or 4 degrees. But I could be totally off with that figure, that's just my understanding...

Answer 4

Is the upper Midwest the entire globe? No. Local weather is not the same as global climate. There is no relation.

Too many people seem to say "it's cold here, so global warming can't be real." Well, the overall average temperature of the world is increasing. There are variations around the world, most parts getting warmer, some parts getting colder. There will always be local fluctuations. There will always be colder than average weather some years. That's local weather, not global climate. Talking about your local weather is no argument for global climate, whether global warming is real or not.

Answer 5

The reason that you seem to think that global warming isn't affecting the climate, is because you think you're colder than normal. The climate change that coming is going to be wildly fluctuating weather! Think of climate as a big machine that is powered by heat. When the heat is increased,the power is increased. What happens then is an increase of severe storms and temp. records are shattered ! Global Warming IS being caused by human activities! The scientists can tell the difference between the carbon that comes from fossil fuels and other natural sources such as volcanoes,plants,and animals. What they see is a clear correlation between the rise in temp. and the increase of 'fossil' carbon. Climate Change is REAL !

Answer 6

I love when these wannabe climatologists claim something as ridiculous as adding heat means greater temperature extremes. This is simply not supported by climatological evidence on Earth. Uneven heating and cooling of the planet sets the stage for climate extremes. Atmospheric phenomena like the Greenhouse effect, which is the underlying scientific principle of all global warming hypotheses, lead to temperate weather conditions (ie, less climate extremes). Take a look at planets with thin atmospheres, such as Mercury or Mars; large temperature shifts/differences that make Earth seem like a veritable picnic. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070710_st_mars_storms.html

Meanwhile when you take a look at Venus, which has a thick atmosphere and an EXTREME Greenhouse effect, temperatures from pole to equator, from DAY TO NIGHT are more or less homogeneous - and as hot as you'll see in this solar system.

Answer 7

Fact: The ice is melting faster each year. When enough
ice melts the balance of the Earth will be thrown off. The
Earth will right itself. Perhaps a little at a time at first.
When the balance is effected to a grater extreme the Earth
will tilt in one direction or another to the point that the North
pole may end up thousands of miles from its present location.
There is already a wobble. That's how we get our seasons.
So, do we brake out the Bermuda shorts or the long
handle underwear?

Answer 8

theres your answer cooler than normal everything is going to whack out && what not. The ice from the north pole and south pole is melting causing the water to rise and the temperature the change.Some areas (including parts of the southeastern U.S.) have, in fact, cooled over the last century. The climate changes

Answer 9

global warming causes changes in weather patterns - the average temperature of the Earth is increasing at a ferocious rate (geologically speaking), but that doesn't mean everything gets warmer evenly everywhere. Pump energy into the system and it changes things like air 'currents' (the jet stream) and water currents (like the Gulf Stream). What it boils down to is 'normal' isn't normal any more (if it ever was). Change is happening, and at an increasing rate.

Answer 10

The upper Midwest is not the majority of the earth, and one summer is not the overall climate of your region, either. You are grossly oversimplifying global warming. That is the problem. Too many people that don't know squat about climate or geology are throwing opinions around on this topic. Maybe leave the science to the scientists, eh?

Answer 11

Because Elvis is the king. No it is part of a climate shift that we truly don't understand ourselves. But on top of that yes Global warming will cause strange weather occurances.