Global warming averages for the far north is this a reason to be concerned?

Question

Yahoo weather for Iqualit the capitol of Nunavat Canada-

Very close to the north pole -

Yahoo weather says the Aug average should be between 38 and 50F -

The average for August (so far ) has been 42 and 55 F


Last Friday they anounced that the ice is thinner than it has ever been - and there is a month to go in the melt season for the Arctic Ocean - As you can see the temps are no where near freezing and they are more than warm enough to thaw the ice

Some of that ice has been there for 10,000 years plus

I watched a CBC documentary yesterday giving air time to the global warming deniers - (Dommsday called off) But no one was denying that it is getting warmer - Not one of them

What they are argueing about is simply cause -

"The hockey stick" graph excludes the medieval warming period etc - This isn't to say they are denying that the globe is warming - they say it is warming in fact

Wether the Arctic melts because of a cycle or an SUV - people seem to be missing the fact that massive world wide change like that needs to be addresses with changes to the infrastucture to ensure food and power etc on a hotter planet -

There is apparently a lot of agreement - it is getting hotter and it looks as if that is going to continue - There agreement on all sides -

Great lets change the infrastructure to support the human race and argue about cause later -

Answer 1

i agree that the temperatures may be getting warmer,,, but scientist cant prove evolution or global warming,,,, its a weather trend, much like the one that caused the ice age and so fourth...

Answer 2

The Earth has had ice ages, they were cooling periods, between them were warming periods. This has been going on for all of Earth’s 4 + - billion years. This all happened before any of the modern day technology came into being and will continue after we are gone.

The Earth is going through a pole shift right now. A pole shift is when the magnetic poles swap polarities. During pole shifts the magnetosphere is weaker and more of the Sun’s rays strike the Earth, this causes extra heating of the Earths surface, and makes global warming more pronounced.

These are natural cycles of the Earth. We puny stupid humans can no more stop or even reduce a natural cycle of the Earth, than the man in the moon. This is 9th grade science, and one would think that scientists and politicians would be better educated, but it seems that this not so, and they could remember 9th grade science class too.

This may just may be another smoke and mirrors propaganda campaign to cover our governments lies and con games. There are so many conspiracies running rampant it’s hard to tell which are real and which are just simple stupidity. The idea we can stop global warming IS stupidity at it’s highest form.

Answer 3

Remember the average temperatures are just the average of the peaks and valleys over the past hundred years or so. No conclusions can be drawn based on one month of data.

Answer 4

Actually, Alaska's average mean temperature was down a little in 2006.

I still want to know who to blame for the last Ice Age - Alaska *used* to be temperate, damn it!

Answer 5

You can certainly be concerned, but there is nothing you can do about it. The earth has gone through warming and cooling trends longer than humans have inhabited it. Adjust.

Answer 6

You just keep worrying about it and doing nothing but claim the sky is falling while the rest of us keep on with life and realize this is all just a bunch of hype.

Answer 7

This is only one of a host of reasons someone has returned to avenge the "destroyers of the earth"

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Answer 8

Watching a CBC documentary; that was your first mistake!

Answer 9

Sound the global warming alarm. ding! ding! ding! 1 ring a dingee!

Answer 10

Ok,it's 63 degrees where I am. I have a long sleeve shirt on.