snow in the fall?

Question

what happened to global warming?

its snowing in ohio right now

and its barely halfway through fall hmmmmm makes you think doesnt it

well gore perdicted alll these horrible hurricanes and no snow and all that but yet its a normal snow fall in ohio due to lake effect my point is, how can you keep saying gobal warming has nothing to do with local weather when it suppose to effect the whole world and its so horrible and well be dead in 7 yrs . maybe its time to do some research on your own and not these scientist are getting grants to agree with what they are paying them for

Answer 1

Wow i bet its snowing in Antarctica too and its summer in the southern hemisphere. We should string up Al Gore. Your an idiot mate. What about in 1816 when in the US and Europe had no summer and thousands died from the loss of summer crops. Obviously if you think that one day of snow in one particular place in the world shuts down years of climate research you must be slow. You do realize that Bush the bloody whacker now admits that human driven global warming is real but says that they are going to adapt and not try and reduce its impact. What a fool. No wonder everyone thinks Americans are idiots.

"The report from the Environmental Protection Agency, while acknowledging that human activities lead to global warming, argues that it is better to adapt to the changes than to try and stop them."

Answer 2

Global warming is about long term trends across the whole planet. Snow in Ohio is a weather event governed by local factors.

Whilst it may be snowing where you are it's been unseasonably warm here. The fact that it's been warm here doesn't prove the existence of global warming, the fact it's snowing where you are doesn't disprove it.

The important thing is the long term trend, the year on year average trend for Ohio, as with most places, is one of ever increasing temperatures.

If one unusual weather event disproves global warming then what about the 2000 temperature records that have been broken in the US this year, the record heat in the south, the widespread droughts in the west and southeast etc.

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RE: YOUR ADDED DETAILS

Gore's movie needs some level of interpretation to really understand it - it's no good saying 'the Arctic will melt' without quantifying the statement with the whens, hows and whys.

We have seen a rise in both frequency and intensity of hurricanes but there's two important points here. Firstly, it's not a year on year rise but one averaged out over several years (the norm when talking about climate is 30 years as this irons out anomalies and provides a realistic base period). Secondly, the rises are above what could reasonably be attributed to climate change and this is probably because there are mechanisms we don't yet fully understand - maybe these mechanisms are a consequence of climate change, maybe they're not.

Keep in perspective just how fast the climate is changing, or perhaps that should be how slow. The average year on year temperature increase is 0.0177°C, it's not a lot and it's not enough to cause sudden or dramatic climate shifts. Climate change is slow and progressive, from one year to the next the changes are small but if you were to somehow transport yourself 100 years into the future the changes would be significant.

I'm not sure where the '7 years' thing comes from but it's not remotely accurate. As I said above, climate change is a slow process, in 7 years things will be more or less as they are now. The world will, on average, be that bit warmer, there'll be a slight increase in adverse weather events etc but nothing dramatic.

As for doing research on my own - that's exactly what I do, it's my job, I've been doing it since the 80's long before global warming became a buzz word and the politicians interfered. And no, I've never received a single penny in grants and have never been paid to agree with anyone.

Answer 3

No, actually it doesn't make me think about "Global Warming." I've gone trick or treating in the snow as a child and I live in Mass. Global Warming is not new, it is part of the Earths evolution. It has happened before and will continue to do so until the day that the "Earth" no longer exists. Things get warm they melt, things get cold they freeze. The only difference now is that the human race exists. Due to the fear of us one day no longer existing, Humans seem to care now.

Answer 4

Most global warming scenarios point to it becoming a degree or two warmer over the course of like a century. No one has said to expect radical changes in Ohio in the near future.

Answer 5

It just happens to be a cold spell early in the season. It doesn't mean anything. The current weather is different than usual, but Global Warming doesn't have anything to do with it. Its just a different weather patten. The weather isn't always what its supposed to be.

And global warming can only be determined by long term patterns (AKA climate) Weather is the current state of the atmosphere and climate is long term average of all the years. There is bound to be an out-layer in the whole year.

Answer 6

I think its just mostly cold temps thats causing thesnow.I live in ohio,and i don't think global warming has anything to do with snow in the middle of fall.

Answer 7

Yes in Gully Cricket match at canada or somewhere in Russia ><

Answer 8

Watch how many people insult you now because you "don't know the difference between climate and weather".

Truth is, that it hasn't gotten any warmer since 1998. Believers can't come to terms with this fact.

Answer 9

yeah a Little

Answer 10

it is turning in to the next ice age(i think)