News services are now reporting that satellite data is showing that temperatures have be in a decline since 1998, and current temperatures are now at the 1983 levels.
Do you see "global warming" as over? Do you see that temperatures are no longer increasing?
Or do you agree with scientist like Stephen Hawkins who claim that the Earth's temperatures will be 450 degrees and it will be raining sulfur?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/25/nbook125.xml
2007-11-26 23:57:28 · 10 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Your second responder gets it right in that it's now labeled as "Climate Change".
This has allowed the Busybodies to do the seemingly unthinkable - politicize the weather, regardless the conditions.
2007-11-27 04:04:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't believe that the Earth's temperature ever (or at least not for millions of years) will reach 450 degrees.
No, I don't see global warming as over but are just thankful that it doesn't increase in a speed that makes every year hotter than the last one. This is similar to what we experience when seasons changing from winter to spring and from spring to summer. Although you can expect or be close to certain the average temperature will increase it's not likely that every day will be hotter than the day before. Or do you start to think there will be no summer that year when this happens?
EDIT:
This is a quote to a comment for the article you refer to:
"Mr. Booker, I was looking for a link to the results of the US satellite readings you described, and also performed a search on both Google and my universities' scientific article search engine, and all I found was your article again. In the future, when you post a statement such as 'figures show temperature falling since 1998', those of us in the scientific community would prefer that you cite whatever site or article you referenced. Personally, being an American, this is the first I have heard of these figures. Currently, usatoday.com is reporting 2007 as the hottest year in 127 years, citing the National Climatic Data Center. Who is correct?"
2007-11-27 00:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by Ingela 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I tend to beleive scientific facts and my own eyes rather than journalists. The telegraph is well known for providing distorted evidence and has a long track record of presenting unsubstantiated and distorted claims.
At the end of the day facts are facts, they can be distorted, refuted, taken out of context, misinterpreted, ignored as much as you like but they remain facts.
There isn't a single temperature record that shows temps have declined since 1998, no matter how much you wish that were the case. There are some that show 1998 as being the hottest year but that's something completely different.
If you're not afraid of facts then see the question I answered before this one.
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TOMCAT: Before accusing other people of needing help it might be a good idea to look again at the website you linked to and read what it says. Immediately below the graphs that you claim show cooling it says "Decadal Trends - A warming of... + 0.075 °C for the southern hemisphere", considering that the southern hemisphere has much more ocean than the northern this is precisely what would be expected. Once again the skeptics have to resort to applying their own interpretation and throwing facts out of the window. And once again, rather than look at the global picture they choose the part of it that fits their argument (or in this case, doesn't).
The website is that of John Daly, not a scientist but a teacher. It's quite clear he doesn't know what he's talking about when he refers to 'kelvins'. This is the standard unit of temperature used by scientists and he doesn't even know what it's called, he might as well be using celsiuses or centigradums.
2007-11-27 00:55:40 · answer #3 · answered by Trevor 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
According to the MSU satellite data, temperatures have sharply increased since 1998.
http://data.co2science.org/tmp/071127110018.gif
So, I'm not sure where the Telegraph is getting their information from, but it certainly isn't from looking at the data.
2007-11-27 04:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by SomeGuy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn't.
But some random person said it is in a UK Telegraph article with no scientific data to support his claim, so I'm sure he's right!
Or maybe he hasn't the slightest clue what he's talking about, considering that we're currently ~0.4°C warmer than 1983.
2007-11-27 04:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No The data just proves that there is gradual increase in the temperature and there is no decline in temperature.
2007-11-27 01:29:17 · answer #6 · answered by Sunitha 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I look at the data over the last decade I see cooling, anyone that sees warming in the southern hemisphere over the last decade, needs to get some help.
http://www.john-daly.com/nh-sh.htm
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2007-11-27 01:34:45 · answer #7 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no it doesn't i have seen many peer reviewed studies showing that the earth is warming and that this warming is linked to greenhouse gasses. this is just a news article, and it has no sources.
2007-11-27 00:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/11/a_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_1.php
2007-11-27 08:39:53 · answer #9 · answered by Ken M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's climate change, not global warming. the uk is going to get colder as a result of climate change, not warmer. conversely, most of africa will get warmer.
so irrespective of what satellites show, man made climate change is still going to screw up the world and kill us all.
Sleep well my friend.
2007-11-27 00:09:36 · answer #10 · answered by wha 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋