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In reply to the discussion: Why is the media pretending not to know why we're having record-high temperatures?> [View all]ronnie624
(5,764 posts)41. For now.
Last edited Fri Jan 6, 2012, 03:17 PM - Edit history (1)
More energy in the atmosphere can translate into more precipitation events, even in the form of snow. At some point however, the ice at the poles will be so diminished, that there will be no more snow below certain latitudes. If we experience the feedback loops that have been theorized in recent years, such as the release of large quantities of methane from the sea floor and permafrost (a gas that is many times more potent than co2 as a catalyst for global warming ), who knows where it could all end?
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Why is the media pretending not to know why we're having record-high temperatures?> [View all]
Survivoreesta
Jan 2012
OP
It's the cold, foggy, rainy season here in San Francisco, but every day's sunny and warm
NBachers
Jan 2012
#4
ABC with Diane Sawyer actually did make the link to AGW and had on scientists.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#13
When I mention to the righties around here that it sure is odd that we don't have any snow this year
NNN0LHI
Jan 2012
#29
yah, the snowy winter in VA couple yrs ago convinced evryone I know that environmentalists are WRONG
stuntcat
Jan 2012
#60
The American People need to understand, most of the corporate media have written them off.
Uncle Joe
Jan 2012
#35
Last year was a record cold year and many Democrats said it wasn't climate change
ItNerd4life
Jan 2012
#36
They are not pretending - they are referring (indirectly) to the Arctic Oscillation
hack89
Jan 2012
#40