Specialists in photography of snowflakes may be in for a treat:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science-t ... er-Ice-Age
Harold
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Harold Gough
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Global Warming To Make U-Turn?
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Lothar-Gutjahr
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Hi Harold,
i dont think it will last the 200 years as they predict. I think its just a matter of melting polkaps and displacing the gulf stream a little bit by the meltingwater. This is anough to give us short summers and long winters for the rest of the next years. This should be a clear european scenario.The rest of the world will change in oposite direction.
My feeling is we are observing it from now on and there is nothing we can do about. A real Ice-Age one would have to expect, results from keeping the sun from reaching the surface, like the so called nuclear winter or by many active volcanos dirtying the athmosphere. So it would be interesting to find out more about the temperatures and there variations in the gulf streams.
In any case not a verry promising future we look at.
Greetings Lothar
i dont think it will last the 200 years as they predict. I think its just a matter of melting polkaps and displacing the gulf stream a little bit by the meltingwater. This is anough to give us short summers and long winters for the rest of the next years. This should be a clear european scenario.The rest of the world will change in oposite direction.
My feeling is we are observing it from now on and there is nothing we can do about. A real Ice-Age one would have to expect, results from keeping the sun from reaching the surface, like the so called nuclear winter or by many active volcanos dirtying the athmosphere. So it would be interesting to find out more about the temperatures and there variations in the gulf streams.
In any case not a verry promising future we look at.
Greetings Lothar
A related linked article is here:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/387544 ... ve-minutes
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We had an unusually high amount of snow this year, in Maine where I live. One storm was over 30 inches (about 0.8 meters). It was so fine that it blew into anything with even a 4-5 mm gap, filling the structure. It also covered our house, blocking the doors with 4-6 foot (2 meter) snow drifts. I almost needed to open a window to escape from the house in order to shovel out the house's main doors!
Bring back global warming! (faint grins)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/387544 ... ve-minutes
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We had an unusually high amount of snow this year, in Maine where I live. One storm was over 30 inches (about 0.8 meters). It was so fine that it blew into anything with even a 4-5 mm gap, filling the structure. It also covered our house, blocking the doors with 4-6 foot (2 meter) snow drifts. I almost needed to open a window to escape from the house in order to shovel out the house's main doors!
Bring back global warming! (faint grins)
-Phil
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Harold Gough
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I have lost count of the number of consecutive mornings of frost. This could be the last one. Yesterday was one of several days of continuous sunshine but the first one without a ceaseless north or northeast wind, giving a chill factor around freezing.
We have missed out on the deep snow elswhere in the UK. As I write this, farmers have lost many arable crops and orchards may not produce much fruit (our apple blossom buds have had pink tips for more than a week but have not opened at all). Hill farmers have snow drifts as deep as the height of a two-storey house are have lost thousands of sheep (literally, many remain unaccounted for), with many wild ponies very much doomed.
Last year was officially a disaster for butterflies due to the wet summer. I never saw enough after the wam start of spring, to take part in the annual summer survey. One positive moment was seeing a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly last week. The species population has plummeted in recent years and I saw none last year (not counting the colony of is caterpillars)..
Harold
We have missed out on the deep snow elswhere in the UK. As I write this, farmers have lost many arable crops and orchards may not produce much fruit (our apple blossom buds have had pink tips for more than a week but have not opened at all). Hill farmers have snow drifts as deep as the height of a two-storey house are have lost thousands of sheep (literally, many remain unaccounted for), with many wild ponies very much doomed.
Last year was officially a disaster for butterflies due to the wet summer. I never saw enough after the wam start of spring, to take part in the annual summer survey. One positive moment was seeing a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly last week. The species population has plummeted in recent years and I saw none last year (not counting the colony of is caterpillars)..
Harold
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Lothar-Gutjahr
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Hi Phil an Harold,
after reading different things this morning from el nino trough gulf stream behavior and temperatures of world wide oceans, one could get convinced, we talk only about natural variations in rather harmles situations.
Lets hope it is like mentioned. On the other hand it is fascinating to see how sensitive this things interact and how much is allready done in understanding things around the globe. (here we have plus 4°C and clouded skyes)
Whishing a nice sunday all
Lothar
after reading different things this morning from el nino trough gulf stream behavior and temperatures of world wide oceans, one could get convinced, we talk only about natural variations in rather harmles situations.
Lets hope it is like mentioned. On the other hand it is fascinating to see how sensitive this things interact and how much is allready done in understanding things around the globe. (here we have plus 4°C and clouded skyes)
Whishing a nice sunday all
Lothar
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Harold Gough
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Thanks, Lothar
I am more concerned about the continued growth of the human population and the poor nutritional quality of fruit and vegetables transported over huge distances, much of the fruit not ripened naturally. The case for growing our own locally is strong and at least the garlic (a variety selected for the UK climate) is now showing signs of growth, with 2 out of 30 plated a month ago emerged overnight.
You also have a nice day.
Harold
I am more concerned about the continued growth of the human population and the poor nutritional quality of fruit and vegetables transported over huge distances, much of the fruit not ripened naturally. The case for growing our own locally is strong and at least the garlic (a variety selected for the UK climate) is now showing signs of growth, with 2 out of 30 plated a month ago emerged overnight.
You also have a nice day.
Harold
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Lothar-Gutjahr
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Yes Harold ,
you name it. When my father was born (1889 ) one finished the first milliard (american billion) and just few month ago we observed statisticly the 7.th
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>>>two planets talking, one with fear: hey i got homo sapiens !
the other : dont worry, this goes by himself; i had it too.
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My lifetime waranty is over a while ago, so one is happy to watch things to develop day for day, grin.
By statistics we say hello each day to 227 252 newcomers. I do not know if that is the figure for real growth or if one has to deduct the leaving ones in the ratio 2,5/1
Waiter: i got a carpenter in my soup (W.C. 1966 CNS News)
And that’s the way it is
Lothar
you name it. When my father was born (1889 ) one finished the first milliard (american billion) and just few month ago we observed statisticly the 7.th
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>>>two planets talking, one with fear: hey i got homo sapiens !
the other : dont worry, this goes by himself; i had it too.
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My lifetime waranty is over a while ago, so one is happy to watch things to develop day for day, grin.
By statistics we say hello each day to 227 252 newcomers. I do not know if that is the figure for real growth or if one has to deduct the leaving ones in the ratio 2,5/1
Waiter: i got a carpenter in my soup (W.C. 1966 CNS News)
And that’s the way it is
Lothar
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