Under a plan negotiated late Saturday night, the nation’s debt limit would rise in two steps by about $2.4 trillion and spending would be cut by a slightly larger amount, the officials said. The first stage — about $1 trillion — would take place immediately and the second later in the year.
Translation : the Republican leadership caved and returned to business as usual – i.e. spiraling the US down to third world nation status.
The blue states all had their NCDC hottest year on record – when CO2 was below 350 ppm.
Apparently the definition of scientist is someone who makes stuff up and pretends that they know what they are talking about.
Scientists recently found ocean warming is worse than atmospheric warming, as it will melt down polar ice sheets faster than previously thought, and raise the sea level more than previous forecast, according to a new study from the University of Arizona (UA).
The study said layers of subsurface ocean surrounding the polar ice sheets will warm substantially. Scientists said the ocean layer about 200 to 500 meters below the surface would warm around 1 centi-degree on average, by 2100. Layer along the Greenland coast would warm about 2 centi-degrees, while layer along Antarctica would warm only 0.5 centi-degrees.
“No one has noticed this discrepancy before — that the subsurface oceans surrounding Greenland and Antarctica warm very differently,” Yin said.
The Gulf Stream carries warm subtropical waters towards north, while the Antarctic Circumpolar Current blocks some of the subtropical warmth from getting into the Antarctic’s coastal waters, so this discrepancy appears.
The study said the warming ocean will raise the sea level by 1 meter by 2100 and much more in the coming centuries
NOAA seems to have officially adopted the 1970s Ice Age scare as their new cherry picking baseline. These reports are popping up all over the country
Grand Rapids often is described as a cool city.
But, in meteorological terms, it’s a hot place — 1.4 degrees hotter, to be exact, over the past several years.Call it global warming or simply climate change, West Michigan is getting warmer as the decades pass.
No surprise, right? Particularly with the talk among weather experts about the warming planet and the damage that could accompany it.
But now, new data from the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids confirms the trend.
On Monday, local meteorologists will begin using “new normals.”
It’s a data set of climate variables such as temperature, precipitation and snowfall based on 30 years of record-keeping.
Every 10 years, the NWS updates its “normals” and shifts the timeline — so, starting Monday, the 30-year period goes from 1971-2000 to 1981-2010
What complete bollocks. It was considerably warmer in western Michigan during the 1930s.
USHCN raw data for Ironwood, Michigan.
Rather than spiraling into a global warming meltdown, we may be heading into the next ice age.
The U.S. National Solar Observatory, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and astrophysicists across the planet report that the nearly all-time low sunspot activity may result in a sustained cooling period on Earth.
Huge ’07 Alaska tundra fire hints at climate future
Alaska’s huge Anaktuvuk River tundra fire in 2007 released as much carbon into the atmosphere as Earth’s entire Arctic tundra absorbs in a year, report the BBC and Alaska Dispatch, citing a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Though the 400-square-mile fire’s long-term effects remain uncertain, it may have been a harbinger of things to come in a warmer, drier Arctic, the researchers say. It was the largest tundra fire ever recorded, releasing carbon stored over a period of 50 years and doubling the cumulative area of Alaska tundra burned in smaller fires since 1950.
After assessing and reviewing countless reports from scientists all over the world, the IPCC notes that “scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal.” Their evidence?
In a brief summary: Ice sheets have shrunk and glaciers are retreating. Ocean temperatures and sea levels have risen. The acidity of ocean water has increased dramatically over the last century due to elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Precipitation patterns have changed. Global temperatures have risen.
A guide compiled by ThinkProgress includes summaries of the most significant reports on climate science. They include reports by the IPCC. Some of the most meaningful data presented by the reports are the following: levels of carbon dioxide in the world are the highest they have been in 15 million years; the oceans are acidifying ten times faster today than 55 million years ago when a mass extinction of marine species occurred; and temperatures on land have risen to the highest they have ever been on record.
Within the next 90 years, New Orleans could see an increase in sea level as much as 4.6 feet. At the same time, some areas of New Orleans – already below sea level – have been sinking an inch a year. These conditions give Louisiana one of the highest rates of sea submersion in the nation, the report said.
Amazing. 4.6 feet of sea level rise plus 90 inches of subsidence. More than one foot of sea level rise every eight years. They better start evacuating the city now. Property values will be worthless.
Predicting Climate ‘Tipping Points’ Within Reach, Study Suggests
New research finds that early warning of some impending global warming tipping points may already be possible
This is exciting news, particularly given that we disappeared in a cloud of blue steam decades ago, we survived the 1970s ice age, we survived the global famine of the 1980s, we survived the ozone hole and acid rain, we survived the permanent drought, and we survived the drowning of Manhattan.
I was watching the LA vs. Vancouver MLS match, and was astounded by the brilliance of the American sportscasters. LA was winning 1-0 in the 63rd minute :
Vancouver needs to score a goal
Stephens just received his first yellow card of the match
