Real Climate Science

Australia and Climate Change Skepticism
by David Stephen    July 07, 2011

Climate Change is a term used to describe changes in weather pattern around the world in recent years against what had been many years back. This is said to be caused by global warming, an increase in the average temperature of the Earth due to natural and anthropogenic activities.

Planet Earth according to studies is said to undergo changes in weather conditions due to increased temperature from natural activities over time, this time according to some is just one of those. Continued emissions from objects and substances used by humans lead to increase in gases that keep planet earth warm, this may lead to fractional temperature rise for now and percentage increase over time.

http://www.groundreport.com/

Is Global Warming Causing Oil Pipeline Spills?
July 08, 2011 07:35 PM EDT

Is global warming the cause behind the Yellowstone oil spill? Possibly. And scientists are getting worried that the problem is only just beginning.

Unusual river flooding causes more severe erosion around river banks, exposing buried objects at a faster than expected rate. Rocks and boulders knocked loose by the flooding can bash against pipelines and knock holes in them, causing massive spills. It’s just this kind of incident that investigators suspect caused the Yellowstone oil spill.

http://news.gather.com

Most fifth graders know that the reason why mountain streams have big rocks, is because they flood every spring. However, obtaining a fifth grade education is not desirable for environmental reporters.

MONTANA
  KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN .........................  8 of  8    1076*      123 
  FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN ......................... 14 of 16    1381*      129 
  UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN ................. 14 of 15   15500*      119 
  BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN .......................  7 of  7      50*      117 
  LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN .................  8 of  8    2915*      125 
  JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN ........................ 19 of 19    1513*      119 
  MADISON RIVER BASIN .......................... 11 of 11     637*      119 
  GALLATIN RIVER BASIN .........................  7 of  7     447*      115 
  MISSOURI HEADWATERS .......................... 31 of 31    1072*      120 
  HEADWATERS MISSOURI MAINSTEM .................  5 of  5        *      121 
  SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS ..  9 of 10        *      129 
  SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS ...........  5 of  6   15400*      119 
  MISSOURI MAINSTEM RIVER BASIN ................ 19 of 21   16400*      124 
  ST. MARY AND MILK RIVER BASINS ...............  3 of  3     607*      117 
  UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN ................ 23 of 24     838*      123 
  WIND RIVER BASIN (WYOMING) ................... 12 of 13    5900*      117 
  SHOSHONE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING) ...............  5 of  6     443*      129 
  BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING) ................ 15 of 16     551*      127 
  TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING) .................  6 of  7        *      133 
  POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING) .................  6 of  7        *      128 
  LOWER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN ................ 31 of 35     900*      126

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin

For some reason, the Tetons always make me think of Raquel Welch.

July 8, and we are finally starting to see some glacial melt at low elevations in western Greenland. Summer will be starting to wind down in about four weeks.

http://www.arctic.io/observations/8/2011-07-08/5-N72.153744-W37.496945/Greenland

http://globalwarming.com/2010/07/no-walk-in-the-park-for-elk-of-yellowstone/

2011 has been the fifth wettest and twenty-second coldest year on record in Wyoming.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/wy.html

Last year, the same period was the 11th coldest on record.

According to the world’s top-rated climate scientist, last year was also the hottest year humans have ever seen.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/or.html

And we do know that Montana’s flooding was caused by record rainfall and by runoff from heavy snowfall. Though climate deniers (some of them funded by Exxon) love to point to freak snowstorms as “proof” that the planet isn’t warming, the opposite is often true: In some places, the warmer the air, the more water vapor accumulates in the atmosphere and the more moisture comes down in the form of rain or snow.

http://www.latimes.com/

Brilliant research on the part of the LA Times. The entire Pacific Northwest has been far below normal temperatures this year, and the last three months was the coldest April-June in over 50 years.

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Ice retreat between July 7 and July 28, 2007 – shown in red.

Ice retreat between July 28 and August 28, 2007 – shown in red.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs33.pdf

h/t to reader Greg