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10 Feb 2007, 5:28 pm

Some phenomenon would have to trigger it, though. For example, if the mass of ice that covers Greenland were to begin melting away, yes, it is plausible that the resulting desalinization of the water in that area of the atlantic could inhibit if not outright halt the heat transfer system that runs through it, thus causing a reversal of the warming trend. Such an event would directly act upon climatic trends worldwide. What you're saying is not necessarily untrue, Xenon, but such a shift in direction would not happen on its own. Furthermore, the event or chain of events that causes the next trend shift could have consequences just as troublesome as the warming trend now in progress, QED. Whatever is happening with this planet, we need to prepare for it. We may even have to take matters into our own hands more frequently than the environmental protection hippies would like.

On a side note, perhaps the ice caps act as a sort of climatic buffer viz melts acting upon the heat transfer system. Has anyone given much thought to this notion?



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10 Feb 2007, 11:06 pm

Long term oscillations in the dynamically stable behaviour of the Sun, and cycles intrinsic to the Earth. We haven't been here long enough to understand them.



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11 Feb 2007, 5:08 pm

I just heard this the other day, but apparently according to some astrologists Mars is warming.



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11 Feb 2007, 5:13 pm

jimservo wrote:
I just heard this the other day, but apparently according to some astrologists Mars is warming.


And how is this helpful?

Actually if the North ice cap melts.......

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11 Feb 2007, 5:21 pm

Flagg wrote:
And how is this helpful?


I thought it was curious. There certainly is no industry in Mars (or trees for that matter).



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11 Feb 2007, 5:32 pm

I would have no problem if both California and the East coast were flooded. Though loosing Washington and Oregon would be rather unfortunate.



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13 Feb 2007, 3:39 pm

I thought you would find this interesting 8)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 363818.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... warm11.xml
http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/004629.html
http://www.donaldsensing.com/index.php/ ... y-the-sun/

In the last link please note the high correlation between temperature and coronal holes.

And if you dare come here again and dare say Global Warming(tm) is human-caused 8)

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13 Feb 2007, 3:40 pm

ahayes wrote:
I would have no problem if both California and the East coast were flooded. Though loosing Washington and Oregon would be rather unfortunate.


Save Bakersfield, I really loved the time I spent there :P


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