Ice Cap Alarmists Cherry Pick Science To Fit Carbon Emissions Theory

[dragonrider]

So global warming is responsible for haveing record snowfall and record low temperatures this winter?? What??

I don't think anyone would claim that Global Warming is responsible for any particular record snowfall year. The fact is that NO year is EXACTLY "average." So even if an overall trend is toward record warm termperatures, you could easily still have a record cold season in a specific location in a specific year --- nothing unusual or unexpected about that.

Also, it is very likely that as Gobal Warming progresses, there will be some locations that will become colder due to the disruption of the ocean and wind currents that bring those areas warmth. It seems counterintuitive, but some areas do not get their warmth from the sun that falls directly on them. They get their warmth from ocean currents that transport the warmth from other areas. Western Europe is one of those areas. England's relatively temperate climate is due to warmth transported to western Europe by a current that absorbs heat in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean --- sunlight that falls on Florida warms water that moves up the Eastern seaboard, and that heat is released over England as the current heads back down the Western coast of Europe. Some climate models predict that current being disrupted if the polar ice melts. That would deny Europe that source of heat, and it is possible that Europe could experience a new ice age. The world's average temperature might rise, but local areas like Europe, might cool. Ironic.

This is why many people who study the phenomenon of greenhouse gasses and their effects on climate have begun using the term "Global Climate Change" instead of "Global Warming." It's unclear what effect changing the world's atmosphere will have on any given local area in any given year, even if you can predict the net effect of increased warming for the planet as a whole. You can't say for certain that any single given place will be warmer in any single given year, so the term "Global Warming" can be misleading.