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I could have chosen any one of a number of clips that are on the BBC website this morning. According the BBC weather chappie, just before 07:00, there is a third hurricane on its way !
Climate change deniers like Trump, need to have a good long look at themselves.
I could have chosen any one of a number of clips that are on the BBC website this morning. According the BBC weather chappie, just before 07:00, there is a third hurricane on its way !
Climate change deniers like Trump, need to have a good long look at themselves.
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Let me just repeat my post from the other thread...
"t's very difficult to disentangle the effects just due to random weather conditions, and the extra effects that may be expected from climate change. I think it's suspected that the water in the Atlantic is warmer than usual, driving particularly powerful storms. Harvey led to record rainfall and Irma has record wind speeds (at least, for a Hurricane this far east), and these records may not be coincidental, but there's more than a little reason to be hesitant about blaming climate change for that. If the records continued to tumble, or if storms of this intensity remained as frequent, then there'd be a case for it. But after one season you have to strike a note of caution, because otherwise you could be mixing up weather and climate."
[Lightly edited, although of course the original can be seen anyway]
Also, just because something happens naturally doesn't mean it always happens naturally. As long as there have been forests, there have been natural forest fires, but no-one would dream of using that as an excuse to hide the damage that humans can do by causing additional such fires. Climate Change is not really different in that regard. Of course it happens naturally, and is a feature of our planet's history, but that doesn't in itself have anything to say about the present changes.
"t's very difficult to disentangle the effects just due to random weather conditions, and the extra effects that may be expected from climate change. I think it's suspected that the water in the Atlantic is warmer than usual, driving particularly powerful storms. Harvey led to record rainfall and Irma has record wind speeds (at least, for a Hurricane this far east), and these records may not be coincidental, but there's more than a little reason to be hesitant about blaming climate change for that. If the records continued to tumble, or if storms of this intensity remained as frequent, then there'd be a case for it. But after one season you have to strike a note of caution, because otherwise you could be mixing up weather and climate."
[Lightly edited, although of course the original can be seen anyway]
Also, just because something happens naturally doesn't mean it always happens naturally. As long as there have been forests, there have been natural forest fires, but no-one would dream of using that as an excuse to hide the damage that humans can do by causing additional such fires. Climate Change is not really different in that regard. Of course it happens naturally, and is a feature of our planet's history, but that doesn't in itself have anything to say about the present changes.
Togo...rowlocks...again.
Trump has denied that any climate change is happening and has done everything in his power to make sure that America is not going to take part in any international accord. He has done this mainly by Executive Orders, like most of his recent activities, as he can't get the backing of Congress.
Having a pop at Trump ?....and why not.
Trump has denied that any climate change is happening and has done everything in his power to make sure that America is not going to take part in any international accord. He has done this mainly by Executive Orders, like most of his recent activities, as he can't get the backing of Congress.
Having a pop at Trump ?....and why not.
I listened to a documentary on the radio the other day about climate change, and it said that even if we stopped doing anything whatsoever to help climate change, just did nothing, the temperature of the planet over 100% years would rise by less than 1%. Which he said would barely have an impact. His words.
Step 1 of the AA programme is admitting that you have a problem (Steps 2-12 are about passing the buck to God, but still...)
If we have political leaders that do not even see there is a problem then there certainly won't be much chance of doing anything about it. But once that obstacle is overcome, and politicians across the world take the problem seriously, then there is a chance that we'll make at least some of the necessary changes.
If we have political leaders that do not even see there is a problem then there certainly won't be much chance of doing anything about it. But once that obstacle is overcome, and politicians across the world take the problem seriously, then there is a chance that we'll make at least some of the necessary changes.
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