Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Is Global Warming Really Happening?

"Trenberth, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change, said for most of the last century record high and low temperatures were about even. So far this year, there have be 15,055 record highs, but only 1,343 record lows. That ratio of about 11 to 1, Trenberth said, is some of the clearest evidence yet of climate change." (full article)

I certainly agree that the evidence is becoming irrefutable, unless you are an Ostrich with your head buried in the sand, which by the way, they do not do. 

For an in depth perspective from NASA Earth Observatory describing the recent Derecho storm that left millions without power, see  Derecho Strikes the Eastern US and Power Outages in Washington DC Area. Most climatologists think that the severity of this storm was increased due to global warming. Not a proven point, but as more severe storms occur, the evidence mounts.

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