Originally Posted by Smallwheels

It is really very very simple. Warmer oceans produce more moisture in the atmosphere. That moisture falls in greater quantities over time. During winter more snow falls throughout the year and even late in the seasons. In time that snow is there so long and in such greater quantities that it doesn't all melt during the summer time. That builds a foundation for even more snow to build upon. That is how ice ages work.

The oceans are heating a bit due to numerous undersea volcanoes that are being discovered regularly. There is a field of them off the coast of Oregon that were discovered recently. The whole Pacific Rim has been very active since the 70's. Above ground volcanoes spit lots of particles into the atmosphere. Those particles attract moisture and form more rain and snow.

All of the examples of extra cold and wet weather don't need to be documented by scientists. They are plain to see. It is the scientists that are saying that many of these cold weather records are unprecedented in modern times. Clearly seeing that glaciers around the world are growing in greater numbers than are retreating must give you a clue?

Originally Posted by Smallwheels

Doesn't the scientific evidence of the ice cores from the last ten-thousand years show that carbon dioxide levels today aren't the controlling factor in global temperature? See that the Earth has been much warmer overall in the distant past than it is today. See that it has also been much colder in the past than it is today. Industrialized society is such a tiny speck on that ten-thousand year chart of CO2 records that we barely matter. Humanity is near a peak of warmth according to the chart and that warmth started hundreds of years ago. It isn't even close to previous high points. That is science. Not opinion.