Originally Posted by
oldog
The OP implied it was cooler, not warmer.
Originally Posted by
jeffpoulin
Pssst, it's called "climate change" because the effects are not universal. Some places are warmer, some colder, some wetter, some drier.
Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Global warming does not mean that it gets warmer everywhere. It means that more energy has been added to a chaotic system, which results in disruption and could easily result in some areas being much hotter and some being much colder. When it says "average temps will increase 2 degrees this decade, it could easily be that some areas increase 10 degrees while others decrease 20, and storm frequency or intensity increases.
Originally Posted by
Andy_K
+1. Al Gore's movie suggests that global warming could even trigger an ice age...or maybe it's preventing one. Either way, things are changing!
Originally Posted by
maddyfish
It is the new ice age that I was taught all about in the late 70s. Now they are teaching that it is getting warmer or something. In 10 years they'll teach that the sky is turning purple or some other silliness.
Twenty years ago we'd say "Hey, kind of a wet summer".
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