[TheBagman]

Al Gore is gonna have to edit his his movie "An Inconvenient Truth" because latest data from NASA, Hadley, and other temperature tracking groups are telling a different tale. It seems the world is growing colder. Remember global cooling in the '70's? I don't I wasn't around at the time. What's a eco-nut to do?

DailyTech - Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

Twelve-month long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming

Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile -- the list goes on and on.

No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously.

A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to wipe out nearly all the warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year's time. For all four sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down.

Scientists quoted in a past DailyTech article link the cooling to reduced solar activity which they claim is a much larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases. The dramatic cooling seen in just 12 months time seems to bear that out. While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it.

Let's hope those factors stop fast. Cold is more damaging than heat. The mean temperature of the planet is about 54 degrees. Humans -- and most of the crops and animals we depend on -- prefer a temperature closer to 70.

Historically, the warm periods such as the Medieval Climate Optimum were beneficial for civilization. Corresponding cooling events such as the Little Ice Age, though, were uniformly bad news.

[taco]

Its actually been a very mild winter here. But the few cold snaps we have gotten were extra harsh.

[The_Egg]

I like the idea of global warming a tad more. We are on our way here (if not already) to break the snow fall record.

[The_Egg]

cant really tell though because after all the snow comes it warms up and rains.

[AnnonUSA]

Hum....Solar Activity.....

I have been saying this for the past 3 years, people should just start listening to me. Fuck Al Gore, I should call him....

[The_Egg]

Are you saying there is hope for the polar bear Annon?

[AnnonUSA]

By 2012 polar bears will be sleeping in your backyard for the Winter.

[The_Egg]

how cute!

[elroypornlab]

Originally Posted by taco

Its actually been a very mild winter here. But the few cold snaps we have gotten were extra harsh.

Here aswell

[Slutter McGee]

You are all missing the simple truth here. I learned it from the AMAZING movie. The Day After Tommorow. Global Warming causes Global Cooling. Just look at it logically.

Sincerely,

Slutter McGee

[TheDriver]

Originally Posted by AnnonUSA

Hum....Solar Activity.....

I have been saying this for the past 3 years, people should just start listening to me. Fuck Al Gore, I should call him....