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by mjimih
Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:06 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

I think GW heat will put a huge strain on fresh water resources. Already I'm sure fracking in America is ruining well water all over the place. If the aquifers get polluted what then? Where the good water is, is where the future wars will be fought unless we learn to share it or make it with desalin...
by mjimih
Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:32 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33545

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

Is this potentially worse than earlier discharges of radioactive water into the ocean from the plant?

They might try an elaborate huge project to divert ground water around the plant, isolating it?
by mjimih
Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:09 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

Worst heat wave in at least 140 years hits parts of China; dozens of deaths reported http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-01/world/40928186_1_heat-wave-manhole-covers-heat-stroke August 01, 2013 SHANGHAI — It’s been so hot in China that people are grilling shrimp on manhole covers, eggs are h...
by mjimih
Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:19 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

I worry about Africa. What tribes are strong enough to preserve it's nature against encrouching civilization? Would it be true that AGW might not be as intense in Africa bc it is already hot there, centered on the equator? There are river beds under the Sahara, I wonder how Africa would fair if the ...
by mjimih
Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

The "bright side" of global warming :?: I would have thought that there would be more clouds from the extra water vapor in the air. Interesting detailed page about water vapor & clouds. Global Warming, Clouds, and Albedo: Feedback Loops http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/wa...
by mjimih
Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:54 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

Prehistoric titanic-snake jungles laughed at global warming Rainforest similar to ours flourished at 3-5° hotter http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/13/paleocene_hot_jungles_were_ok/ Fossil boffins say that dense triple-canopy rainforests, home among other things to gigantic one-tonne boa constric...
by mjimih
Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:48 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

A persistent high-pressure weather pattern in the Russian Arctic—a blocking high—contributed to the heat wave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Traps http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/Neanderthals.jpg "Forget the popcorn", says Mr Uhg. "Let's get some marshmallo...
by mjimih
Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

details, details, details.. yawn. (he said sardonically)
by mjimih
Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

I love lists like this. It's fun going thru them honestly. [quote="Climb mate conned"] What is the consensus on the cause of ice ages? "natural" variability in Earth's weather cycles. That are caused by prevailing weather patterns. Influenced by ocean currents, massive volcano's,...
by mjimih
Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:48 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

A Climate Change OpEd That Makes Sense Slate Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2013 Aug 02 A Republican Case for Climate Action New York Times | Opinion Pages | 2013 Aug 01 It’s actually pretty simple: Too many truculent deniers in the House and Senate refuse to even believe that global warming exists at all...
by mjimih
Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:48 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

Of course global warming is real regardless of the cause .. thankfully all the hysteria has made most people forget things like the deadly poisoning of earth's atmosphere and water, we can all die slowly in a warm bed. The struggle for resources may soon intensify and those with money get first cra...
by mjimih
Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:48 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

NASA pushing the global warming agenda. Surprised? pushing smushing. Care to explain? Or is it just as simple as NASA saying: "Oh let's try to fool everyone so we can have a laugh, a chuckle, as we watch all the nice folks worry their brains out." NASA isn't getting rich off this problem,...
by mjimih
Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:37 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

yes Chris is correct. It's the old almost ancient ice that has dissappeared in the Arctic recently. That ice has just melted quite rapidly, indicating some type of anomoly is occurring. An aspect of this conversation that rarely is mentioned is the SPEED of these melting events, which are unpreceden...
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

I'm not at all sure what the AGM deniers are up in arms about. The solutions to alleviate it make sense from a resource management point of view. Surely we can all agree less pollution, clean air, clean water, and effective management of scarce resources are goals worth achieving. If they can also ...
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2869
Views: 1133503

Re: Weather!

and the thrid vid too, just when a huge piece slams into the window on the leftmost pane, he stops filming. Once a window breaks it would be instantly very windy inside that room.
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

Earth has survived everything in its time. It will certainly survive us. great, just great. We should just sit back with our tv remotes and drive our Hummers and keep overpopulating the land, pushing out any animals that get in our way? It's a huge rock!... with an excruciatingly thin "life-zo...
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

THE ARCTIC - Water stays at the same level http://nicolesyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CH04_00401.jpg OCEAN HEAT EXPANSION http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMgpt2L2Edo/TzbtucenA0I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/UGXqObctEaY/s320/ice+melt+contribution+to+sea+level+rise.PNG THE ANTARCTIC & GREENLAND - Water rises htt...
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:45 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

pardon me, but my brother and a few on this thread talk about the Sun's heat & Global Warming. Can we get an Astronomer to chime in on the facts of said hypotheses please?
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

Why do kids get hooked on evil drugs?

A: their parents often DON'T act in time, DON'T recognize the signs soon enough, DON'T communicate the warnings well enough, or DON'T care! Let that be a lesson for us all.
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

http://www.startribune.com/weather/blogs/Paul_Douglas_on_Weather.html ...Strauss says tragedy can be avoided or mitigated with deep global pollution cuts followed by technology that sucks CO2 from the atmosphere. Such bold steps, he says, could help preserve hundreds of coastal communities. If curre...
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul 31)
Replies: 183
Views: 19524

Re: APOD: 130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures (2013 Jul

DavidGovett wrote:In the absence of contemporary solar output statistics, these terrestrial statistics are meaningless.
really? Caution is the better part valor. The science is real. The Sun's heat output (?) is not the only factor.
by mjimih
Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:34 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2869
Views: 1133503

Re: Weather!

Tornadoes strike Italy near Milan – incredible video 1st - http://www.youreporter.it/video_Tromba_D_aria_Trezzo_Sull_adda_5 2nd - getting closer - you can hear "the train" coming! http://www.youreporter.it/video_tromba_d_aria_a_Trezzo_D_Adda_2 3rd - twister hits - The twister is just outs...
by mjimih
Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:43 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33545

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

Some daylight photos http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/07/26/AP100140314887_620x350.jpg http://news.yahoo.com/photos/caleb-bustin-9-warrenville-ill-watches-fifteenth-floor-photo-030706189.html http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/timesdaily.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/79/879...
by mjimih
Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:30 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33545

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

It made a quantum leap over my head. My positrons blew up after 2.2us. But it doesn't matter, it's a theory of something cool anyways.