Wednesday, March 09, 2011
"Global Warming Alarmists Flip-Flop On Snowfall"
I don't know whether humans are causing global warming or not.
I DO know that the science isn't "settled".
Unfortunately, some politicians AND the media are NOT willing to consider BOTH sides of the story...
I DO know that the science isn't "settled".
Unfortunately, some politicians AND the media are NOT willing to consider BOTH sides of the story...
James M. Taylor recently wrote this in a blog post at Forbes.com:
"The alarmists used to claim global warming was causing the retreat of Kilimanjaro’s mountain snowcap, but scientists now understand that local deforestation is the culprit. IPCC claimed in its 2007 assessment that global warming would likely melt the Himalayan glaciers by 2035, but IPCC now admits there is no scientific basis for such an assertion. IPCC claimed in its 1990 assessment that global temperatures should rise 0.6 degrees Celsius between 1990 and 2010, yet NASA satellite data show global temperatures warmed by merely half that amount, at most.
For years, alarmists have claimed 'the science is settled' and 'the debate is over.' Well, when was the science settled? When global warming would allegedly cause Himalayan glaciers to melt by 2035, or now that it won’t? When global warming would allegedly cause fewer heavy snow events, or now that it will allegedly cause more frequent heavy snow events?"
