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MIT scientists baffled by global warming theory, contradicts scientific data Trendwatch By Rick C. Hodgin Thursday, October 30, 2008 09:55 12 votesBuzz up! Boston (MA) - Scientists at MIT have recorded a nearly simultaneous world-wide increase in methane levels. This is the first increase in ten years, and what baffles science is that this data contradicts theories stating man is the primary source of increase for this greenhouse gas. It takes about one full year for gases generated in the highly industrial northern hemisphere to cycle through and reach the southern hemisphere. However, since all worldwide levels rose simultaneously throughout the same year, it is now believed this may be part of a natural cycle in mother nature - and not the direct result of man's contributions.

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"The vice of capitalism is that there is an unequal share of blessings; the virtue of socialism is that there is equal share of misery"....Sir Winston Churchill

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/20/...

"The vice of capitalism is that there is an unequal share of blessings; the virtue of socialism is that there is equal share of misery"....Sir Winston Churchill

interesting article, http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milenio.com%2Fm...

16-Aug-08

Un experto de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México pronosticó que en alrededor de diez años la Tierra entrará a una “pequeña era de hielo” que durará de 60 a 80 años y será causada por la disminución de la actividad solar. An expert from the National Autonomous University of Mexico predicted that in about ten years the Earth will enter a "little ice age" which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity.

Víctor Manuel Velasco Herrera, investigador del Instituto de Geofísica de la UNAM, sostuvo lo anterior durante una conferencia que impartó en el Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico. Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the UNAM, as argued earlier during a conference that teaches at the Centre for Applied Sciences and Technological Development.

En el acto, el especialista en sistemas de percepción remota dijo que la reciente rotura del glaciar argentino Perito Moreno, inusual por haberse producido en pleno invierno austral, no se debió al calentamiento global. In the event, the specialist in remote sensing systems said that the recent rupture of the Argentine Perito Moreno glacier, unusual for having produced a full austral winter, was not due to global warming.

El evento se debió, dijo, a un proceso natural provocado por la temperatura y la precipitación del río. The event was due, he said, a natural process caused by temperature and precipitation of the river.

Velasco Herrera calificó de erróneos los pronósticos del Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (IPCC), conforme a los cuales el planeta está experimentando un aumento gradual de la temperatura, el llamado calentamiento global. Velasco Herrera described as erroneous predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), pursuant to which the planet is experiencing a gradual increase in temperature, the so-called global warming.

Los modelos y pronósticos del IPCC “son incorrectos porque solamente están basados en modelos matemáticos y presentan resultados en escenarios que no incluyen, por ejemplo, la actividad solar”, dijo el también especialista en procesamiento de imágenes y señales y en prevención de desastres naturales. The models and forecasts of the IPCC "is incorrect because only are based on mathematical models and presented results at scenarios that do not include, for example, solar activity," said the specialist also in image processing and signs and prevention of natural disasters.

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http://www.politickernj.com/bguhl/22291/doherty-new-scientific-data-just...

Solar cycle 24?

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Can anyone tell me how this pertinent to living in Nicaragua besides the fact that it is very hot here?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080523.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2008 May 23

Jupiter's Three Red Spots Credit NASA, ESA, M. Wong, I. de Pater (UC Berkeley), et al. Explanation: For about 300 years Jupiter's banded atmosphere has shown a remarkable feature to telescopic viewers, a large swirling storm system known as The Great Red Spot. In 2006, another red storm system appeared, actually seen to form as smaller whitish oval-shaped storms merged and then developed the curious reddish hue. Now, Jupiter has a third red spot, again produced from a smaller whitish storm. All three are seen in this image made from data recorded on May 9 and 10 with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The spots extend above the surrounding clouds and their red color may be due to deeper material dredged up by the storms and exposed to ultraviolet light, but the exact chemical process is still unknown. For scale, the Great Red Spot has almost twice the diameter of planet Earth, making both new spots less than one Earth-diameter across. The newest red spot is on the far left (west), along the same band of clouds as the Great Red Spot and is drifting toward it. If the motion continues, the new spot will encounter the much larger storm system in August. Jupiter's recent outbreak of red spots is likely related to large scale climate change as the gas giant planet is getting warmer near the equator.

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

Joe Bastardi, with Accuweather, usually tells it like it is. Many remember him from the Katrina coverage. Forget Al Gore's science fiction - he's making money off of us in multiple ways. Real atmospheric scientists are behind Joe 10 to 1, and they could lose their jobs like the one in Oregon did! There are 5 times more polar bears than 1960 ( maybe more - when I read the research papers, I've actually found apologies for finding too many), CO2 is actually a fertilizer (ask pot farmers) that gives us higher (no pun) yields, and most of the subsidized energy source pollute more than they help. Joe calls on the President to get real scientists to look into it, not political hacks ( the head of NASA has been caught fudging numbers in favor of Gore's beliefs, and is suspect ). Here's Joe's Opinions: Monday, May 19, 2008 An Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates AccuWeather.com's senior meteorologist and long range expert Joe Bastardi sent the global warming center a copy of his open letter to the 2008 presidential candidates. I like his idea in the fourth paragraph. Here it is...............

Dear _______

The nonsense that is the global warming debate can be likened to a Don King production, where the two main antagonists, well deserved ones at that, are still hours away from the main fight. Instead, we have under-cards that leave us simply wondering if we will ever get to the real deal.

I use the fight game because in boxing in past days, guys went right at it. Jake La Motta and Sugar Ray Robinson once fought each other within a few weeks of a fight. There was no dancing and ducking and big mouthing, just the fight against the guys that deserved to be in the ring.

This is exactly how this should be handled. Mr. Obama, can the Al Gore as an advisor on the environment. Mr. McCain, quit succumbing to pressure because you want to look nice or moderate. Both of you, get the people that can give this debate its true merit in front of you. Hillary, if you are elected, the same thing (you got to admit, she is showing some Lady Thatcher or Golda Meir spunk these days). But stop with watching people that aren't the main event.

Within the first 100 days of office, get the top five SCIENTISTS on both sides of the issue in front of you in the oval office and let them argue it out. No cameras, no press, just you, your closest advisors, and the people that are qualified to do this. Have trusted members of both sides of the aisles, but get the politics out of it.

The polar bear situation should push Americans over the edge. The long term population has increased. In addition, the cold this winter may simply be a preview of what is coming. That we are basically going to make it illegal to get oil, from an area that can perhaps help us get off foreign oil, because of yet another problem that may not exist, should be enough to clear the air and reveal that there are a lot of people supporting this position that are not driven by the science, but what may be an almost fanatical madness, and that should resonate with people. Sir or Mam, if you are absolutely convinced, after seeing people who don't think polar bears are as important as the people you are elected to serve, that argue out the science, then commit the American people on a path that will basically spend their hard-earned money on a problem our chief rivals are probably simply paying lip service too, then I will support you. But if you have doubt, after clearing away the feelings and looking at the facts, then by proceeding you will put yourself in a rush to judgment before the facts are clear that has left many Americans disillusioned about our nation in other matters.

This is not a matter of politics, it is not a matter of feelings. It is a matter of science and facts and educated men squaring off and displaying their knowledge. A non-conclusive answer in this matter is no answer at all, and no mandate to perhaps send us on path that could affect the chance for the very people we should have the most compassion for, to improve their lot.

Yours very truly,

Joe Bastardi

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explains it further.... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416104320.htm

"Scientists used to believe the oldest trees on the planet were in North America with ages in the 5,000-year range. Hooey, for a new discovery in Sweden has completely debunked this consensus, resulting in a total rewrite of climate history while bringing into serious question global warming theories espoused by Nobel Laureate Al Gore and his sycophant devotees. Think green media members will be falling over themselves to report this new finding? While you ponder, consider the evidence supplied by the British Telegraph Thursday (emphasis added):The world's oldest tree has been found in Sweden, a tenacious spruce that first took root just after the end of the last ice age, more than 9,500 years ago.

The tree has rewritten the history of the climate in the region, revealing that it was much warmer at that time and the ice had disappeared earlier than thought. [...] It had been thought that this region was still in the grip of the ice age but the tree shows it was much warmer, even than today, [Prof Leif Kullman at Umeå University] says. “Spruces are the species that can best give us insight about climate change,” he says. The summers 9,500 years ago were warmer than today, though there has been a rapid recent rise as a result of climate change that means modern climate is rapidly catching up. Hmmm. So, as a result of this find, we now know that summers in Sweden were not only much warmer 9,500 years ago than the consensus view used to be, but ALSO warmer than today...even after all that awful carbon dioxide that man has released into the atmosphere in the past couple of centuries. Yes, I'm sure media will be all over this story in the coming days...not! *****Update: As a post facto aside, this find should also point out how irrelevant a "consensus" is as it pertains to science, for new discoveries are always debunking and challenging conventional wisdom. Sadly, folks in the media, and climate alarmists looking to stifle debate, refuse to understand this inconvenient truth. That said, energy and financial policies SHOULD NOT be based on supposedly consensus views of science for EXACTLY this reason, for a lot of time, money, and resources could be devoted to a "solution" to a "problem" which ends up NOT existing. —Noel Sheppard is an economist, business owner, and Associate Editor of NewsBusters."

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

I often am hypnotised in to a thinking that the car sales person is my friend, and then it dawns on me....he works for the dealership, he has the dealerships best interest in mind. I always read articles and immediately turn to see who there biggest advertisers are, follow the money. Big oil certainly doesnt want you to believe we have problem. Much like our friend from Toronto I too have some pretty vivid memories of the past 40 years of weather, not in Canada but in Florida. Throughout my childhood and into my adult life we had one bad Hurricane in our area, one, Hurricane David 1980 and now we are having as many as 1-5 in one year in that same area! I can not remember a tornado growing up and we just had 3 major, major ones in the Daytona area in the last 5 years. Now if I were a home builder I might say dont worry about it its always like this..rebuild/buy more oil/become more gluttonous. Oops got go I think I left my Hummer running, I just got back from throwing my old refridgerator in the woods. Do what is right! Not for just your bill fold but for the quality of life for all. "Share your crayons"!

but you are not correct, you are repeating myths that are not true. Don't believe me? Well check out what your own source actually says. Let's count, shall we . . . how many of the assertions you site are actually myths

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction

Doors of hope fly open when doors of promise shut. -Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Just when I thought of early springs here in the frozen North. A mass of confusion. This year in Toronto we have had more snow and colder January-February Temps than I can remember, at the very least for the past five years.