Snow in the tropics

Submitted by fyl on Sat, 2013/01/26 - 07:00.

While this only appears to be a repeat of something that happened in 2009, it does seem to be one more data point that indicates climate change is real. The article in Prensa Libre talks about snow in Guatemala.

The article is in Spanish but that should not be an issue. The first photo makes the point in any language.

Varios factores y condiciones climáticas contribuyeron a que desde el miércoles último, en los sitios más altos del occidente del país, se formara escarcha y nieve, lo que ayer permitió a cientos de personas divertirse y formar figuras.

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norway-data-shows-earth-s-global-warming-less-severe-than-feared

Submitted by Che Guevara on Mon, 2013/01/28 - 09:49.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-27/norway-data-shows-earth-s-globa...

Did you look at the actual article linked to?

Submitted by oncidiumfan on Mon, 2013/01/28 - 10:40.

http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/Global_warming_less_extreme...

There's no denial of man-made changes in the climate there, just a caution that the changes seen in the 90s may be man-made plus other factors.

Rebecca Brown

Underestimated

Submitted by sball on Mon, 2013/01/28 - 16:14.

Lord Stern, author of the government-commissioned review on climate change that became the reference work for politicians and green campaigners, now says he underestimated the risks, and should have been more "blunt" about the threat posed to the economy by rising temperatures.

Full Article "it's far, far worse" from the Guardian

global

Submitted by Che Guevara on Sun, 2013/01/27 - 08:44.

cooling?

"Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding, 'you're making a scene." -Homer J. Simpson

Nope

Submitted by fyl on Sun, 2013/01/27 - 08:47.

Just more extreme weather. While the average temperature is tending upwards, we are seeing extremes in both directions.

If it's hotter where there's water

Submitted by oncidiumfan on Sun, 2013/01/27 - 13:44.

Higher elevations can get more rain. Normally, the coolest season here is the dry season, but we had a fairly miserable first half of January with both cold and rain. Higher elevations yet would bring that down as snow. Parts of Guatemala often get below freezing at night maybe once a year or so, just probably only in what's normally the dry season (tad farther north and much higher).

Rising air cools off; sinking air heats up (Santa Anas in California, chinooks in the Pacific Northwest, not really common in lower elevation mountains).

Rebecca Brown

First is from 1997

Submitted by Juanno on Sat, 2013/01/26 - 11:37.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19971214&id=LQ8iAAAAIBAJ&...

Today

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2013/01/05/cold-weather-blame...

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