Hot weather...
We had another very warm day, I quit and came inside in the afternoon.
I have wondered about this heat we are having.
When looking on the internet, I can find a "scientist" that will explain it every way imaginable. Some claiming that global warming is completely imaginary, and just political fear mongering, --others claiming we have major heat and flooding coming our way- some other scientists claim we are entering an ice age. I suspect their "theories" are more related to who is funding their research, than any other factor.
According to a US Gov. agency [NOAA] the global temperature has risen less than one degree C [.94] - [1.67 degrees F] in the 137 years of monitoring global temperatures.
In 1985 it was neg 21 here in January,- and in 1988 it was 100 for two months. --
I hope this hot weather is just part of cycle , and not a trend that will continue.
.- For almost 20 years the average global temperature stayed the same..-- then in just the last few years, it began to rise again [according to NOAA]
My personal "pet theory" is.
-I think-- the last few years of renewed temperature rise was related to cleaning up the air, and thus letting more sunshine in. I think we had reached the point that air pollution had stopped producing the "greenhouse effect" - and had began to shade the planet - when we reduced the air pollution just a little- the greenhouse effect resumed.
I think--We either need to clean up the air a lot, and quickly - or just leave the pollution level it where it is...
gosh - I could begin to masquerade as a "internet scientist" - -
But, - it seems to me, we have enough of those already ...
We had another very warm day, I quit and came inside in the afternoon.
I have wondered about this heat we are having.
When looking on the internet, I can find a "scientist" that will explain it every way imaginable. Some claiming that global warming is completely imaginary, and just political fear mongering, --others claiming we have major heat and flooding coming our way- some other scientists claim we are entering an ice age. I suspect their "theories" are more related to who is funding their research, than any other factor.
According to a US Gov. agency [NOAA] the global temperature has risen less than one degree C [.94] - [1.67 degrees F] in the 137 years of monitoring global temperatures.
In 1985 it was neg 21 here in January,- and in 1988 it was 100 for two months. --
I hope this hot weather is just part of cycle , and not a trend that will continue.
.- For almost 20 years the average global temperature stayed the same..-- then in just the last few years, it began to rise again [according to NOAA]
My personal "pet theory" is.
-I think-- the last few years of renewed temperature rise was related to cleaning up the air, and thus letting more sunshine in. I think we had reached the point that air pollution had stopped producing the "greenhouse effect" - and had began to shade the planet - when we reduced the air pollution just a little- the greenhouse effect resumed.
I think--We either need to clean up the air a lot, and quickly - or just leave the pollution level it where it is...
gosh - I could begin to masquerade as a "internet scientist" - -
But, - it seems to me, we have enough of those already ...