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Pyrrho » Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:09 am » in
Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Violence
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From the forum rules:
Copyright infringement. Users may post very brief excerpts of content from other websites, with a link to the online source....
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I could swear I've heard this somewhere before.
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Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:10 pm
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100 Million Could Die From Climate Change By 2030
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:24 pm
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Hey!==a nice firm prediction we all should be alive to see? I was gonna let it go as just one more dire prediction, but its been reaffirmed 3 times...
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Bobbo
The now cast fallacy has happened so often. It is a characteristic of disaster predictions. It happened with Silent Spring, The Population...
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Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:38 am
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Danielle Pletka on Meet the Press
by Gord » Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:34 am
Hank Green responds to a speaker, Danielle Pletka from the American Enterprise Insitute, who spoke on Meet the Press and made a few rather odd...
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Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:34 am
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Nothing objectively wrong with eating insects, but ...
by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:55 pm
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Would you eat insects to save the planet from global warming?
Teh Gruniad
It sounds to me like one of those juvenile truth or dare things.
If...
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Reptiles taste like chicken.
Except alligators. With alligators you taste like chicken to them .
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Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:03 pm
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Wind, solar and nuclear
by Lance Kennedy » Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:53 pm
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Wind power is not, after all, that climate friendly. If the USA did wind power very large scale, it would redistribute heat in such a way as to raise...
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From Wikipedia:
Cosmochemist and geochemist Ouyang Ziyuan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is now in charge of the Chinese Lunar Exploration...
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Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:35 pm
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I see dumb people?
by Gord » Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:57 pm
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Harvard study finds that during heat waves, people can’t think straight
...Harvard researchers say that they studied students in dorms with and...
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True, True.
I would only care the last week in January and the first week in February, but I try to combat that by being too drunk to care.
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Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:55 am
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Oh no! Not our ...
by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:09 pm
Global warming could leave us crying in our costlier beer
Boston Globe
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Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:09 pm
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:57 pm
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1000ppm by 2100?==>We're All Gonna Die!!
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:55 am
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I keep googling the how is AGW going to end us and have never gotten a good feel for what really is going to happen. I think the scientist who know...
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Re threats.
Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.
But the best basis for predictions is trends. The threat of nuclear power is best...
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Last post by Lance Kennedy
Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:59 am
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Just the weather
by Gord » Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:21 pm
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It's 46 celsius in Palm Springs today, and it's freaking my brother out. (He's not there, he's here next to me, freaking out about someone else's...
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If anyone can hack my computer, they can keep it. But they must provide their own axe.
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Last post by Gord
Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:24 am
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Climate change, global warming and the coming ice age
by robinson » Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:31 pm
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When this subject first came up for debate, it was called global warming. After a couple of years, or whatever, it became climate change. Well,...
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:lol:
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:47 am
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118 all-time heat records set or tied across the globe
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:28 am
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Short read. Some, not all, in the news lately. Of Course this is NOT PROOF of AGW or even GW. Just consistent with it.
It never really hit me...
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landrews post is a quick read supporting an uptick in the strength of Hurricanes as well.
Exactly. Glad to help clarify the issue for people who...
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Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:24 pm
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Climate Change - Natural or Not.
by Phoenix76 » Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:48 am
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Y'all, haven't been around much of late, some of you will say, Thank Christ for that . But given there is no Christ , who cares.
Anyway, came across...
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Biofuels are a good idea: turn organic waste currently burned or put into landfills into a resource for useable fuel and plastics. The biofuel scams...
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Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:24 am
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Phaeodarians: Trying to Kill Us All......
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:05 pm
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Short one page read. New carbon cycling element not previously quantified. Not clear to me what happens after the phaeodarians eat the carbon. The...
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Hats? How could that be?? Hats evil enough to kill you are too tight to put on in the first place.
Fedoras.
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Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:07 am
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Pruitt
by Lance Kennedy » Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:35 am
Reference, New Scientist, 14 July 2018, page 6
Scott Pruitt, an appointee of Trumps, has just resigned as head of the EPA. What has he achieved in...
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Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:34 pm
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Climate change == no more free pr0n
by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:26 pm
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Buried internet infrastructure at risk as sea levels rise
Science Daily
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Since we are entering a decades long mini ice age, it will not be a problem for us.
Must be nice for you. The rest of the planet is still heating...
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Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:14 am
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All-time heat records being set all over the world
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:18 pm
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Interestingly, the map does show a cooler area off shore California and I can confirm the weather for summer has been mild. I was gonna buy a window...
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No.
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Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:58 am
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Basic global warming theory
by robinson » Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:18 pm
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Pointing out the evidence of warmer temperatures despite lower CO2 simply adds to the argument that CO2 is not the driver of climate change....
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Yep, I was right. Can't delete a post once it has been responded to....but I think you can totally edit it to zero and the same effect? Lets give...
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Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:23 pm
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Climate Science From Space
by Gord » Wed Jul 04, 2018 11:58 pm
SciShow Talk Show Youtube Video
Dr. Steve Running discusses his work at NASA using satellites to keep tabs on Earth’s ecological systems. Jessi...
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Wed Jul 04, 2018 11:58 pm
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Money bonds oppose global warming.
by Lance Kennedy » Sun Jul 01, 2018 3:22 am
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Reference : New Scientist, 23 June 2018, page 36
Increasingly, financial bonds are being issued for issues related to mitigating global warming. In...
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The biggest reason people oppose the idea of AGW is that it might cost them money. Showing them how to make a profit off the efforts would reduce or...
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Billions.....going to wish they were Dead...
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:09 pm
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One paragraph summary of how AGW will be hitting the People of Earth mid century. Thats 30 years from now.
.............and the fact that people are...
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What clued you in?
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Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:58 pm
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Fact Checking Global-Warming Hysteriabal-warming-hysteria-mona-charen/
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:51 am
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Watching an interview of Bill Press by Mona Charen (CSpan2). Informative to see how a skilled Republican/Business shill denies science: Agree CC is...
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Its copy and paste: I didn't want to manipulate the info.............
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Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:13 am
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Antarctica lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in blink of an eye
by Subaru7 » Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:51 pm
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Antarctica lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in blink of an eye
We have long suspected that changes in Earth’s climate will affect the polar ice...
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I can agree with that sentiment, but I reserve the right to pedantry should the mood, opportunity, and keyboard exist with which to express it....
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Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:50 pm
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Ocean: Is it for fish, or the disposal of Plastic?
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:58 am
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We should all know by now that: By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans, study says .
How much micro plastic can go...
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Gord: I edited what is a common feature of most religions to show what kind of religion I was thinking about as one element of what needs to change...
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Sun Jun 17, 2018 3:15 pm
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I Love Big Trees...but they are dying at an increased rate
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:24 am
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2500 years old....and dying. Sure, CC is causing a drought but nothing these trees haven not lived thru before, so, its a mystery. A too short read...
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The bush could well be just the angle or position from which the picture was taken. The difference is in the almost.
Lance: you do provide a lot of...
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:43 am
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Drought-induced changes in forest composition amplify effects of climate change
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:07 pm
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Drought-induced changes in forest composition amplify effects of climate change
Date: March 21, 2018
Source: University of Florida
Summary: The...
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I skip over the nonsense and focus on what is informative.
Try it.
EDIT: HA, HA...like I'm skipping over the interview with Dennis Rodman. Lots of...
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:55 am
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Mysterious chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) production
by Gord » Sat Jun 02, 2018 12:05 pm
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It appears that someone, possibly in East Asia, is still producing ozone-depleting CFCs.
Illegal CFC production may be slowing ozone layer...
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Communist capitalism in action.
More like free market, unregulated capitalism in action .
I try, I really do, but it just goes swoosh.
Yes - the...
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Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:42 am
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Good Times: Nuclear Powers running out of Water
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Mon May 28, 2018 10:10 pm
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The Pakistani megacity of Karachi, home to more than 20 million people, is among the most water-stressed cities in the world,.............
Short...
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Lance: you make my point..........rather than make a generalization: LOOK AT who is being helped and who is being hurt. Put the analysis THERE, are...
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Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:42 pm
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The biofuel swindle
by Lance Kennedy » Thu May 10, 2018 11:12 pm
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Carbon taxes are supposed to be a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ameliorate global warming. However, the rules have loopholes. One of the...
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It matters not that the outside profile of the silencer seems off, but rather that the bore is aligned. Maybe it was built that way on purpose - to...
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Thu May 24, 2018 6:40 am
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PryoCb: Is going to KILL US ALL!
by bobbo_the_Pragmatist » Sat May 12, 2018 6:04 am
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Interesting new to me feed back loop making things worse in the continuing wave of record breaking events. This one is forest fires having the same...
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So you say.
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Sun May 13, 2018 9:27 am
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Animals may adapt to global warming.
by Lance Kennedy » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:41 pm
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Acorn ants have been found to have adapted to warmer temperatures inside cities within a period of 100 years. Acclimation to greater warmth, and...
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Haiku.
Gesundheit.
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Last post by Gord
Thu May 03, 2018 12:41 am
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97% consensus fake news
by Jim Steele » Sat Dec 23, 2017 3:36 am
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Is the 97% climate consensus Fake News?
Meteorologists examine causes of weather change every day. Climate is the long-term change in weather. If a...
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NASA thinks there is a 97% consensus.
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Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:53 pm
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Cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help spare cities worldwide from rising seas
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:19 pm
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Cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help spare cities worldwide from rising seas
US East Coast would see largest benefits
Date: March 21, 2018...
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Ah, I see. We don't know enough vs. we know too much . Well, as long as some people in power are still refusing to do anything because we don't know...
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Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:50 am
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West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:24 am
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West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries
Weather patterns and summer warming trend combine to drive dramatic ice loss...
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Wow. Nice Chart, rarely do we see trend line so firmly established. Sadly.......now Jimbo has proof every year for about 3 months that global warming...
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Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:25 pm
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Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:45 pm
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Actual fossil fuel emissions checked with new technique
by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:11 pm
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Actual fossil fuel emissions checked with new technique
Date: April 12, 2018
Source: Imperial College London
Summary: Researchers have measured...
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Puts me in mind of methane pollution. The reports mostly from Big Fossil say its insignificant. Actual independent measurements show some localized...
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Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:16 pm
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NA Climate Boundary Shifts East
by Pyrrho » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:58 pm
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In the late 1800s, geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell first described a clear boundary running longitudinally through North America along the...
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No could be about it. The Ogallala Aquifer already pumped near dry. there goes the wheat and corn....just not a good crop for indoor hydroponics....
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Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:13 pm
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This subforum is locked.
by Pyrrho » Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:10 am
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Given that my repeated admonitions have been ignored by multiple people, I am locking this section indefinitely.
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Timeout is over. Forum unlocked. Let the alpha male ranking continue.
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Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:52 am
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Getting Rid of the 30s and 40s Warm Blips
by Jim Steele » Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:51 pm
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All the data sets from tree rings to ice core to weather stations originally showed rapid rate of warming from 1900 to 1940 followed by a rapid...
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I am suspending your user account for repeated personal attacks. I've been more than tolerant of this sort of behavior and that's that.
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Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:52 am
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Ancient Groundwater Discharge Explains Steady Sea Level Rise
by Jim Steele » Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:10 pm
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Will Advances in Groundwater Science Force a Paradigm Shift in Sea Level Rise Attribution
In a 2002 paper, what is frequently referred to as...
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Yeah I think we're done here. Jim Steele's user account has been deactivated for at least a week.
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Connection of sea level and groundwater missing link in climate response
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:27 am
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Connection of sea level and groundwater missing link in climate response
Date: April 3, 2018
Source: Penn State
Summary: About 250 million years...
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Going to go out on a limb here and say that Jim didn't read it.
ROTFLMAO
Going out on a limb to say I am the only one here that actually read...
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:46 pm
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Do record lows mean global cooling?
by Jim Steele » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:14 am
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At least 72 record low temperatures were set Friday morning, all the way from Marquette, Mich. (minus 26 degrees) to Miami (42 degrees).
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Tioga ND set record yesterday ( april 7th ) for all time low for the date.
Minus 9 F (-22.8C) is far, far, far below the average for the date of...
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Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming Earth
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:40 pm
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Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming Earth
Slightly warmer temperatures and moderate CO2 concentrations over a...
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I dont no.
If never, then alienz with antigravity.
Norway's glaciers went down to the Alps at one point.
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Half a degree more global warming could flood out 5 million more people
by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:34 am
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Half a degree more global warming could flood out 5 million more people
Date: March 15, 2018
Source: Princeton University
Summary: A new study...
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Can I pick the specific 5 million?
If you limit the pick to Washington, DC, sure.
I wouldn't mind if he picked a few of those African Warlords and...
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New interactive map shows climate change everywhere in world
by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:23 pm
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New interactive map shows climate change everywhere in world
Date: March 21, 2018
Source: University of Cincinnati
Summary: A geography professor...
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I wonder if there was an interval or time within the last several billions years when climate didn't change, both locally and globally?
If the...
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