Thursday, April 12, 2007
Global Warming Confusion
I actually grew dizzy last night while reading the local paper. In it, the CR Gazette had me sitting with pencil and paper "cipherin'" the latest global warming claptrap...
Because it's the on-line version, I can only re-post the bit that had me working harder than I usually work at the crossword puzzle trying to figure out:
Earth gets another special day; climate is its focus
By Cindy Hadish
The Gazette, April 11 2007
Given the news that both Mars (NASA reported also) and Jupiter are warming too, I don't know if they plan any action on those planets. They certainly sound like they're from there, though. Here's where my confusion and dizzy spell began:
(CAUTION! You may need a glass of water to splash on yourself later!)
Can I just get some of that intense downpour right now? On my face? I'm feeling dizzy again.
By the way...in case you think I parsed the story too conveniently, here's the entire section of the story that had me so confused...unedited:
Sunshine and clouds today, with rain and snow possible. A high temperature of 10-to-90 degrees. A low tonight of 10-to-90 degrees. Give or take...
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Because it's the on-line version, I can only re-post the bit that had me working harder than I usually work at the crossword puzzle trying to figure out:
Earth gets another special day; climate is its focus
By Cindy Hadish
The Gazette, April 11 2007
A new event this month to recognize the environment should not push aside Earth Day and Arbor Day, environmentalists say.Okay...so they want to have another day of people standing in parks (littering) listening to amplified (by electricity) speeches urging some kind of action.
Author Bill McKibben’s call to designate Saturday as National Day of Climate Action was intended to put a spotlight on global warming, said Jon Warnow, one of the organizers of Step It Up, a Vermont-based national campaign to recognize the climate action day.
Given the news that both Mars (NASA reported also) and Jupiter are warming too, I don't know if they plan any action on those planets. They certainly sound like they're from there, though. Here's where my confusion and dizzy spell began:
(CAUTION! You may need a glass of water to splash on yourself later!)
United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this month detailed potential effects of global warming, if reliance on coal and oil continues its pace.EEK! Scary stuff (like any other year).
With 1 degree of warming, the Earth will experience more wildfires, coral bleaching, flooding and storm damage.
More than 5 degrees will result in up to 3.2 billion people facing water shortages...Wait...ummm. With 1-degree we get flooding and storm damage (like any other year). With 5 degrees we get water shortages (like any other year).
20 percent of the global population affected by flooding and more heat waves in some cities, the report predicted.But I thought you just said we would get water shortages (like any other year)...so flooding too? How can you get flooding AND water shortages (like any other year)? And more heat waves in some cities? Which ones? After the extreme cold so far this spring, I could use a heat wave! Dizzy yet?
The Union of Concerned Scientists and Ecological Society of America spelled out how global warming will affect Iowa. The report states precipitation likely will increase in winter and spring by up to 30 percent and decrease in summer by 10 percent to 35 percent.So...flooding in the spring (like any other year) and decreases in the summer. With flooding and water shortages. Got that?
Summer rain likely will be intense downpours.Okay...so back to intense water downpours in the summer (like any other year). With flooding, water shortages, and...waitaminute...I have to scroll back up again...
Can I just get some of that intense downpour right now? On my face? I'm feeling dizzy again.
By the way...in case you think I parsed the story too conveniently, here's the entire section of the story that had me so confused...unedited:
United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this month detailed potential effects of global warming, if reliance on coal and oil continues its pace.Maybe we can get our local TV weather guys to have the same type of forecasts every day...that way, no matter what happens they'll never be wrong:
With 1 degree of warming, the Earth will experience more wildfires, coral bleaching, flooding and storm damage. More than 5 degrees will result in up to 3.2 billion people facing water shortages, 20 percent of the global population affected by flooding and more heat waves in some cities, the report predicted.
The Union of Concerned Scientists and Ecological Society of America spelled out how global warming will affect Iowa. The report states precipitation likely will increase in winter and spring by up to 30 percent and decrease in summer by 10 percent to 35 percent. Summer rain likely will be intense downpours.
Sunshine and clouds today, with rain and snow possible. A high temperature of 10-to-90 degrees. A low tonight of 10-to-90 degrees. Give or take...
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