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posted by martyb on Monday January 28 2019, @07:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the Meanwhile-Carnarvon-Airport-(Australia)-Reached-113.7°F-(45.4°C) dept.

Extreme Cold Weather Grips U.S., Dispelling Doubts About Climate Change

A poll released Tuesday showed that more people are starting to believe climate change is credible, partly due to the frigid weather which has gripped the United States.

The poll released by Associated Press showed that 48 percent of respondents found the science of human-induced climate change more convincing when the poll was taken in November 2018 than they did five years ago, compared to 14 percent who thought it less convincing.

Eighty-three percent of those polled who believe in climate change want the federal government to take actions to mitigate it, and 80 percent want their state governments to act, the survey found.

More people than expected supported a carbon tax to help curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to the survey.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/23/c_137768179.htm

Prolonged, Life-Threatening Cold to Grip Midwestern US This Week as Polar Vortex Plunges South

The coldest weather in years will put millions of people and animals throughout the midwestern United States at risk for frostbite to occur in minutes and hypothermia during the final days of January.

The deep freeze continued across the Upper Midwest on Sunday with temperatures plummeting well below zero in the morning. The low of 45 below zero F [-43°C] in International Falls, Minnesota, shattered the day's record of 36 below zero F [-38°C] from 1966.

As harsh as Sunday morning was, the worst is yet to come as the polar vortex gets displaced from the Arctic Circle and dives into the Midwest in the wake of the disruptive snowstorm starting this week.

https://news.yahoo.com/prolonged-life-threatening-cold-grip-165320957.html

Climate Change Cooks up Ideal Conditions for Snow

Look at all that snow in the Alps; has global warming taken a break? Alas, no, it turns out that the recent record-breaking dumps of snow across much of southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria are more likely a consequence of global warming. Why? Balmy temperatures in the North Sea and Baltic Sea are cooking up the ideal conditions to create snow.
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Global warming enhances the current snowfall … Anomalously high sea surface temperatures in the North Sea and Baltic are loading winds from the north with moisture,” tweeted Stefan Rahmstorf of the University of Potsdam last week.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/21/weatherwatch-climate-change-cooks-up-ideal-conditions-snow


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @03:32PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @03:32PM (#793026)

    agwism? i dunno what that means. i am guessing its a new term used to somehow belittle the xenos outside of a clique of hardcore adherents.

    i thought burning the heretics was a religion. heretics burning because the world is burning isn't technically fulfilling the goal ,although they do get crossed off the list of infidels to return to our maker to distribute His divine Justice.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 28 2019, @04:16PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 28 2019, @04:16PM (#793059) Journal

    anthropomorphic global warming ism

    AGWism

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @06:32PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @06:32PM (#793154)

      You embody pretty much everything dumb about the US, even if you are a paid agitator.

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 28 2019, @07:12PM (2 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 28 2019, @07:12PM (#793172) Journal

        If I'm a paid agitator, then I want my pay. I've probably earned enough by now to pay for a cheeseburger.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 29 2019, @12:48AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 29 2019, @12:48AM (#793338)

          Such a typically American comment, suspicious.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 29 2019, @03:39AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 29 2019, @03:39AM (#793413)

          You sure you don't want a Royale with Cheese ?