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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.
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(Score: 2) by leftover on Monday January 28 2019, @05:56PM (1 child)
IMHO we should all just drop the smoke screen noise about whether change is caused by humans or not. Change is happening. Period. Change has always been happening. What do we need to do about it? Probably flood-proofing the coastal cities would be a good place to start. Perhaps we could also move water-intensive food production to places where there is water. And as Rev. Al Kinnison screamed long ago about food distribution, "Move to where the food is!"
In general, start doing something useful instead of pissing, moaning, and arguing.
Bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @06:20PM
Thankfully other governments are working on the problem. The US is still stuck arguing with people like Runaway whose "common sense" beats out all the scientists everywhere.
Governments often only take action when the people are pissing, moaning, and arguing enough for them to take things seriously. The "human" portion is incredibly important because we need to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions along with needed engineering projects.