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**ElegeExcest** · 01-03-2011, 12:10 AM

“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.”

“A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.”

That's actually true, though. But, Al Gore is still a complete schmuck and does more harm than help when it comes to the global warming debate. He's to global warming as Sarah Palin is to the Republican party.

A much better article, written by an actual scientist and not some has been politician trying to hypocritically make money can be found here:

There is no single smoking gun that can point us to the origin of these monster snowstorms. But we can focus our attention on two likely culprits. The first is pure chance. There are many random fluctuations in the weather due to many diverse factors (for example, last year's weather was affected by El Niño).

But the second is global warming. This also seems to violate common sense, but realize that global warming can heat the oceans and generate more moisture, which in turn can drive larger storms. Last year was, in fact, tied with 2005 as the hottest year recorded since 1880, when precise measurements began. Monster snowstorms still spell global warming - CNN.com

As an actual scientist, and not some douche that spouts random nonsense about something he obviously doesn't understand every time he wants to get back in the spotlight for five minutes, this scientist recognizes that we can't really ultimately prove what the reason behind the storms are, but we can narrow it down to some pretty good educated guesses. Yes, global warming is one of them, but since this scientist isn't doing a terribly unconvincing job of pushing an agenda and selling books and movies while slowly starting to look more and more like a bizarro world version of George Lucas as he ages, he's not going to jump to conclusions.

01-03-2011, 12:10 AM	#6
ElegeExcest Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.” “A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.” That's actually true, though. But, Al Gore is still a complete schmuck and does more harm than help when it comes to the global warming debate. He's to global warming as Sarah Palin is to the Republican party. A much better article, written by an actual scientist and not some has been politician trying to hypocritically make money can be found here: There is no single smoking gun that can point us to the origin of these monster snowstorms. But we can focus our attention on two likely culprits. The first is pure chance. There are many random fluctuations in the weather due to many diverse factors (for example, last year's weather was affected by El Niño). But the second is global warming. This also seems to violate common sense, but realize that global warming can heat the oceans and generate more moisture, which in turn can drive larger storms. Last year was, in fact, tied with 2005 as the hottest year recorded since 1880, when precise measurements began. Monster snowstorms still spell global warming - CNN.com As an actual scientist, and not some douche that spouts random nonsense about something he obviously doesn't understand every time he wants to get back in the spotlight for five minutes, this scientist recognizes that we can't really ultimately prove what the reason behind the storms are, but we can narrow it down to some pretty good educated guesses. Yes, global warming is one of them, but since this scientist isn't doing a terribly unconvincing job of pushing an agenda and selling books and movies while slowly starting to look more and more like a bizarro world version of George Lucas as he ages, he's not going to jump to conclusions.
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