Thread: Climate

Originally Posted by akaroa1

This is citizen science
Real world data
I personally know a number of people in my community who have continuous weather records the go back over 50 years and some over 100 years
Same family, same location and same methodology

Sorry about my steam powered mobile phone image.
But zoom in and see the reality that is being played out on the ground all over the world

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Point of order. The Tonga eruption in 2022 threw 58,000 Olympic swimming pools of water into the atmosphere, which is highly unusual for an erption. Also unusual is that NASA scientists say it will raise the average temperature of the earth for a few years, as well as increasing the amount of water vapour by 10% (eruptions often cool the earth through ash). Result? Loads more rainfall for a while, and it looks like it has had an effect on the northern hemisphere's weather.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/tonga-...o-stratosphere
Not denying anthropogenic climate change, but the Tonga eruption is a confounding variable affecting the climate this year, and likely the next couple too. People are using the heatwave to press their point, but they're being disingenuous if they don't acknowledge the climate implications of a highly unusual and large eruption.

On the doom side of things, if our winters are too mild, like this one is, grape harvests the following year will be poor. There will be more chardonnay and less pinot noir as a result. I hate chardonnay.
Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.