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Claims that 2009 is the hottest year? Really? The past few years have been cold and wet in the UK compared to the previous few - in a manner that would tie in w
by iuguy 17y ago
Claims that 2009 is the hottest year? Really? The past few years have been cold and wet in the UK compared to the previous few - in a manner that would tie in well with the solar cycle.
I'm not saying yes or no on all the other crap (and it's possible the temperature is offset by hotter temperatures elsewhere) but 2009 has certainly been one of the wettest years here, and not the warmest.
- stonemetal 17y agoYes but it is the global avg. not just your neck of the woods. In fact the reason London has been cold and wet is because the added heat has melted a large amount of ice in your neck of woods. Meaning there is quite a bit of extra cold water just hanging around making it cold and wet for you.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoAnd there's the possibility that gobal warming could shut off the warm water that comes to the UK from Florida. If that happens the UK would have weather more suited to its latitude (think Moscow) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_latitude#60%C2%B0_North http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_latitude#60%C... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circul... Of course, there's a chance it might go the other way and we'd get an extra rise in temperature.
- viggity 17y agoThe average global temperature is about as useful as knowing the average phone number in the phone book. The world is an extremely large heterogeneous set of systems.