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    The century of drought

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Well, we can all argue academically till' we're blue in the face, but I'm sorry, when I hear that some scientist who is studying the whole affair 'can't sleep at night' because he's so afraid of what's to come.... I get worried! :D (and sorry, I cannot remember which eminent scientist it was......)

    Now I'm off to book a winter holiday in the snow, before either there is none, or there's too much of it :blink:

    The century of drought

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    We seem to be coming full circle. Are we due an 80's retro month or something? It is a shame that the people in power through that decade didn't drown out the oil funded pleadings and start us on a greener path but hey, can't bleat over spilt milk. Still chilling to see Ozone, sub-saharan drought and ice loss being brought to our collective attentions again.

    It's very annoying isn't it GW..... like we didn't notice BEFORE now!

    September Photo Competition

    in Archived weather photography area

    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    Great cobweb Brrr and love the acorn photo Lou. I think you and Wibs are in cahoots toether.

    Thanks John... it was soooooo beautiful out there this morning - I love autumn for its soft misty morning light.....should've used a manual shot intstead of automatic to get the real feel.

    I also love Lou's acorn !

    :) Brrr

    Hurricane Helene

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted

    And how many ex-Hurricanes is that L.P. west of Ireland going to consume before it goes away??? I was only kidding with my Florence posts and the prospect of hot weather being fed up with the 're-curvers' rather than storms....honest! Can we have a storm next please Mrs weather?

    I can do without another gale at the moment GW..... :-), nearly lost a few trees last night, a fair few had gone along my travels today :D .

    P.S. Mondy I really like the link.

    Summer northern lights.

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Well we normally see something around October (I know quite a few people have - I have not managed it yet, despite owning a very nice top of the range telescope!), though I've a sneaky suspicion there was an event in late summer at some point.. but I just cannot remember when.

    However I have had the pleasure of watching the Aurora in Iceland in March :-)

    This was taken in Sligo in October....

    aurora,0.jpg

    Hurricane Helene

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    So far all these recurving storms have been good news to the people in the GOM, we've only seen one storm form in the GOM which was Alberto in June. I'm surprised we havent seen other storms form there or even an invest. Is there something hampering development there?

    I posted a 'why' in the Florence thread...

    - basically El Nino and a few other things...

    Hostile Conditions are hindering hurricanes

    A developing El Nino event -- abnormal warming of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean -- may be partially to blame (or thank) for the relatively quiet season so far.

    Here's the full article.....

    http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/inde....xml&coll=3

    Belinda

    Humming Bird? (Merged..... again)

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Why should it be a sign of global warming if these beautiful moths have been found further North this year? If they're already in the country they'll sure fly further afield whether for global warming or not!

    Nature doesn't see a county/country border and think "not going there, I'm staying put." :unsure:

    Of course borders don't count, but I'm sure you're aware that any living creature will only colonise suitable habitats, and without reseraching this too heavily, I get the impression until recently further North was not suitable down to climate.

    Belinda

    Humming Bird? (Merged..... again)

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    I had one in my garden for the first time in my memory here in Dublin this year.....(so the last 15 years).

    It was whizzing around so fast I couldn't make it out - firstly I was afraid, it was quite large, darting around rapidly, and I didn't know if it was some sort of stinging bug - finally I got up closer, then looked it up to discove it was this very moth... an amazing little creature.

    Seemed to like our Verbena in particular!.. didn't bother with the cat nip!.

    We also had a huge, huge influx of ladybirds in May - they were all over our 1 acre garden.....everywhere you stood.....which is really strange, as there were no bugs around for them to eat at that time I would have thought..... anyone else had that?

    Belinda

    Humming Bird? (Merged..... again)

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Listening to Radio5 live on my travels this morning, there was mention of the fact that the Humming Bird Hawk Moth has been sighted further North this year... suggesting this is all part of the GW.

    I saw one for the first time myself this year in our garden (we live in North County Dublin), and amazing little critters they are.

    Wondering if anyone else further North than us saw any?

    Belinda

    Global Not-warming-as-much-as-they-say

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    Hi Dawlish,

    To put this in to some sort of perspective what Fergus, ooppps sorry, Parmenides3, knew about this subject at the beginning of July would have fitted comfortably on the back of a fag packet. That's the power of the internet and the high standard of the level of debate on here from you guys............I can't get the wretched man off the ruddy computer!!! He never ceases to astound me.....

    Chili (P3's OH)

    LOL :) .....Indeed.... I had the pleasure of phoning up some 'technical expert' the other day to sort out a PC problem... the 'technical expert' EVEN admitted to me that he was Googling the problem I had with my PC to sort it out!!!... making the comment 'you can just about find the answer to anything on here!' (hmm, I could get a job there then!).

    Thanks P3 for reading my post!.

    Back on topic......

    Belinda

    Global Not-warming-as-much-as-they-say

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by Brrr

    The most obviously affected part of the world is the Arctic. The ACIA 2004 & 2005 have documented a huge number of climate-related changes to the environment which, if taken on through a GW scenario, suggest drastic and possibly irreversible change within decades; the process has already begun.

    I suspect there would be very few botanists, biologists or their like, who would deny that the climate's recent and likely future shifts are indicative of a potential 'disaster', regionally, which we have little power to avert.

    :) P

    P - do read my answer - I read yours :D !.

    I did read the ACIA report highlights - exec summary .... tbh...having watched so many documentaries and read so many articles about this particular geographical area of the earth, I can barely bring myself to read another tome on the whole affair.

    As I said when bringing up this element of the debate, are we now all in agreeance that GW is taking place, and are we merely arguing (or should I say discussing) the cause at this stage?

    Whilst I appreciate this is a technical discussion, reading through the debate, it has become blatantly apparent to me that we need to gain a more complete technical understanding of climate change (and therefore hopefully reach majority consensus as to why), and to do this, we need a scientific investigative body that is independent of all countries and their individual political interests or company affiliations. A global scientific council if you like.

    For our global council we would need to elect x number of scientific representatives from each major polluting country, and each person that is elected would have to meet strict criteria on their historical affiliations. This body should then be allowed to decree the 'green rules' that all major polluting countries HAVE to abide by if that is what is required.

    I say this, because as many will appreciate (& some have already said) NO Government is going to do itself out of votes in the short term to attempt to rectify a potential or distant threat - and essentially most individuals are utterly self absorbed and only vote for personal short term gain.. regardless of what they say when being polled or questioned in a debate such as this. People will also do very little on an individual basis unless it comes down from on high... so again, although the Government probably need to bring in the rules to force us to be greener, they won't because of the voting and economical impact.

    And of course, it isn't viable for one country to become 'green' if another does not, as on the global playing field they are economically shooting themselves in the foot as it were.

    Just a few thoughts on the matter.

    Belinda

    Global Not-warming-as-much-as-they-say

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Fascinating discussion :clap: - even though some of it is a bit too scientific for me :blush: !....

    ......but to throw in a slightly different persepective having read all your discussions....(inc p3)

    Surely the fact that it is well documented that many species are reacting to GW in terms of migratory habits etc. (and NOT just because of habitat invasion by us), and (quite suprisingly) even genetically altering according to this article Gene-altered flies testify to global warming http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9896...al-warming.html

    There's also evidence that plants are reacting similarly - see Shifting plant phenology (i.e., timing of flowering and other developmental events) in recent decades establishes that species and ecosystems are already responding to global environmental change http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0...ourcetype=HWCIT

    This MUST SURELY indicate there is global warming going on - though I get the impression that this debate is turning more into more of a WHY GW rather than querying its existance at all.

    Belinda

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