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keane
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Below are some silly and/or unexpected ones. See the article for a the full list, including some quite serious issues.
100 affects of global warming.
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Say Goodbye to French Wines. Wacky temperatures and rain cycles brought on by global warming are threatening something very important: Wine. Scientists believe global warming will "shift viticultural regions toward the poles, cooler coastal zones and higher elevations." What that means in regular language: Get ready to say bye-bye to French Bordeaux and hello to British champagne. [LA Times]
Say Goodbye to Light and Dry Wines. Warmer temperatures mean grapes in California and France develop their sugars too quickly, well before their other flavors. As a result, growers are forced to either a) leave the grapes on the vines longer, which dramatically raises the alcoholic content of the fruit or b) pick the grapes too soon and make overly sweet wine that tastes like jam. [Washington Post]
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Say Goodbye to Baseball [Bats]. The future of the ash tree -- from which all baseball bats are made -- is in danger of disappearing, thanks to a combination of killer beetles and global warming. [NY Times]
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Say Goodbye to Fly Fishing. As water temperatures continue to rise, researchers say rainbow trout, "already at the southern limits" of their temperature ranges in the Appalachian mountains, could disappear there over the next century. [Softpedia]
Say Goodbye to Ski Competitions. Unusually warmer winters caused the International Ski Federation to cancel last year's Alpine skiing World Cup and opening races in S�lden, Austria. Skiers are also hard-pressed now to find places for year-round training. Olympic gold medalist Anja Paerson: "Of course we're all very worried about the future of our sport. Every year we have more trouble finding places to train." [NY Times]
Say Goodbye to Ski Vacations. Slopes on the East Coast last year closed months ahead of time due to warmer weather, some losing as much as a third of their season. [Washington Post]
Say Goodbye to That Tropical Island Vacation. Indonesia's environment minister announced this year that scientific studies estimate about 2,000 of the country's lush tropical islands could disappear by 2030 due to rising sea levels. [ABC News]
Say Goodbye to Salmon Dinners. Get ready for a lot more chicken dinners: Wild pacific salmon have already vanished from 40 percent of their traditional habitats in the Northwest and the NRDC warns warmer temperatures are going to erase 41 percent of their habitat by 2090. [ENS]
Say Goodbye to Lobster Dinners. Lobsters thrive in the chilly waters of New England, but recent numbers show that as those waters have warmed up, "the big-clawed American lobster -- prized for its delicate, sweet flesh -- has been withering at an alarming rate from New York state to Massachusetts." [Bangor Times]
Say Goodbye to Discoveries of Sharks That Can Walk. Scientists recently revealed a "lost world" of marine life off the coast of Indonesia, including 20 new species of corals, 8 species of shrimp, a technicolor fish that "flashes" bright pink, yellow, blue, and green hues, and sharks that "walk" on their fins. (" Avon Lady. Candygram.") However, marine biologists warn the threats posed by global warming means millions of other crazycool sea creatures may become extinct before we ever discover them. [ABC]
Say Goodbye to Guacamole. Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory predict hotter temps will cause a 40 percent drop in California 's avocado production over the next 40 years. [Lawrence Livermore National Lab] |
God, no!!!!
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Say Hello to More Mosquitoes. Get ready for more mosquitoes. Mosquitoes like to live in drains and sewer puddles. During long dry spells (brought on by higher temperatures) these nasty, stagnant pools become a vital source of water for thirsty birds ... which provide a tasty feast for the resident mosquitoes. At the same time, these dry spells "reduce the populations of dragonflies, lacewings, and frogs that eat the mosquitoes." [Washington Post]
Say Hello to Bulgarian Hooker Shortages. "Brothel owners in Bulgaria are blaming global warming for staff shortages. They claim their best girls are working in ski resorts because a lack of snow has forced tourists to seek other pleasures." [Metro UK] |
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More Bear Attacks. Earlier this year, Moscow warned its citizens to beware of brown bear attacks. In Russia, it's been too hot in the winter for bears to sleep. When bears can't hibernate, they get very grouchy and become "unusually aggressive."[Der Spiegel] |
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Fallacy
Joined: 29 Jun 2015
Location: ex-ROK
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Global Warming |
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| I'm curious to hear what your opinions are on this issue and what you are doing as far as personal measures to counter the increasing problems? |
Arguing about it in new threads just as in the old. Reading the original scientific research is fun, but re-reading the old threads is fun, too. |
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Plain Meaning
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Coral Bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef
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A study in April found that almost 93% of the Great Barrier Reef had been affected by global bleaching, part of a global coral bleaching event that scientists say was caused partly by El Niño and partly by background global warming.
The aerial survey, conducted by James Cook University, found the bleaching was most severe in reefs north of Port Douglas, where about 81% of reefs were assessed as having severe bleaching. Prof Terry Hughes, head of the National Coal Bleaching Taskforce, told Guardian Australia last month that the mortality rate in coral reefs in that area was already at more than 50%. |
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Swartz
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Global warming/climate change/weather modification, etc. is, for the most part, a scam being run on White people who feel the need to constantly status signaling to others. You're worried about coral? Wait until the quadrupling population of Africa starts causing the wildlife there to go extinct en masse. Liberal signaling like the above from Kuros should only cause one to chuckle. Don't pretend to care about the environment as long as you support 85 IQ people who can't learn a skill or even feed themselves breeding like rats and spreading across the globe. It's going to get real ugly. |
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Plain Meaning
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In December 2009, Trump expressed concern about climate change
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In every conceivable way, the letter contradicts Trump’s current stance on climate policy. On the campaign trail, Trump has said he is “not a big believer in man-made climate change.” Last fall, after Obama described climate change as a major threat to the United States and the world, Trump said that was “one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever heard in politics — in the history of politics as I know it.”
The 2009 ad also argues that a shift to clean energy “will spur economic growth” and “create new energy jobs.” But these days, Trump contends that U.S. action to limit greenhouse gas emissions would put the country at a competitive disadvantage. In 2012, he went so far as to claim: “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” |
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