I was questioning the claim that extra rainfall captured by humans in one year had a measurable impact on sea levels.
An why would you question that, since it is obviously ludacris and should be dismissed out of hand. I hope you are doing some listening here shadow and not just sprouting off as usual, after all climate change is not your strong suit is it.
Shadow was hopelessly wrong about the Gold Bull Market. What else is he wrong about?
I'm a bear in these times, but after months researching this, listening to podcasts from the underpaid scientists out in the field, I don't want to even go there. This one can't be hedged for and I am just going to pray they are are wrong and that as many here believe, it is just a giant global conspiracy. No one wins if we are truly heading into a mass extinction event.
Some areas of Australia currently well populated will become quite undesirable due to changes in heat wave conditions, increased flooding, and high higher sea levels.
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For example the number days of extreme heat will rise in all areas - here is the prediction for Victoria -
The average annual number of days above 35 degrees Celsius is likely to increase from 9 days currently experienced in Melbourne to up to 26 days by 2070 without global action to reduce emissions. In Mildura, days above 35 degrees Celsius may increase from 32 days currently to 76 days under the same scenario.
But it's not just Victoria, all states will be affected.
Heat is on to combat climate change's silent killer
Date February 18, 2014
As the Climate Council's report, released today, shows, heatwaves in Australia are becoming hotter and longer, they are occurring more often, and they are starting earlier in the season. The increase in extreme heat across Australia over the past two decades has been extraordinarily large. For example, the hot weather that residents of Adelaide, Canberra and Melbourne are now experiencing was not projected to occur until 2030. Advertisement
A comparison of heatwaves during the most recent 30 years (1981-2011 averages) with those for the 1950-1980 period show in more detail how extreme heat is on the rise in our cities.
In Melbourne, heatwaves are occurring 17 days earlier, they have become 1.5 degrees hotter, and the maximum temperature of the hottest day is 2 degrees higher.
The underlying driver for the increase in extreme heat is the rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels. These gases trap more heat and stack the odds towards more hot weather in Australia and around the world.
Even the small increase of 0.85 degrees in global average temperature results in a surprisingly large increase in extreme heat. Since 1950 the number of record hot days across Australia has more than doubled. Over the past decade, the frequency of record hot days has been more than three times the frequency of record cold days.
The science is clear. Our ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will strongly influence the extent to which extreme hot weather will increase through this century. It is crucial that communities, emergency and health services, and businesses and industry prepare for the increasing severity, intensity and duration of heatwaves. Indeed, a number of positive steps have been made in this direction already.
Fat chance though no matter what your beliefs. The consumer will not give up bigger and better everything!
Abbott's woes mount up!
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Tony Abbott can no longer turn his back on this weapon of mass destruction
Date February 18, 2014
Peter Hartcher
On the same weekend Prime Minister Tony Abbott was touring drought-stricken areas, some of which are suffering once-in-a-century rainlessness, a couple of pretty interesting things happened in the global approach to climate change.
China and the US signed an agreement to address climate change and to work towards a joint platform for global negotiations.
This is a big change for the world's two biggest economies. Remember it was a spectacular bust-up between these two that derailed the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009. China's then premier, Wen Jiabao, snubbed US President Barack Obama by sending a much more junior official to a leaders' meeting.
Wen later said Copenhagen failed because of distrust between the great powers.
Action on climate change has been out of fashion since Copenhagen. The global economic downturn shifted priorities. Some factors, mainly harsh weather events, are starting to turn the fashion cycle.
After all, addressing climate change could be a major economic driver, she noted.
The federal government is set to abolish the carbon tax but it is committed to the bipartisan national target of cutting emissions by 5 per cent by 2020. The next 18 months, in the approach to the Paris meeting, will test all governments.
Because of human fickleness and political fashion, the climate itself will have a lot to say about what is to happen.
''We have been smashing heat records around the country,'' Connor points out, ''and this is what's happening in the La Nina phase, the cooling part of the cycle.
''The meteorologists say there's a 50:50 chance we could be in an El Nino [drought] weather phase by the end of the year. Are these things a curtain-raiser for what we will see if we enter an El Nino?''
It would be a shame if it took even worse drought to mobilise the Abbott government to move to the next phase, post-2020, of Australian involvement in addressing climate change. The science alone should be enough.
A new tax will fix it Peter What about a mirror tax, then we can employ all the people out of work to hold mirrors above their heads and shine the sun rays back into space. Peter I bet global warmers vote for Labor. And "work" for the government. And suport taxes to build V8 cars to help global warming? Wait a minute. Tax to support car industry????? Tax to reduce carbon emissions??? Tax to support car industry???? Tax to reduce carbon emissions??? Hmmmmmmm If your that dumb there is nothing i can do to help you. Peter
Count du Monet
18 Feb 2014, 10:56 PM
But it's warming up for Aus!
Fat chance though no matter what your beliefs. The consumer will not give up bigger and better everything!
Abbott's woes mount up!
Abbott has his work cut out for him if the people on APF are any example of intelligent life in Australia. What the did i just say You guys will believe anything. How can Abbott achieve change. The socialist government created all these fictitious jobs for morons and paid them to talk shit all day. What do you do with all these useless people. Who think they where actually doing something?? Then complain when Abbott says it's over guys go home. Peter
Pay a tax to a monkey and that monkey will turn the sun down.
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