If global Warming is happining...how do u explain the 2nd coldest winter on record?

Question

that just happend last winter?...global warming, if i remember makes the earth..hotter. no? this last winter wipes out all previous gains in temp thru the past 100 years.

Answer 1

Global Warming is happening but is not noticed as the Earth gets colder leading into an ice age.  So the upcoming coldness overpowers global warming for temperature.

Answer 2

I know what you mean but somethin is going on though, It was colder this year in feb, Mar and april and april we had snow next in may its red hot.

I think the earth is messed up the seasons dont exist anymore..

Answer 3

global warming was last years hype...its now going to be the new ice age hype for a while...back in the 70's people actualy thought that in the future the north would be the new hot spots and the south would be the new ski resorts...i guess when scientists get bored they find new things to bring up...

Answer 4

Put global warming aside for a minute.  In the atmosphere, there is a 50-60 year cycle where ocean temperatures warm and cool.  We happen to be entering the cool period of this cycle, and so the gains from global warming are offset by this cooling.  In fact the cooling signal is a little stronger than the overall warming.  Many scientists are saying that we'll have near normal or possibly slightly below normal temps til about 2020.  Then as we enter the warm phase again superimposed on the global warming signal, things will really heat up much more so than we've seen in the early 2000s.  It's worthwhile to note though that even until 2020, arctic areas will probably continue to see warming temperatures.  A lot of things to help things heat up have already been set in motion up there and the cooling/warming cycle simply can't make up for what's already happening there.  There are few official weather stations in the arctic, so whatever temps are doing in the arctic don't show up in the global statistics.

But yeah, global warming isn't a done deal.  There are plenty of credible scientists who believe that while we may initially see warming, this could cause more cloud cover which would then lead us into a long term cooling.  One thing is for sure, that human activities are changing the atmosphere.  CO2 levels have gone up over 50% in the last 50 years.  CO2 has been proven to alter climate.  So it's impossible to really argue that humans have no impact on the atmosphere.  The hot debate is what the long term effects will be.  And by the way, global warming, should it happen, isn't necessarily a bad thing (except for polar bears I suppose...but I for one wouldn't be so upset to see them go, especially if it means we can drill for oil!  Hello!  Priorities...we need fuel and we need it now!).

Oh and by the way, don't believe the yearly hurricane forecasts.  As far as I'm concerned, they could do just as well asking a magic 8-ball.  And just because there are more hurricanes doesn't mean that any of them will hit land anywhere.  It just goes to show you that meteorologists don't have everything figured out, including what may or may not be global warming.  I'm a met. myself and I have no problem admitting that.  We are changing the atmosphere for sure, but what those consequences will be, I think it's ridiculous to even guess.  I don't know why atmospheric scientists stick their neck out on those predictions...they're just begging to have their heads chopped off!

Answer 5

i do not agree with awsome man

the earth isnt in a climate shift yet

if it is global warming then it is the beginning and the beginning will take several thousand years.......

do you people not realize that the earth is unpredictable

i would STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE #$@# GLOBAL WARMING AND  GET OUT AND SKI WHILE THE SNOW IS STILL HERE IN WINTER.

ok well i ruined that answer

i am really ticked right now just because i saw "GLOBAL WARMING" omg its going to kill us ALL!!!!!

ok im done

just done

Answer 6

Global warming OR cooling does not happen in a completely straight line (like most things in nature).  There will be variations along the way - it's not going to get exactly 2 degrees hotter every year.  Nature does not work like that.  It's silly to try and measure it year by year.  Even to say the coldest "on record" is not really a long time considering that we've only been recording weather for thousands of years (and the earth is billions and billions of years old).

Answer 7

This unusal weather can be attributed not to global warming but to a phenomemon known as La Nina, which is cooler than average water temperatures.

Answer 8

What! If you are in Britain, haven't you heard of the winters of 1947 and 1962/63? Look up the pics on Google, etc.!

Earth climate is so complex that easy answers are not possible, despite models with the world's most powerful computers. Trends only can be put forward and that is why there is still much argument on the subject.

To try to answer your question, I hope that you will consider the following example. It may show  why, despite, 'global warming' through increased levels of 'greenhouse gases' in the atmosphere, there can be cold effects in some regions!

In Britain and the rest of Northern Europe, we are 'bathed' in the relatively warm waters of the Gulf Stream from the tropics - the Caribbean, etc. Our 'share' of this is sometimes called The North Atlantic Drift which flows across the Atlantic and keeps us warmer than many other places - such as Moscow or Eastern Canada - which are on similar latitudes to Britain.

This current flows in a cycle, with warm water being exchanged with cold water. This is sometimes called the North Atlantic Conveyer; that is, like a conveyer belt, going round and round. We benefit. If the planet warms up, this 'conveyer' could easily be 'stopped in its tracks', as sea temperatures change. No more warm water for us! Britain would then freeze around the coasts, even though Arcitc ice might be melting! Could be quite quick - 50 years or so.

Just an example, as I said.

Your quote of '2nd coldest winter on record' is just not true for Britain. We go through many fluctuations of climate for many reasons - the precession or 'wobble' of the earth's orbit around the sun, the change in the earth's axis, etc. These are natural things which happen over vast periods of time and not just in a few years. Actually, one of the coldest periods in England's history was in the Middle Ages. This led to the invention of chimneys for fires and the separation of poor and rich folk in house building! 'Upstairs/downstairs', as opposed to sharing in communal buildings.

There was also the mid-Nineenth Century when the River Thames regularly froze solid and fairs were held on it! Any number of websites will give you details. El Nina (or as another contributor calls it - Al Nina) - does have an effect worldwide but this is 'temporary' in terms of the earth's age!

You are obviously interested in this and so I recommend that you look at the enormous range of T.V. programmes, websites and books available on the subject. You will soon see that, as you say, '... global Warming is happining.' (Happening).

Humans are clearly making a rapid difference. You seem to be cynical - from the nature of your question. Don't worry. It is all a 'blip' in earth's history. You will soon be frozen solid or boiled alive, or drowned with the rest of us. The planet won't care. It will go on and on for another 5 billion years or so.

Best wishes for a good night's sleep. What's that I hear on the news? "Tornadoes devastating Britain ..." Watch out for volcanoes. They have an effect - and may quite spoil your day - even if they are thousands of miles away!

Answer 9

It is all BS. The world warms, then it cools, then it warms, then it cools. The  cycle has been happening since this planet began.

Ask the alarmists why the sea is 2 degrees cooler than 5 years ago.