Leaves changing color already? so much for global warming making extended summers...?

Question

summer starts eariler now, but ends earlier too.

the earth takes 365.24 days to revolve arround the sun, and we count it as 365.25 which eventually means that the seasons would start at diffrent times.

Answer 1

1 - Leaves are not turning colour already... around the GLOBE (it is "global" warming not "around my neighbourhood" warming); you may be describing a local phenomenon.

2 - Who said global warming was going to make extended summers? Although this is a likely outcome in some areas, it is by no means certain in all. Fact is, many places in the North Atlantic region may - note, may - get significantly colder and shorter summers with AGW

3 - The discrepancy re 365.24 and 365.25 has been known for centuries - nothing new there - that is why we occasionally add leap seconds to our clocks to ensure that the seasons do NOT start at different times.

http://tf.nist.gov/general/leaps.htm

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html

http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/earthor/ut...

Answer 2

You have been debunked as a fraud by the two previous answerer's. Now please get an education before posting more rubbish.

Answer 3

Some plants enter Autumn mode based on the amount of sunlight they receive and the length of daylight. Neither of these are affected by global warming. Also, unhealthy trees often start changing sooner.