9 Feb 2013 12:49 pm
It's Snowing! It's Snowing! That Means There's No Such Thing As Global Warming!This is what we hear on this forum every time it snows.What they don't seem to understand, or refuse to, is that Global Warming has increased the risk of dumping heavier precipitation - as rain or snow - over most land regions that experience storms.According to NOAA, the Northeast saw a 74 percent increase in the amount of precipitation that fell during the heaviest rain and snow events between 1958 and 2011.Another thing they don't seem to understand is that weather is what's happening outside the door right now.Climate, on the other hand, is the pattern of weather measured over decades.NASA and NOAA plus research centers around the world track the global average temperature, and all conclude that Earth is warming. In fact, the past decade has been found to be the hottest since scientists started recording reliable data in the 1880s.Another thing GW deniers are in denial about is that extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity.