Wednesday, January 21. 2009

Global Warming Map "Looks Like Thermometer-Hot at the Top; Warm at the Bottom"

A worldwide map published by Dr. John Christy of the University of Alabama-Huntsville, shows that over the past 30 years, the Earth has warmed 0.4 degrees Celsius. Christy is a professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at the school, a nationally recognized scientist on global warming and a member of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. According to a press statement from the school issued this past December, "the map shows the Earth's climate changes since December 1, 1978, (when satellite sensors started tracking the climate) and doesn't show a uniform global warming. It looks more like a thermometer: Hot at the top, cold at the bottom and varying degrees of warm in the middle." A map specifically of North America is also available.

Posted by Joe Francica in Environment/Sustainable Development at 15:51 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0) |

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So the earth got warmer in spots.

Why?

#1 Anon Y. Mouse on 2009-01-21 16:20 (Reply)

Dr. Christy is a respected scientist and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, along with Al Gore.

I wrote about him here:

http://blog.entchev.com/2007/10/18/alabama-state-climatologist-alabamas-getting-colder-not-warmer.aspx

and here, discussing Dr. Christy's findings with New Jersey's State climatologist, Dr. David Robinson:

http://blog.entchev.com/2008/04/10/2008-mac-urisa-conference-report-on-global-climate-change.aspx

#2 Atanas Entchev (Link) on 2009-01-21 16:57 (Reply)

Why the warming?

Is the sun cycling into a minor warming trend, like when the vikings settled Greenland? You know, that place that's completely frozen and anything but green now?

Or is the cycle about to bump the other way and get frigid for the next 50 years...as it did for the northern hemisphere in the late 1500's?

or could it be...global warming!?!?

#3 Anon Y. Mouse on 2009-01-21 19:39 (Reply)

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