Anyone with a genuine interest in 'Global Warming' should =

have a good look at the material on this site.

        http://www.icecap.us/index.php

There you will find, amongst many other things:

- Comment on 94 year old Norman Borlaug, Energiser Bunny =

extroadinaire, greatest man on earth (two guys whose opinion =

doesn't count say)(but they still may be right) saver of 1 =

billion lives* (hard to do)(but arguably he's done it). [* =

This is what the Nobel committe claimed in 1970 when they =

gave him the Peace Prize].

- An 'interesting' global temperature prediction through =

2030 using 'models' whose rationale is explained. The =

temperatures should start to largely slide from about now =

(how's YOUR winter going?)(our summer has been GREAT) and =

continue to do so until (hopefully) bottoming out at about =

2030. IF this does happen the fall may be akin to "The =

little ice age" and far more substantial than the 1970's =

"cooling scare". Watch the sunspot cycle ... (but don't look =

at the sun without adequate filters :-)).
Graph - no text :-)

        http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ARCHIBALD_TEMPS.jpg

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... unusual snowy winters of 2007 in the Southern Hemisphere =

and 2007/08 in the Northern Hemisphere. It snowed in places =

where snow is rare or unheard of, and many all-time snow =

records were set in other places used to snow in winter. ...
St. Johnsbury, Vermont came in with a new seasonal snow =

record at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium with 139.1 =

inches, just eclipsing the mark of 139.0 inches set in =

1968-69 ... records go back to 1894, and the observing site =

is essentially the same throughout the period of record. It =

has been an amazing winter there Mark noted.  The snowiest =

winter season - December, January, and March - with 119 =

inches, the snowiest December of record - 54.1 inches, the =

only winter with two months exceeding 40 inches of snowfall, =

and one of the longest continuous snowcover seasons (they =

still have 15 inches of snow at the stake).

... northwest, Spokane, Washington found their seasonal =

total move into second place all-time with 89.4 inches, =

second only to 1949-50. Stowe, Vermont is pushing 400 inches =

and Vail, CO 420 inches with another storm brewing.

... the UK is getting an unusual April snow. Britain saw its =

worst April snowfall for nearly 20 years yesterday. Up to =

three inches of snow fell in parts of southern England and =

temperatures were below freezing in many places even at =

midday. The Arctic cold snap meant more misery for =

passengers at Heathrow=92s Terminal 5, where British Airways =

cancelled more than 100 flights. Both Heathrow=92s runways =

briefly closed for de-icing. Gatwick=92s runway closed for two =

hours to clear snow, with 55 flights abandoned.



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