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I grew up in New England and we used to reguarly get several feet of snow. Lately, snow is much rarer, and the big storms almost never happen. The temperature seems warmer too.
Would you say that winters in Toronto too are getting less cold and snowy than they were, say 10, 20 or more years ago?
Toronto is extremely well positioned for Climate Change (not that I would encourage it, but...)
You're kinda reading my mind, Fred. From what I'm reading about the permafrost melt and the data on methane release, could be that winters get milder sooner than anyone expects.
You don't get droughts up there either, right? Plenty of water from the big ol' lake?
You're kinda reading my mind, Fred. From what I'm reading about the permafrost melt and the data on methane release, could be that winters get milder sooner than anyone expects.
You don't get droughts up there either, right? Plenty of water from the big ol' lake?
No, if anything, we'd be more likely to get wetter. Take a look at a Google satellite map of Toronto, zoom out and then look north. It's small lake after small lake after small lake. There is no shortage of fresh water in Ontario.
if so it will be a good thing for Toronto and Canada as a whole. The reason why Canada has so few people is most of its land is not livable.
So you're suggesting that Global Warming is a good thing?
Anyway, last winter was pretty bad in Toronto. It snowed almost every day from November to March, and we had a couple feet accumulated for most of that. But we could have just as easily had a mild winter like a few years ago.
One thing is certain about Toronto winters, they're very unpredictable.
So you're suggesting that Global Warming is a good thing?
Anyway, last winter was pretty bad in Toronto. It snowed almost every day from November to March, and we had a couple feet accumulated for most of that. But we could have just as easily had a mild winter like a few years ago.
One thing is certain about Toronto winters, they're very unpredictable.
Yes, I think it is a good thing for cold cities like Toronto. Why are you surprised? I'd like Toronto to be 3-5 degrees warmer on average. There is so much we don't know about this whole "global warming" publicity, and we are far from certain it is due to human related activities. So let's not be so scared and environmentalistic every time this is brought up like it is the evil we have to fight against.
I am not sure where you live in Toronto, but in downtown, there were only about 4 snow storms last winter. It snowed almost every day from November to March??? I seriously don't know which city you are talking about. We probably had 20 snowy days in total...
Climate Change will screw the developing world (like Africa) more than anywhere else. It will push up the cost of food and up to 30% of the planet's animal species will be placed at risk.
We are likely in a natural warming cycle but mankind's activities (the release of anamorphic gases) are very likely to be the cause of more than half of the world's observed temperature increases.
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