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Here is a list to digest which may require further study of influencers to global warming
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Methane gas. As the oceans warms we are beginning to see the ocean floor begin to decompose much of its muck and milleniums of vegetation producing increase methane emmissions adding to CO2 and nitrus oxide , water vapor and ozone etc. This worldwide phenomenon even includes the Artic circle and Antartica not withstanding perma frost regions in the far north. As ancient ice recedes and melts large incapsulated methane gas is emmitted into the atmosphere. In the debths of the Gulf of Mexico there is a pocket of methane having a volume greater that all the gases
combined on earth . If released via known magma volcanoes deep in this abyss one could expect an potential explosion and fire 10 times a nuclear event or if just fumes don't light a cigarette in Clearwater you'll wipe out the west coast
Not to mention we are seeing a decreasing number of 90 degree days thanks to agriculture pumping more moisture into the air in the Midwest
Pretty much. Where I live, all global warming has done is raise the average annual max temperature from 98 to 99. However, the average annual number of 90+ degree days is up from 40 pre-1980 to 48 since 1980.
I have to wonder where they're getting their numbers from.
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Pretty much. Where I live, all global warming has done is raise the average annual max temperature from 98 to 99. However, the average annual number of 90+ degree days is up from 40 pre-1980 to 48 since 1980.
I have to wonder where they're getting their numbers from.
I'm surprised Phoenix's 100's ONLY jumped to 163 days, as our current avg is 110 days
Anyone else think this is horse ****? Chicago is going to average 26 100F+ days annually in 84 years, when we don't even average 1 day now? :smack
Yes, the map is way too overdone. Tampa has 22 100F days on tap for 2100 according to that map, but has yet to officially record such a day. 62 100F days is quite a jump from current average seen in Houston's Bush Airport (far hotter than Houston Hobby).
Honestly, if anything, I'd say that areas like Houston and Tampa would be getting cooler with global warming; warmer temps leads to higher evaporation, but it also leads to more condensation, which means more rain, and less 100F temps.
Pretty much. Where I live, all global warming has done is raise the average annual max temperature from 98 to 99. However, the average annual number of 90+ degree days is up from 40 pre-1980 to 48 since 1980.
I have to wonder where they're getting their numbers from.
I used the actual data from the Chapel Hill station.
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