April 4, 2008
1430z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite
Noted several vortexes, two exceptionally large vortexes over each of the oceans, one at the water/surface interface of the Pacific Northwest, there is also a smaller one west of the Atlantic vortex creating a huge air wedge.
Image: La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific. The colder than normal water is depicted in this image in blue. During a La Niña stronger than normal trade winds bring cold water up to the surface of the ocean. Credit: NASA
The discussion of the article points to the fact that La Nina is a cooling trend that will somehow provide some relief to Earth's global temperatures until a five year period goes by at which time the planet will sustain record high temperatures.
The author naively pursues a path of isolation of the event called La Nina. In an article in 2006, NASA clearly stated the La Nina phenomena would not change any Atlantic hurricane patterns (click here).
Eliminated from the article is the dynamic that would explain a sudden rise in temperatures in five years. One aspect of Human Induced Global Warming which has lead to the current Climate Change, is that all atmospheric phenomena are in play. The northern oscillation of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the southern oscillations of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Arctic Oscillation. In conjuction with that is the chronic phenomena of vortexes that have manifested thoughout Earth's troposphere.
These vortexes/vortices act as heat transfer systems. They are chronic, unrelenting because of the significantly high temperatures under a thick blanket of carbon dioxide. The fact that Earth is warming has incredible amounts of verifiable evidence, the least of which is the gross reduction in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, the shrinking of glaciers globally and the collapse of the ice sheets of Antartica. That doesn't even begin to discuss the droughts, which are brought on by oscillations in climate.
It is grossly "W"rong and highly political to separate the reality of these climate systems into separate circumstances of Earth when in fact they are all occurring at the same time and with the same result. The bottom line to any evaluation of Earth's current climate is one of dire concern and prudent regulations of fossil fuels. The human condition on Earth will not improve with Climate Change, it will only get worse. Certainly, the most extreme examples of that are the deaths in France some years ago when thousands of people died due to unexpected heat, the suffering of the African people with severe and persistent droughts and of course Katrina.While anyone is allowed to publish nearly any opinion or write an article that appears to have brevity, the fact remains that these opinions when linked with hope of scientists and their evidence being "W"rong only prolongs the resolve nations need to pursue the measures to protect their populous and act in ways that will stem further demise of Earth's precious oceans and ice fields.
Enough of this stupidity already, when 90% of the scientists agree on the dynamics of a heating Earth, it's time everyone else stop their manipulation and pandering to oil companies and the possiblity of raising doubt !
The article is below:
Global warming 'dips this year' (click here)
By Roger Harrabin
BBC News environment analyst
Global temperatures will drop slightly this year as a result of the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said.
The World Meteorological Organization's secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer.
This would mean global temperatures have not risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change theory.
But experts say we are still clearly in a long-term warming trend - and they forecast a new record high temperature within five years.
The WMO points out that the decade from 1998 to 2007 was the warmest on record. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.74C....
