Is it possible that climate change could cause more severe winters?
Do you believe that global warming/climate change means more than just an increase in temperature? Could it change our weather patterns in general?
Do you believe that global warming/climate change means more than just an increase in temperature? Could it change our weather patterns in general?
A snowstorm in New Orleans?
Yes , the increase in average temps. can lead to more severe weather in the winter. Heat drives the weather. Increases in the power of the weather systems in winter is for certain. The added water vapor from increased evaporation , will mean more snowfall. Global Warming will not eliminate winter. The seasons will continue to go through their changes, but severe ,and bizzare weather will increase.
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Actually… The scientific argument goes the other way… Meaning, if CO2 levels increase, the temperatures should increase in theory…
The cooler temperatures appear to be from temperature changes in the southern oscillation most likely caused by a lack of sun spots. Meaning, if you want to know when it will start heating up, just watch the sun spot number for solar cycle 24. Right now it is very low…
Warming doesn’t cause cooling. That is just stupid and an excuse for them to cover their bases no matter what happens. There is no such thing as a climate that doesn’t change. That is just profoundly ignorant of history.
due to increase in the amount of green house gaseous after industrial revolution the Temperature of earth has increased and if continued then by 2050 the glacier will melt and due to hydrological cycle the entire atmosphere will be covered by cloud and hence the rays of sun will be unable to reach earth which will bring Ice age.
Nothing that U could predict..
Sure, why not. Without arguing whether or not global warming or AGW is occurring, it could easily be possible for winters to become more severe while the average global temperature increases. Let’s just say that we have four hot months, four cool months and four cold months. Hypothetcally, what if the climate changes so we have five hot months, five cool months and two cold months. How severe would the winter have to be to offset the other ten months? Aside from local and regional long term variations with greater extremes, the basic principle of seasonal variations is pretty easy to grasp.
EDIT: HAW-somebody here doesn’t even grasp the law of averages.
Because the sun is the prime driver of climate it is easy to tell which way the climate might go. Now when I was a kid during the 2nd world war the sun was spotted like a freckle faced kid and it was very hot with high humidity. When I got out of school at 18 sun spots were low and it was mild and cool. In the late 70s and early 80s the sun spot activity went up and things warmed up until 1998 the year solar astronomers called the year of the angry sun. Now we are in a down cycle where the number of spots have dropped of to almost none and it is beginning to cool off.
So yes the sun can cause hot climates and it can cause cold climates also.