Comments on: Climate Change and Heat Waves

By: Eli Rabett

Eli Rabett — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:50 +0000

It’s the same thing with sea level rise. What is going to cause damage is not the average rise, but the high end of the variation in storm surges at high tides on top of a more gradual rise. In climate, it is not one thing or another it is one things AND several others.

By: rabiddoomsayer

rabiddoomsayer — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:29:51 +0000

Given the small amount of warming so far this makes even two degrees sound scary. It also has dire implications for cereal production where even gentle rain only a little late can adversely affect a crop. Cereals require well behaved weather.

Regards
Tony

By: Martin Vermeer

Martin Vermeer — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:55:45 +0000

Miken, you may want to read the post with comprehension

By: Miken

Miken — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:50:16 +0000

If a single heat wave is enough to ruin the stats, then something is wrong with the stat calculations. There have been heat waves before, even large ones.

By: climatehawk1

climatehawk1 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:25:47 +0000

Good stuff, thanks for the clear explanation. Please consider the magic phrase “loading the dice” in any discussion of this sort–it’s an easy concept for most people to understand.

By: rpauli

rpauli — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:59:13 +0000

This is a very tumultuous time.

Deadlines for computed climate simulations have cut the deadline in half…
Simulations say 1.4 to 3 degrees of warming — but this time it is by the year 2050 – not 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120403140410.htm