tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post8327500043643712491..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: The shift that froze your butts offDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-54205928570422878862014-01-12T04:48:53.345-08:002014-01-12T04:48:53.345-08:00Your explanation is so clear, even an idiot like H...Your explanation is so clear, even an idiot like Harper ought to be able to understand it. When the weather person tells you its warmer in Alaska than Atlanta you know there is a problem. When you have huge forest fires in Australia, in the wrong months, you know you have a problem. <br /><br />Even those who may not want to believe the earth's climate is changing due to human impact, e.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-29580131804224768252014-01-11T20:30:15.709-08:002014-01-11T20:30:15.709-08:00I was listening to CFRB the Jerry Agar show and he...I was listening to CFRB the Jerry Agar show and he had on two female conservatives, one a former Harper speechwriter or something. They trashed climate change, single payer healthcare and green energy is earnest rhetoric. I became convinced they actually believed their nonsense just had to write a reply, he never got back.<br /><br />http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2014/01/Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-63630636907494856912014-01-11T15:56:32.171-08:002014-01-11T15:56:32.171-08:00When this kind of thing comes up I always imagine ...When this kind of thing comes up I always imagine a re-write of that song:<br /><br />"The icecaps are melting,"<br />"But, baby, it's cold outside!"<br />"The oceans are warming,"<br />"But, baby, it's cold outside!"<br />etc.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-68176407043391677312014-01-11T15:36:17.019-08:002014-01-11T15:36:17.019-08:00Indeed. The temperature difference (and the expans...Indeed. The temperature difference (and the expansion variable) are what created the vorticity necessary to generate polar vortex. As the temperatures on either side of the polar front move numerically closer, the vorticity is reduced when means the polar vortex is not generating speed and the centripetal force necessary to maintain a consistent path. So ... warming Arctic, a more meandering Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-66219613625161498872014-01-11T15:19:27.664-08:002014-01-11T15:19:27.664-08:00Another factor of the warming arctic is that the t...Another factor of the warming arctic is that the temperature either side of the jet stream will become closer. The heat retention of the sea and the loss of reflective ice are part of the reason for this slight convergence. This convergence means that the speed of the jet stream, which is a factor of the difference in temperature in the polar cell and that to the south of it, will slow.<br />A Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-2706258473854793162014-01-11T14:31:38.793-08:002014-01-11T14:31:38.793-08:00Heh! Thanks Simon. Interestingly, the term Polar V...Heh! Thanks Simon. Interestingly, the term <i>Polar Vortex</i> is simply the more scientific term for what is commonly called the <i>Polar Jet Stream</i>, so the media types, listening only to half of the information actually have it wrong. <br /><br />Glad the flying monkeys aren't here, but if they show up I'll be giving you a call. Cheers!<br />Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-84349460090838622472014-01-11T13:35:13.871-08:002014-01-11T13:35:13.871-08:00Hi Dave....excellent post, thank you. I've hea...Hi Dave....excellent post, thank you. I've heard so many ignorant comments, and have exhausted myself trying to explain the difference between climate and weather. My hopes of being able to explain the polar vortex were briefly raised when I saw they were also calling it the polar pig. ;)<br />But I think I will now run off a few copies of your post, stuff them into my jacket pocket. And Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-89030778572406446422014-01-11T11:34:32.675-08:002014-01-11T11:34:32.675-08:00How can we not see what is happening to planet ear...How can we not see what is happening to planet earth, right in front of our eyes.<br /><br />However, Harper does not believe in climate change. Harper's greed trumps common sense every time. <br /><br />If the oceans die, we die. gingersnaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386082013383928747noreply@blogger.com