On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 09:11:50 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2018-10-19 22:40, Eric Stevens wrote:
[...]
Somebody's opinion is not evidence, especially whan it is quoted in a
digested form by a second person for publication in a third parson'ss
news media.
[...]

OK, here's some factual reporting for you, from people who have
first-hand experience of global warming:
https://www.arctictoday.com/warming-...elting-faster/

And my own observations:
In the early 1960s, we drove from our then home in Edmonton, Alberta, to
Vancouver, British Columbia, and thence to Saltspring Island. We decided
to drive through Jasper and Banff National Parks, a first for us. The
Columbia Icefield straddles the border between the two parks. The foot
of the glacier was about 100 meters from the highway. In 2005, we drove
past there again, to climb Parker Ridge (just inside Banff Park). The
foot of the glacier was now about 1km 1 km away.

1) I suspect you are confusing climate with weather.

2) There is no argument about whether or not there is global warming:
there is.

More facts for you:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Icefield

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...aciers-by-2100

NB that the Calgary Herald is a right-wing paper with a decidedly
anti-warming, pro-fossil fuel bias. However, Calgary's water supply
depends on the Rocky Mountain glaciers, which feed the rivers that water
the Canadian Prairies. S. Alberta is semi-arid. Water supply is
top-of-mind for people living there.

You could also search for "glacier shrinkage in Glacier National Park".
GNP is the US side of a border-straddling park. The Canadian side is
Waterton Lakes National Park. Check that out, too.

You could also search for 'glacier shrinkage in New Zealand' (where I
live. They have been shrinking for centuries.

the only serious unknown about global warming is how fast it's
happening. Will the climate tumble into a new cycle over a century or
two? Or will it tip within a few decades? I won't be around to find out,
but my children and grandchildren will.

I suspect you are younger than I am so you will have a good chance of
finding out whether Professor Valentina Zharkova's theory about solar
cycles is correct. Even I might make it.

Enjoy your Gulf Stream buffered climate while you still have it. You
won't have it much longer.

I could hardly be further from the Gulf Stream than I am now.

I visited the Orkneys about 17 years ago. At that time there was a
great flap in the literature about how the Gulf Stream could/might
be/was slowing down. I mentioned this to the locals and I remeber how
upset they became at the thought (I don't blame them). Needless to say
it hasn't yet happened and it still seems to be merely a hypothetical
possibility. Nevertheless the evidence is that it ha slowed down a
number of times in the past and it is to be expected that it will in
the future. But what does only a thousand or so years of grim climate
really matter?
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Regards,

Eric Stevens