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Index of Subjects Indeed, Ulli is correct. "Global warming" is a bit of a misnomer, and certainly an oversimplification. Climate change is a much better term. And, in general, the effects of climate change are so as to accentuate climatic patterns; more droughts and more extreme droughts; more rainfall and flooding, more extreme weather events (tornados, hurricanes, hail storms, ice storms), more frequent and more intense El Ninos/La Nina. This is all set against the backdrop of increasing global temperature. The extreme cold temperatures this winter in Europe are also characteristic of the hitherto established climatic norm being run off the rails. Cheers, Chris On 22-Mar-12, at 5:11 PM, ulli@dunlin.ca wrote: > Just curious: Why do you think it is not related to global warming? > > There is this misconception that "global warming" means it gets > warmer everywhere. It > would better to refer to this phenomenon as climate change, as it is > expected/accepted that > even with the average increase of the global temperature by a few > degrees we will see not > everywhere an up in temperature. > > What is expected and can already be seen -if you want to- is a shift > in weather patterns and > climate zones. > > Warmer winters than usual in one place, caused by "global warming", > go conform with colder > winters than usual in other parts of the world. Same applies to > precipitation, where we likely > will see new arid zones appearing, while former deserts may see a > bit more precipitation than > in the past, as well as to a shift in oceanic water current patterns. > > As a result patterns and frequency of phenomenons like El Nino are > very likely also > influenced by all this, hence also under the influence of global > warming/climate change. > > > Ulli > >> Just curious: Has anyone read anything about the possible causes >> of this year's very mild and generally snowless winter in North >> America? >> Clearly, it isn't global warming, as Eurasia had a very cold and >> snowy winter. You may remember news reports about the Danube River >> being choked with ice for much of its length, an unprecedented >> number of deaths --mainly of the homeless-- due to the frost in >> Eastern Europe, and villagers in the former Yugoslavia being snowed >> in for weeks. Etc., etc. >> Is it the La Nina/El Nino phenomenon? Other ocean circulation >> fluctuations? Solar flares, or lack thereof? >> Dusan Soudek > >
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