Dear Donald Trump: Winter does not disprove global warming

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/60-60/21331-dear-donald-trump-winter-does-not-disprove-global-warming

All of this is all wrong in ways that have all been explained before. So just a few brief observations:

1.Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics.

2.Global warming is actually expected to increase “heavy precipitation in winter storms,” and for the northern hemisphere, there is evidence that these storms are already more frequent and intense, according to the draft U.S. National Climate Assessment.3.Antarctica is a very cold place. But global warming is affecting it as predicted: Antarctica is losing ice overall, according to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However, sea ice is a different matter than land-based or glacial ice. Antarctic sea ice is increasing, and moreover, the reason for this may be climate change!
Finally, just one last thing. When it’s winter on Earth, it’s also summer on Earth … somewhere else. Thus, allow us to counter anecdotal evidence about cold weather with more anecdotal evidence: It’s blazing hot in Australia, with temperatures, in some regions, set to possibly soar above 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming days.

[Gothmog]

1. Jon Stewart had fun mocking Trump last night

Trump is a joke