Re: Wildfires in Jasper NP, Canada

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

On 2024-07-29 19:42, Tom Elam wrote:

On 7/29/2024 4:41 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-07-28 17:02, Tom Elam wrote:

On 7/24/2024 2:22 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-07-24 11:21, -hh wrote:

Looks like Tom's trip might have some disruptions:
 
 
<https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-canada-jasper-national-park-evacuation-167dcc0e03984672584f9770799c2fb8>

 
Based on his political leanings, I'm sure Tom doesn't believe in
global warming.
 
:-)
 

 
Global warming has been going on for a very long time. The data are
irrefutable.

 
Love the careful phrasing there...
 

 
Nothing careful, empirical data going back hundreds of millions of years
show that climate warms after cold ice ages. In the past natural events
like the Siberian Traps have had warming effects far more severe than
the current recovery from the last ice ages. OTOH "Snowball Earth" +-600
ma also had a devastating effect on life. The earth warmed and life
recovered.
 
There is absolutely no doubt that atmospheric composition plays a role
in climate.

 
More careful phrasing.
 

Indeed.  There’s carefully nothing in there to note what role is played by
changes in the rate of change.

A lot of this is like the automotive mantra of “speed kills” .. it’s not
the speed per se, but the sudden stop at the end = rate of change.

-hh