Bill Nye - Could climate change be wildfire cause?
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Warmest years according to whom? And I'm a big fan of Bill Nye, but correlation does not equal causation. Subtract his bias, and he would acknowledge that.
It's the sun.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByST0N3PONY (5065.22) 
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@ST0N3PONY Is not the Sun o.0
The Sun is there to smile at us and lower prices at Walmart :-p
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bywilliedont (1046.52) 
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I'd like to know where he got his data too. This is the closest thing I could find:
[source: noaa.gov]
"In the contiguous United States, 2010 was the 14th consecutive year with an annual temperature above the long-term average. Since 1895, the temperature across the nation has increased at an average rate of approximately 0.12 F per decade."
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110112_globalstats.html
Posted Jul-13-2012 Byjafll (1001.04) 
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The sun is the source for almost all the heat on Earth. But without an atmosphere, the Earth would be an iceball. Add an atmosphere and greenhouse gasses and you retain that heat. Water vapor is by far the biggest contributor to the greenhouse gasses, but CO2 is also a greenhouse gas and fills the gaps in the IR wavelength that let's heat escape. The big concern with climate change is hitting a tipping point where the Earth continues to heat for a long time. Warmer oceans cannot abso More..
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByLazerhead (277.58) Lazerhead View Channel Send Message
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@Lazerhead IMO, the biggest concern is pushing biased political nonsense through without the objective science to support it.
Why do you think the particle physicists at CERN were hit with a gag order after determining that it was almost all due to the sun? Why do you think all of the dissenters are either retired or tenured?
To stop the biased funding from drying up.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByST0N3PONY (5065.22) 
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@Lazerhead i think you are wasting your time with stonepony talking about science. he is a conspiracy theorist nutjob.
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bykiddkidd (577.86) 
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New paper finds wildfires in the western US are at the lowest levels in 3,000 years
Abstract excerpt:
Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA
By Jennifer R. Marlona et al.
Abstract
Understanding the causes and consequences of wildfires in forests of the western United States requires integrated information about fire, climate changes, and human activity on multiple temporal scales. We use sedimentary charcoal accumulation rates to construct long-term variations in fire during t More..
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Interesting. But how much of that "deficit" do you think is due to that fact that we now actively and with increasing efficacy minimize or prevent fires?
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByLazerhead (277.58) Lazerhead View Channel Send Message
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I agree we work hard at stopping fires. But, when nature decides to cut loose, there's not much we can do. The paper does mention human intervention as a factor in the reduction. That said, drier years produce more spectacular, photogenic fires but, according to the paper, the frequency is lower than it was.
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bycopperdog3 (1038.84) 
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QUICK, someone raise our taxes and end climate change
Posted Jul-13-2012 By_Byron_ (934.10) 
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And in other NEWS:
A massive solar eruption may trigger an exceptional weekend northern lights display...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/solar-flare-supercharge-northern-lights-weekend_n_1671583.html
liberalism is a Mental Disorder.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByArizona_Patriot (3118.66) 
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Are wildfires the cause of global climate change?
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bythoth1 (139.40) 
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How many times is this going to be posted?
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bykaisersouse (78.12) kaisersouse View Channel Send Message
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Really Hot outside in July? CLEARLY CLIMATE CHANGE, QUICKLY DO SOMETHING
Really cold outside in December? JESUS CHRIST THIS IS OUR FAULT
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByDrewbridge (48.80) 
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If Bill Nye the liberal guy shut his mouth there would be much less hot air.
I'm Bill Nye, I'm not an expert but I wear a silly tie and my eyebrows are crazy, believe what I tell you!!
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bymytwocents (2365.86) 
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Let me guess : no, it doesn't. It's humans, or lighting, that cause wildfires. But the extended drought _may_ fuel the intensity/duration of the fires.
In other words : shitty reporting.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByATministraitor (91.20) 
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@ATministraitor don't you think that maybe global warming is one of the factors of the drought???
Posted Jul-13-2012 Byfubartion (27.06) 
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no.
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bycopperdog3 (1038.84) 
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CNN couldn't give 2 shits about global warming or the fires. This was just their chance to harangue the person being interviewed. Bill handled her insult well. I just wonder where a god damned reporter gets off telling Bill fucking Nye that he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Posted Jul-13-2012 Byfubartion (27.06) 
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Never trust a guy that wears a bow tie, and especially one that has those evil looking eye brows. What the hell is up with those things?
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bydirtbiker201 (1461.28) 
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Lol you said almost the same as me...
Cheers!
Posted Jul-13-2012 Bymytwocents (2365.86) 
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Every time I see Bill Nye I think of the rat from Beakman's World.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByOne Ballock (422.80) One Ballock View Channel Send Message
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Go back to hosting kids shows Bill.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByWolfBite120 (719.00) 
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FFS,wildfires are a natural occurring event the world over and have been for millennia.
Human intervention ,clearing, fire breaks etc,is what has reduced the frequency ,usually resulting in more catastrophic events when they do happen and ,of course, people building in areas prone to these events.
Posted Jul-13-2012 ByJibberJabber (250.80) 
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