Recently, there have been a couple of extreme climate effects noted. Record high temperatures have made the news on two continents in the northern and southern hemispheres.
In the United States, to the surprise of no one who experienced it, 2012 was the hottest year on record by more than a degree, with hundreds of new temperature records set throughout the year. The average national temperature was a full degree higher than the previous record. A degree of temperature may not seem like much, but when talking about an average over a year, that's a huge spike. "Normally, records are broken by a tenth of a degree or so."
And, in Australia, recent temperatures have gotten so hot that the Bureau of Meteorology has had to add new colors to those it uses on its interactive weather forecasting chart. Until now, the temperature maps have gone up to 50 degrees C (122 F), but that hasn't been enough for recent high temperatures. Now, the new scale extends to 54 C (129 F).
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written by Gilbert, January 15, 2013
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written by IJustKnowStuff, January 15, 2013
Let's not get started on hypocrisy or else we'll have to have a list of all the other countries in the world.
But yes it does seem they did recently have the highest per capital carbon output. Not arguing that fact. But remember the Australian population is one of the smallest in comparison to other western countries, so it's easier to have a higher per capita number.
Still think we need a valid energy source alternative....can't believe as a human race we haven't been able to produce one yet (actually I can with the way commercialization works)....if only Nikola Tesla were alive today
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written by Gilbert, January 17, 2013
As for the ozone depletion hole, this has nothing to do with aridity, it is a result of the accumulation of fluorocarbon molecules in the atmosphere which is caused by the release of fluorocarbon gasses from spray cans, automative air conditioning gas etc.
Nikola Tesla was an engineer, not a magician. He didn't invent any new form of energy, but did invent AC motors. I find it very funny how the ignorami of the internet hold Tesla up as some kind of god.
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written by Nik, January 20, 2013
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written by Peter, January 31, 2013
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written by Lara Machado, April 05, 2013
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