sciencedaily.com — Warmer temperatures and longer dry spells have killed thousands of trees and shrubs in a Southern California mountain range, pushing the plants' habitat an average of 213 feet up the mountain over the past 30 years.
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angelstardustAug 15, 2008
It's going to look like the planet of Mars soon...
brassbudAug 15, 2008
I didn't see a whole lot of evidence supporting climate change being a direct cause here. Having lived with a Colorado State Forester, I've never heard of the tree line changing because of a change in temp. Climate change scientists show that the temp has only risen a slight amount so far, less than what would be within normal year-to-year variation. If these trees died because of the heat alone, then there would have been massive die-offs every year at varying elevations.
openrevoltAug 16, 2008
Anyone who lives in California and deals with trees knows that in fact it is the palm trees, cacti, and other sensitive pants that are being killed because of COLD weather.I s**t you not.Many of the decade+ trees and cacti on my acreage are now dead and when I spoke to my local nursery they confirmed the same because of the recent chilly weather this year.Also look at the tornadoes we had here this year during the summer -- a basic understanding of weather reveals that tornadoes and thunderstorms during the summer are triggered by cold fronts.
biotchAug 17, 2008
yeah I think this year the temperature is on pace to drop even globally so thats no surprise, however the temperature is quite sporadic from year to year. When you look at the trend through multiple years however the trend is moving upwards.<a class="user" href="http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/">http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/</a>
smurfsahoyAug 20, 2008
<a class="user" href="http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p36.htm">http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p36.htm</a>Just for fun. The definitive anti-hype meta-study for global warming.It also happens to involve a much more reasonable explanation of those 35-40 years of cooling: the sun was less active over those exact years. Hmm... less sunlight intensity leads to cooling temperatures? Astonishing!
greenfyreSep 7, 2008
Apparently you would not know science if it bit you in the ass; your compatriots make a bunch of easily falsifiable claims plus links to debunked nonsense and never even looked at the actual science - and if you can't tell the difference...
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