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Climate change?

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momentz
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just wanted to see what you guys think about it and how it will affect skiing? I was reading an artical on yahoo news and apparently europe in the next 50 years in exspecting to have much more rainy winters and such. What do you guys think of this and how will if affect our skiing?

Jan 25 2012 8:56PM
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majesticunicorn
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did Chris Chase write it?
Jan 25 2012 8:57PM
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momentz
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no seriously though does anyone beilieve in this actually affecting our skiing, or what? I mean this winter has been quite warm and rainy!
Jan 25 2012 9:07PM
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Idahoskier420
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It's hard to say exactly what is going to happen.  basically a shorter winter with more rain, weather patterns like ENSO (el nino/la nina) will potentially more unpredicatable and potenially increase in intensity.  Dried places get drier and wetter regions get wetter. 

Weather of the Future is a pretty comprehensive book that explains how climate will affect the weather.  It's only about two hundred pages

Jan 25 2012 9:43PM
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tbayjibber
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Generally speaking in the short term we aren't fully aware of what is going to happen. There are too many uncertainties at the moment. However most people agree it is leading to more erratic climate so skiing-wise it might mean great years and terrible years. Also ENSO is always a major factor on snow conditions
Jan 25 2012 9:45PM
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Amadeus.
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It might yield more snowfall in the north east, because the melting glaciers will destroy the Gulf stream causing no warm air to come up from the Gulf of Mexico.
Jan 25 2012 10:02PM
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skier_boy26
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Don't give a fuck. Climate always be changin, but it will always rain in Washington.
Jan 25 2012 10:50PM
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Billek
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Methane might be a more powerful greenhouse gas, but the sheer volume of CO2 combined with it's greenhouse gas attributes makes it a much bigger player in the subject. 

Water vapor?  You think there's more water vapor in the air?  Explain this to me.

Do you know what sulfur in the atmosphere does?  SO2 emitted from coal-burning power plants combines with other gaseous molecules and forms sulfuric acid.  Great idea, asshole

How old are you?  What kind of education do you have?  I hope you're part of the younger, naive crowd because your plans make you come across as the biggest idiot on the internet, or some stupid troll.
Jan 25 2012 11:27PM
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Funnel
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If true, our weather patterns will become far more unpredictable and sporadic. The weather will grow more and more extreme on both ends of the spectrum. Natural disasters will grow more frequent as well. I really hope that this prophecy does not come true.
Jan 25 2012 11:32PM
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Billek
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Well you better go into more detail because you're not making much sense to me.
Jan 26 2012 1:03AM
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dan4060
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In the short term, like the next few years, probably not.

In the long term, like 50 to 100 years, yes.
Jan 26 2012 1:29AM
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Kevski
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Be careful believe what you read in these threads. Every climate change thread on NS is such a shitshow and nobody ever agrees. Take some climatology courses if you can, and make up your mind from facts. Facts that aren't picked out without context to try to prove points about climate change.
Jan 26 2012 2:04AM
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Billek
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That's what I'm talking about.  I'm an Environmental Science major and some of the stuff that comes up on NS bugs the hell out of me.
Jan 26 2012 2:07AM
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BoilingMidnight
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Algore, Father Nature himself, admitted before Congress on 3/21/07 that CO2 levels were higher during the last Ice Age.  If CO2 = warming, why was the last Ice Age, with so much higher levels, so much COOLER?  Father Nature also talked about water vapor being the most prevalent greenhouse gas, and that's the elephant in the room.  If we're really interested in bringing down this mythical global temperature, why are we ignoring water vapor?  Is it because you can't tax an ocean?

 

The idea that CO2 causes global warming is contradicted by weather balloons, satellites, atmospheric surveys, ice core samples, and historical temperature records - in short all scientific data.  Even so, volcanoes produce more CO2 each year than all the factories, planes and SUVs combined.  Shockingly, bacteria produce even more than this; far more than the humans they inhabit.  We're left with no reason to believe in global warming and every reason for hippies to finally take a bath.

Jan 26 2012 10:35AM
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