Thursday, August 23, 2012

Hansen Taping Up His Windows To Stop The Wind | Real Science
[Hansen around 1988] “The West Side Highway [which runs along the Hudson River] will be under water. And there will be tape across the windows across the street because of high winds. And the same birds won’t be there. The trees in the median strip will change.” Then he said, “There will be more police cars.” Why? “Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up.”
Whale rescues will increase, says expert | JunkScience.com
Mr Long said humpback whale numbers on Australia’s east coast were increasing by about 10 per cent every year.
Hansen’s Temperature Analysis: Today’s Normal is Yesterday’s Extreme–and Nobody Cares — MasterResource
Over the course of the past century and a half, while the climate was becoming “extreme,” Washingtonians are living longer and are less effected by high temperatures (even by today’s standards) than ever before. So, too, are most other Americans.

So, consider, is climate change worse than we thought? When it comes right down to it, I doubt that most people even care.
UK insect numbers ‘very low’ after months of wet weather | JunkScience.com
Cold and wet, just not really good for life generally.

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