Impeach McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor Today: Data from Rutgers snow lab disputes NY Times article claim of 'end of snow' in Northern Hemisphere in past 47 yrs.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Data from Rutgers snow lab disputes NY Times article claim of 'end of snow' in Northern Hemisphere in past 47 yrs.

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Rutgers Snow Lab chart, Northern Hemisphere snow cover, 1967-2013

2/7/14, "The NY Times Thinks It Is The “End Of Snow” For the Olympics," Sunshine Hours

"Some guy at the NY Times Thinks It Is The “End Of Snow” For the Olympics.

“In the last 47 years, a million square miles of spring snow cover has disappeared from the Northern Hemisphere”

I suspect the “author” used 47 years because the Rutgers Snow Lab’s data for the Northern Hemisphere starts in 1967 (2014 – 47).

Now the Olympics usually runs in February, so lets look at snow cover data for February.

2013 in February certainly had a little less snow than 1967 (47 years ago).

But 2013 had a lot more than 1968. About 3.5 million sq km more in fact according the Rutgers snow lab.

And 2010-2013 were probably the snowiest 4 years ever. The late 1970s would be the snowiest 3 years (but that was the coldest winter in US history)

1989 to 2002 looked bad for snow. But that was a long time ago. Warmists do tend to live in the past.

Looking at that graph I would have to conclude that there is no end of snow. Snow is doing just fine in the Northern Hemisphere."...

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2/8/14, "The End of Snow?" By Paul Homewood

INNSBRUCK WINTER OLYMPICS 1964.

http://www.olympic.org/innsbruck-1964-winter-olympics

INNSBRUCK WINTER OLYMPICS 2012

http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/youth-olympics/2012/15457-heavy-snowfall-wont-stop-us-hosting-a-great-winter-youth-olympics-says-innsbruck-2012-chief

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3/20/2000, "Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past," Independent UK, Charles Onians

12/25/09, North Yorkshire, UK

"According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".

"Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.

The effects of snow-free winter in Britain are already becoming apparent. This year, for the first time ever, Hamleys, Britain's biggest toyshop, had no sledges on display in its Regent Street store. "It was a bit of a first," a spokesperson said.

Fen skating, once a popular sport on the fields of East Anglia, now takes place on indoor artificial rinks. Malcolm Robinson, of the Fenland Indoor Speed Skating Club in Peterborough, says they have not skated outside since 1997. "As a boy, I can remember being on ice most winters. Now it's few and far between," he said.

Michael Jeacock, a Cambridgeshire local historian, added that a generation was growing up "without experiencing one of the greatest joys and privileges of living in this part of the world - open-air skating".
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Warmer winters have significant environmental and economic implications, and a wide range of research indicates that pests and plant diseases, usually killed back by sharp frosts, are likely to flourish. But very little research has been done on the cultural implications of climate change - into the possibility, for example, that

our notion of Christmas might have to shift....

David Parker, at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in Berkshire, says ultimately, British children could have only virtual experience of snow. Via the internet, they might wonder at polar scenes - or eventually "feel" virtual cold.

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Heavy snow will return occasionally, says Dr Viner, but when it does we will be unprepared. "We're really going to get caught out. Snow will probably cause chaos in 20 years time," he said.

The chances are certainly now stacked against the sort of heavy snowfall in cities that inspired Impressionist painters, such as Sisley, and the 19th century poet laureate Robert Bridges, who wrote in "London Snow" of it, "stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying"."...