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It’s global cooling again (via Drudge):
Climate change could lead to colder winters in northern regions, according to a study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on Tuesday.
Vladimir Petoukhov, lead author of the study, said a shrinking of sea ice in the eastern Arctic causes some regional warming of lower air levels and may lead to anomalies in atmospheric airstreams, triggering an overall cooling of the northern continents.
“These anomalies could triple the probability of cold winter extremes in Europe and northern Asia,” he said. “Recent severe winters like last year’s or the one of 2005/06 do not conflict with the global warming picture but rather supplement it.”
Elsewhere in Germany (from March this year):
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CalMark| 11.16.10 @ 1:47PM
Cooler than normal winters indicate global warming.
These people are insane. And all those mind-numbed dupes in places like SF and NYC, with their "Human Sexuality" and "Film Performance Art Criticism" degrees listening to them like it's gospel.
It makes my blood boil.