In the late 70s or early 80s there was a night where the aurora borealis was visible in Nebraska. My sister FREAKED OUT when she saw it, and made the whole house jump out of bed. I only vaguely remember some weird colors in the sky, but that's about it. I had some funky dreams about those lights later in my childhood, and I remember those vividly.
knapplc wrote:It's Global Warming, and it's terribly frightening because the ideal temperature for this planet is within a few degrees either side of what we've observed for the last 200-ish years, and ANY variation from that "norm" will kill us all.
If there are hills near you, run for them now.
I wish they'd send some of that Global Warming to the northeast, where it hasn't gotten above 85 all summer, and has rained every 5 out of 7 days.
knapplc wrote:It's Global Warming, and it's terribly frightening because the ideal temperature for this planet is within a few degrees either side of what we've observed for the last 200-ish years, and ANY variation from that "norm" will kill us all.
If there are hills near you, run for them now.
I wish they'd send some of that Global Warming to the northeast, where it hasn't gotten above 85 all summer, and has rained every 5 out of 7 days.
For you it's called Climate Change, and it's equally as bad. The world CANNOT tolerate variances in temperature, NOT ONE BIT. No life has ever survived on this planet when the median temp was a few degrees higher or lower than it is RIGHT THIS INSTANT.
I'm not trying to scare you. It's science. And you're going to die, h0rt. Sorry.
knapplc wrote:It's Global Warming, and it's terribly frightening because the ideal temperature for this planet is within a few degrees either side of what we've observed for the last 200-ish years, and ANY variation from that "norm" will kill us all.
If there are hills near you, run for them now.
I wish they'd send some of that Global Warming to the northeast, where it hasn't gotten above 85 all summer, and has rained every 5 out of 7 days.
For you it's called Climate Change, and it's equally as bad. The world CANNOT tolerate variances in temperature, NOT ONE BIT. No life has ever survived on this planet when the median temp was a few degrees higher or lower than it is RIGHT THIS INSTANT.
I'm not trying to scare you. It's science. And you're going to die, h0rt. Sorry.
knapplc wrote:No life has ever survived on this planet when the median temp was a few degrees higher or lower than it is RIGHT THIS INSTANT.
You're insane. Global temperatures, and even atmospheric conditions, were massively different throughout many of the periods when dinosaurs were around and even before them, when live was mainly in the form of large plants.
Cretaceous Climate
First, the temperature gradient from North to South became almost flat -- much more so than would be predicted from ocean circulation models. In other words, average temperatures were about the same everywhere on Earth, from the poles to the equator. Second, average temperatures were much higher than today, probably by about 10C°. Higher CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels certainly played a part, but the paleoclimate data do not match theoretical predictions.
Life as we know it has not been built for massive variations from where we are now, but life, in general, is more than capable of existing in much more extreme conditions than what exist now.
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by knapplc » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:34 pm 
