Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade

Re:Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade by wunderfool on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @06:04PM (#2654968)

why do people throw these arguments around? i don't know of any nation whose scientists find any rapid climate change desirable. who are they? the notion of a polar thaw is tossed around as being desirable for canada as a shipping route....BUT this would decimate the living biosphere of 90% of canadians who live within 100 miles of the US border. i've never heard a serious canadian climate science talk about rapid climate change as desirable...nor any other

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Re:Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade by Joakal on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @08:53PM (#2655522)

I've seen studies pointing out more land access for Canadians [0] but hardly anything about affecting the 'living biosphere of 90% of Canadians within 100 miles of US border'. What's the source?

[0] https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=farm+climate...

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Re:Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade by wunderfool on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @11:47PM (#2655891)

you don't need a study. most of the population of canada is situated far further south than most americans understand. the lowest point of ontario, for example, is south of the most northern point of california.

most of the inhabited areas of canada already have very hot summers. in southern ontario you can expect weather like washington DC in july

if most of the united states is set to be victimized by climate change (which everyone accepts) then it is a trivial deduction that most of the population of canada will also be

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Re:Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade by checker on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @09:22AM (#2656945)

Southern Ontario dips down to just north of PA/Ohio and next to Detroit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Canada#Extreme_poi...

I'm nitpicking, but unless I'm misunderstanding you, what you're saying about Southern Ontario having weather like DC in July is a little off. Average high July DC is 88F. Average high July Detroit (close to S Ont) is 83F. It's similar, but 5F is definitely a difference. Sharing the facts because I find this stuff interesting!

Opinion: DC often feels hotter than it actually is due to the high humidity, which gets worse the farther down the east coast you go. I've never been to Southern Ontario in July though.

DC: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/U...

Detroit: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/U...

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