Today we report on our trip to Washington DC to talk with members of Congress about climate change solutions. Along the way we pretend that trip was a vacation, then we discuss how we vacation in Minnesota. We hint that Northfield (Music City) could be the new Branson, Missouri.
The facts – If global warming is still happening, why are some areas experiencing record snowfall events?
- As climate warms, evaporation from the ocean increases.
- This results in more water vapour in the air.
- Globally, atmospheric water vapour has increased by about 5{b5761be34e80a16b6d0e4dabc1869c131a263f96a745c82bebdd3b8a4330bfa9} over the 20th century.
[it’s called data] - Most of the increase has occurred since 1970 (IPCC AR4 3.4.2.1).
- This is confirmed by satellites that find the total atmospheric moisture content has been increasing since measurements began in 1988 (Santer 2007).
- Globally, atmospheric water vapour has increased by about 5{b5761be34e80a16b6d0e4dabc1869c131a263f96a745c82bebdd3b8a4330bfa9} over the 20th century.
- [it’s called validation, it’s how we check our data, by measuring it two ways.]
- Skeptical Science. for more detail and references.
