Comments on: Guardian: Global warming to trigger “earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches and volcanic eruptions.”

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:15:24 +0000

Okay, you smart asses. It’s almost a month since these scientists talked about it and in the last three days there’ve been major floods (Philippines), earthquakes (Indonesia and Fiji), and tsunamis (America Samoa). Suddenly, this theory isn’t looking so stupid now, is it?

By: By Jupiter

By Jupiter — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:47:17 +0000

At times like this I prefer to read my horoscope…

First, sit still. Then, breathe deeply. Next, try to think about something other than what you’re currently thinking about. Better still, stop thinking entirely. Switch off your brain. Leave other people to race around like headless chickens, creating a noise and nonsense whilst achieving next to nothing. When they have all run out of steam, you will see a clear way forward.

Phew! Sanity at last…

By: Zeke the Sneak

Zeke the Sneak — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:02:26 +0000

“carbon dioxide from vehicles, factories and power stations”

Is that all they need? Will that do it for them? Because I also have a refrigerator, house, and kids.

By: Zeke the Sneak

Zeke the Sneak — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:52:48 +0000

Oh alright. They’ve got a taker.

One question, though. Just exactly how many ppm CO2 does Congress (on IPCC recommendations) want circulating in the atmosphere in order to save us from “earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches and volcanic eruptions?” What is the magic number? Name it.

Is it 222?

By: Graeme Rodaughan

Graeme Rodaughan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:24:06 +0000

Myron Mesecke (19:00:24) :

No drama.

Cheers G

By: reticon

reticon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:32:44 +0000

“from studies of past volcanic activity. These indicate that when ice sheets disappear the number of eruptions increases, said Professor David Pyle, of Oxford University’s earth sciences department.”

Hmm, and all that happened without the help of fossil fuel burning humans. Explain that!

By: Myron Mesecke

Myron Mesecke — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:00:24 +0000

Graeme Rodaughan (19:59:04) :
“If any offense was given – I apologise. The name “Myron Interest” is meant to imply “My Interest” I.e. a Self Interested Politician…”

I didn’t take it that way. There just aren’t that many Myron’s around so I decided to chime in. Besides, growing up when one episode of The Brady Bunch had a white mouse named Myron and then Happy Days where the Fonz baby sat a brat kid named Myron I developed a thick skin over the years. Maybe that thick skin will keep me warm in the coming years.

By: Andrew Parker

Andrew Parker — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:17:14 +0000

mr.artday (21:38:18),

I had considered that, but my feeble memory was telling me that the large quake scar predated the megaflood. We need to consult a teenager who attended summer science this year.

Now, I am wondering if the most recent volcanic activity along the southern boundary of Lake Bonneville could be linked to the megaflood? Since the Great Basin is considered a divergent boundary, rapid changes in surface weight might more readily create earthquakes and vulcanism.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:37:42 +0000

Ice melting will change the pressure on the earth. OMG a pound of ice is a pound of water!

Perhaps they needs to spend more time doing something constructive.

By: Børge Svanstrøm Amundsen

Børge Svanstrøm Amundsen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:55:43 +0000

“While analysing seismic activity of the Earth it is not difficult to notice the connection with solar activity. The considered line has essential negative correlation with the line of solar activity. The maximal earthquakes are observed during the minimum of solar activity or during the periods close to a minimum, and, on the contrary, in maxima of solar activity seismicity of the Earth accepts the least values.”

http://www.planetary.brown.edu/m42/m42_67.pdf

By: Alexej Buergin

Alexej Buergin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:15:13 +0000

“Roger Knights (13:04:49) :
“Since the NY Post never was a great newspaper, …”
It was founded by Alexander Hamilton, so it probably was OK back in the day.”

Yes, but did Aaron Burr contribute to the Op-Ed page?

Of the 3 NY-papers that can be bought elsewhere in the US it is the most entertaining (especially all the news from the Hamptons). I do not touch the Times, and one does not get the NY Press.

By: NS

NS — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:32:52 +0000

OK – I’ve calmed down, thanks for the sanity check people. I left the UK 10 years ago and sorry to say there’s no chance of me going back there. But that’s irrelevant.
I do remember my state education learning about evil imperialists, evil white men, evil americans, basic marxist theory, the wonders of the cuban medical system…….you see where i’m going i guess…..then i grew up and read some stuff myself, met some real people…….
I believe Trotsky proposed the capture & use of the education system to further political goals….and check the CVs of the Labour government.

By: pls

pls — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:10:35 +0000

Gerry:
>Residuals are differences from a least-squares fit. These anomalies are usually just
>differences from a baseline value or from a linear trend.

Not just least squares fit. “Residuals” apply to any model that predicts data values. They are the difference between the predicted value and the actual value.

By: curt3411

curt3411 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:19:09 +0000

I believe also that the scientists should be the leaders but who is going to believe these scientists when they make statements like “tsunamis in britain”…. how ridiculous. These “scholarly” women and men must think that they are addressing uneducated halfwits if they believe we believe all these years they have been predicting will be life changing..give us some believable data!!!!…..how much longer will they blame the weather events and slight changes in the climate to catastrophes in the near future when in reality it will occur in hundreds of years???

By: Roger Carr

Roger Carr — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:11:54 +0000

E.M.Smith (12:08:55) “As did one A. Einstein… kicked out of school…

Nice reality spread, E.M.; thank you.