Claim: Global warming skepticism is a ‘white phenomenon’
Hispanics (41 percent) and African-Americans (36 percent) were both twice as likely to reply that climate change will harm them directly; 18 percent of white Americans predicted climate repercussions will hurt them personally.
Within religious groups, members of three Caucasian religious sects — out of the eight religious affiliations the survey analyzed — were the least likely to be highly or somewhat concerned about climatic changes. And those who identified as white evangelical Christians were the least likely to worry about climate change: 64 percent were either “somewhat” or “very” unconcerned, and 18 percent were “very” concerned.
Jewish Americans (66 percent), Hispanic Catholics (61 percent) and black Protestants (50 percent) said they believe in climate change, as did 57 percent of Americans without religious ties.
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Self-identified members of the tea party were highly unlikely to believe in climate change (23 percent), and a majority (53 percent) were skeptics. Roughly two-thirds of Democrats said they believe in climate change, and 22 percent of Republicans said they are climate believers, while 46 percent said they are skeptical.
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After ‘Arctic Blast,’ Eco-Activists Warn 2014 Could Be Hottest Year On Record – Satellites Disagree
…Snowiest November: Michigan breaks century-old record
…Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: ‘In what universe does a cold winter, a cool summer, cold lake water, and an unusually cold fall air mass result from global warming?’
Is Global Warming Causing More Snowstorms?
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/11/is-global-warming-causing-more-snowstorms/
Lancaster, NY received 6 feet of snow in the recent storm. (AP – Gary Weipert)It has become axiomatic (and fashionable) that any change we see in nature is caused by global warming climate change. Global warming was going to make snow a thing of the past. Until someone looked out the window and decided global warming causes more snow. The epic Buffalo, NY storm this week was still in progress when that opportunistic organization Climate Central announced that more lake effect snow could be expected with global warming. SIGHHH. Except that the Great Lakes were unusually cold this year, after near record cold last winter. Then, an even more unusual cold blast of air that started over eastern Siberia made it’s way to the U.S. and the cooler lake waters were not enough to depress the lake effect snow machine: over 6 feet of snow has fallen south and east of downtown Buffalo this week. So, in what universe does a cold winter, a cool summer, cold lake water, and an unusually cold fall air mass result from global warming? Not in our universe. The computerized climate models that provide the basis for climate change proclamations produce less snow with warming. Yes, a warmer world has more water vapor in the atmosphere to feed snowstorms, but you need atmospheric circulations driven by large-scale temperature contrasts to form low pressure systems. And since the equator-to-pole temperature contrast has decreased in recent decades, we should be seeing less storminess. There has been no substantial trend in Northern Hemisphere wintertime snow cover since records began in the late 1960s, but spring snowcover has decreased, due to spring tending to arrive earlier in a slightly warmer world. What DOES affect Northern Hemisphere weather patterns are known climate cycles: the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which can change our average winter weather for about 30 years…before changing again. In recent years, we have entered the negative phase of the PDO, which could mean winters more typical of the 1960s and 1970s for the next 20+ years. But no one really knows. On shorter time scales, El Nino and La Nina, as well as the Arctic Oscillation, can strongly impact individual winters. But when people immediately point to ‘global warming’ anytime something unusual happens, it is (in my opinion) just intellectual laziness — or …
Global warming causes record cold & snow! WaPo’s Mooney: ‘There’s growing evidence that global warming is driving crazy winters’
New Survey: Only 5‰ of Americans thinks climate change most important issue
UK researchers show Little Ice Age was global, with implications for current Global Warming
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=147372&CultureCode=en
However, in light of our substantiation of the effects of ‘grand solar minima’ upon past global climates, it could be speculated that the current pausing of ‘Global Warming’, which is frequently referenced by those sceptical of climate projections by the IPCC, might relate at least in part to a countervailing effect of reduced solar activity, as shown in the recent sunspot cycle.”…