Global warming?
....or *something*!
Even in So. Calif coastal, where it's usually mild, we're not having much winter. Garden things are happening out of season. For example, the leaves haven't even finished falling off my Wisteria, when a few blooms already appear. And my Cape Jasmine is flowering up a storm, way ahead of time. I usually prune roses late January, so went ahead and did it, but had to remove a lot of lovely, lush new foliage. Any other "early" stories out there? Persephone -- The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates |
Global warming?
Persephone wrote:
...or *something*! Even in So. Calif coastal, where it's usually mild, we're not having much winter. Garden things are happening out of season. For example, the leaves haven't even finished falling off my Wisteria, when a few blooms already appear. And my Cape Jasmine is flowering up a storm, way ahead of time. I usually prune roses late January, so went ahead and did it, but had to remove a lot of lovely, lush new foliage. Any other "early" stories out there? Persephone -- The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates Lost three roses last year (mid-Northern Ontario) because we had an early spring thaw February/March that lasted three weeks - just long enough to persuade the roses it was time to start setting buds. Then we had what used to be normal March weather, a couple of weeks of around -5 to -10C overnight, with mostly below freezing days, too. The really scary thing about climate change is that the models predict that a climate flip or turnover sould happpen in less than a century. That is, some reasonable sets of inputs into the models predict very rapid climate changes, others sets (only slightly different) predict slow changes. But we don't know enough about the present climate to be able to say which sets of input assumptions reflect reality. So we're stuck with guessing. We could have a mostly tropical planet by 2100. But the ecosystems can't adapt that fast. So --- |
Global warming?
Hay, I'm in S.Calf. and winter has ben long and cold and dry up in the high
mojave desert and only my iris are sending up any new fans, everything else is still very much asleep. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net In Garden Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/ingarden Blast Off Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/starlords Persephone wrote in message ... ...or *something*! Even in So. Calif coastal, where it's usually mild, we're not having much winter. Garden things are happening out of season. For example, the leaves haven't even finished falling off my Wisteria, when a few blooms already appear. And my Cape Jasmine is flowering up a storm, way ahead of time. I usually prune roses late January, so went ahead and did it, but had to remove a lot of lovely, lush new foliage. Any other "early" stories out there? Persephone -- The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates |
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Upstate NY, zone 5:
My composter was frozen solid in early December, and full to the top. Now, it's defrosted, and volume has reduced by half. I've never seen this happen by January. Parsley's growing again, and a few crocuses have sent up sprouts. They'll survive when frost returns, but I'm worried about some of the perennials. |
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"golddog" wrote in message ... Persephone Wrote: ....or *something*! Even in So. Calif coastal, where it's usually mild, we're not having much winter. Garden things are happening out of season. For example, the leaves haven't even finished falling off my Wisteria, when a few blooms already appear. And my Cape Jasmine is flowering up a storm, way ahead of time. I usually prune roses late January, so went ahead and did it, but had to remove a lot of lovely, lush new foliage. Any other "early" stories out there? Persephone -- The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates Here in W Pa the temperature is 60 and has been exceptionally warm most of the winter. We consider this a plus and count the days until March when the temperatures won't go below 25. Although global warming my be responsible for this warming trend. Global warming is a very serious happening and is not considered important by most governments, as they are only concerned with big business and not changing their way of polluting. Money talks, unfortunately. Yeah, they remind me of the ol; Ostrich...head-in-the-sand...Here in the wilds of WA. State, several Robins showed up last Tuesday. I have never before seen them here this early. It's usually near the end of February before they show up! Regards, Bill -- golddog |
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from golddog contains these words: Global warming is a very serious happening and is not considered important by most governments, Maybe you should check out something called the KYOTO treaty. Janet |
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Global warming?
Persephone wrote: ...or *something*! Global warming will actually make winters colder. Rising temperatures will melt the ice caps, releasing fresh water into the ocean. This will decrease the strength of the gulf stream, which is what brings warm air from the equator up to the northern hemisphere during the winter. New England and Europe are going to be hardest hit. In general, global warming makes everything more extreme. Here in Philadelphia, December was fairly cold, but this January, temperatures have often been in the 50s, and it seems to make it to 60 once a week. My tulips and daffodils have already started coming up. |
Global warming?
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from golddog contains these words: Global warming is a very serious happening and is not considered important by most governments, Maybe you should check out something called the KYOTO treaty. Janet The concept of buying & selling pollution credits pretty much trumps any pretty ideas everyone (except us) agreed to in that treaty. |
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from "Doug Kanter" contains these words: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from golddog contains these words: Global warming is a very serious happening and is not considered important by most governments, Maybe you should check out something called the KYOTO treaty. Janet The concept of buying & selling pollution credits pretty much trumps any pretty ideas everyone (except us) agreed to in that treaty. That's the US-govt fake excuse designed to justify their ostrich stance to Americans. Taken from from the same dusty-irrational-make-believe-justification shelf as " Saddam Hussein had it coming because he was responsible for 9/11." Janet. |
Global warming?
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Doug Kanter" contains these words: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from golddog contains these words: Global warming is a very serious happening and is not considered important by most governments, Maybe you should check out something called the KYOTO treaty. Janet The concept of buying & selling pollution credits pretty much trumps any pretty ideas everyone (except us) agreed to in that treaty. That's the US-govt fake excuse designed to justify their ostrich stance to Americans. Taken from from the same dusty-irrational-make-believe-justification shelf as " Saddam Hussein had it coming because he was responsible for 9/11." Janet. Saddam *was* responsible for 9/11. A squirrel told me about it. |
Global warming?
Doug Kanter wrote: Janet wrote. That's the US-govt fake excuse designed to justify their ostrich stance to Americans. Taken from from the same dusty-irrational-make-believe-justification shelf as " Saddam Hussein had it coming because he was responsible for 9/11." Janet. Saddam *was* responsible for 9/11. A squirrel told me about it. Ha I heard about it from a monkey.......... |
Global warming?
"Thornhill" wrote in message oups.com... Persephone wrote: ...or *something*! Global warming will actually make winters colder. Rising temperatures will melt the ice caps, releasing fresh water into the ocean. This will decrease the strength of the gulf stream, which is what brings warm air from the equator up to the northern hemisphere during the winter. New England and Europe are going to be hardest hit. In general, global warming makes everything more extreme. Here in Philadelphia, December was fairly cold, but this January, temperatures have often been in the 50s, and it seems to make it to 60 once a week. My tulips and daffodils have already started coming up. I love gardening too and have to laugh sometimes at the unscientific posts that occur here at times. Some type of "global warming" caused the last great ice age to recede too. How the heck did that happen? AND was it a bad thing? |
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