Anybody still believe in global warming ?

The increased amount of blacktop in that local area can be a factor. Much like "City Effect", where the lack of green spaces in some parts of a city can make the ambient air temp read a few degrees higher than say in the more rural areas, which do not retain and slowly release heat like cement, blacktop, or brick. These "hot spots" or "city effect" can have direct influence on localized (very localized) weather, updrafts, wind patterns, wind shear, etc. This however, is not global warming, it is the thermodynamics of stone-like or dark colored materials.

Here is a great, real life experience of mine that correlates directly to this. One of my first jobs was as a bagboy for Publix (back in the day when the uniform for a bagboy was a dress shirt, tie, slacks, and a hideous green apron). The temperature on the parking lot black top - which had zero shade - according to one customer's in-vehicle thermometer was 115 degrees F. The temperature just 1/2 mile away at my house was 95 degrees F, according to the solid state dial thermometer I had mounted by my pool. Less black top, less concrete, less hot air.

Hot spots like that, if they are large enough, can generate weather conditions - like pushing rain around a downtown area due to the high velocity of thermal updrafts. They can also cause the daily afternoon storms we called a Glades Bangers back in the day, as the high heat being soaked into the wet everglades caused mass evaporation, and with the prevailing winds blowing in from the ocean - pushing hot air into this wet air mass, we had nearly daily massive thunderstorms which lasted anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours. Ah the joys of living in Miami - how I miss that place.

 

I believe in global warming.
This MF has been warming since the last ice age ended.

 

Another forgotten factor is the tsunamis that have occurred and altered the axis and rotation of the earth .
Magnetic field changes and volcanic activity in the oceans ,
I think that there is more going on IN the earth that is not being discussed that too have an effect in the exterior of the planet .

 

The sun is the motor that drives everything that happens on the Earth. This includes temperature which lags behind solar maximums and minimums due to the mass of the Earth. I'm against pollution because I like my planet clean. I don't believe that Man's activity has a significant impact on the Earth's temperature as a whole, though it does in localized areas due to concrete and asphalt.

 

This could be of interest.....


It's official: No U.S. warming since at least 2005 - WND

 

Forget that, this is way more damaging:
Court rules against creator of climate-change 'hockey stick' graph - WND

 

An interesting read I found posted on another forum. Worth a looksee says me.

UNDIEPUNDIT.COM: Fact Check: The Truth About Global Warming

 

This is a very well known fact that can be certified correct by any motorcycle rider that travels from the urban areas into the big concrete jungles on just about any winter night .

 

Using head animals (livestock) to stop desertification and increase carbon sequestering - not to mention all that steak...



This is starting to take hold in the US for farming and land management
Surprising Benefits of Livestock Rotation | Pasture Project

Creating Healthy Soils with Holistic Management - Holistic Management International