Comments on: Why are we having such bad weather?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 17 May 2014 16:08:41 +0000

Ron, what books are you yammering about? Books about science? Physics and climatology text books used in school? What books!

By: Ron Delby

Ron Delby — Sat, 17 May 2014 13:47:22 +0000

The global warming theories have made famous political figures and others rich rich rich. They have brainwashed people into thinking that this cold weather is global warming. I cannot believe that people believe this crap. Wake up and stop buying these books. Remember a few months ago when scientists got stuck up in ho ho land on boat? The waters froze instantly. I cannot believe sane people would believe such nonsense. For the hard core beleivers go buy more books and make them richer, No im not a conservative nor a republican, but I have opened my eyes and woke up.

By: fay beecher

fay beecher — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:11:46 +0000

Could the weather not just be a case of the Earth itself slightly going off course due to Earthquakes,Items being tested in the atmosphere etc and not global warming!!!!! After all the seasons have changed and Countries are experiencing weather they have never had before!!! Just a simple suggestion

By: Roundup: bad weather and climate change | Speed River Journal

Roundup: bad weather and climate change | Speed River Journal — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:00:40 +0000

[…] Greg Laden’s blog refers to Sinclair’s video and goes on to explain more about how the Polar Jet Stream works. He also discusses what constitutes “bad weather”, and delves further into the connection with global warming. Although these extremes could be part of a larger pattern of variation, he concludes that our climate has more likely shifted to a “new normal.” Superstorms such as Hurricane Sandy are part of this standard. […]

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:37:37 +0000

Thanks for that explanation. Skeptical Science has some good info on how Jet-streams work too.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:33:34 +0000

So we should probably not build the Keystone Pipeline then.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:25:02 +0000

So, it seems that we might expect unusual weather, but does the fact that it is cause by a blocking jet stream mean that the specific bad weather we have in a give season will be different every time that season comes around or will patterns develop, so for example, Central Europe will always have a lot of early summer rain?