Global Warming/climate change, what's your belief?

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Originally posted by elenos

At one time weather reporting was a dull affair and it still is for those have no interest in the fruitfulness of the coming year. Accurate records have been kept for there was no reason for to screw around with them for that would play havoc with weather forecasts on which the primary wealth of nations depend. It's like trying to look into the future for those on the land need to know how the year is going be like, less rainfall or more, hotter or colder temperatures and so on. The farmer wants to know what crops to plant, how many acres, what equipment to use and how many herd of sheep or cattle to run etc.

BTW, i just remembered something i wanted too ask you sometime ago! That is, if it doesn't put you out? Could you give me your opinion on how you would best describe what is going on in/with the weather, that is...  in the area in which you live? Perhaps you may have already done so and i could have missed it. Then could you point me in the direction that best expresses your views? 

I hope you understand, seeing that i don't live in Australia and can't begin too draw an impression of  how the enviroment is differring from one year to the next, without being entirely speculative about it? Sure, i can look it up on the internet and draw my own conclusion's. But it does not seem the same as actually experiencing it first hand and sharing it with someone who is being entirely and scientifically inquisitive in nature about it; Though it's in an amateurish sort of way. 

Over hundreds of years weather predictions have grown increasingly more technical for there there are some methods that work better than others and can give an extra edge to farmers. So if the weather experts say there is something up we need to listen, but those not living on the land miss out on the right reasons and go for the more sensational guesses like you say.  After WWII there was a spike in the weather warming patterns for all those countless munition explosions had taken place, atomic bomb etc. But over the last few years that previous spike has been annually exceeded world wide.  

Quite right. If you already know this, then please forgive my presumptuousness. The science of meteorology has gotten better in time  and my guess is that a few of the reasons for the increase of qualitive knowledge were brought about and begun by two primary factors, but most certainly not limited to just those two. The first being the telegraph around the time of the 1830's i believe. Which allowed one weather station too communicate with another on weather conditions in the area, even over thousands of miles away, nearly instantaneously according to those times. The second would be, i think, was bringing all of it together by centralizing the collection of every single weather report into a national meteorological office around the time of the 1860's. Like i said, just a few small steps that led too an explosion of growth within that field throughout the 20th century.

As for the spike in the warming patterns, primarily right after WWII? I'm afraid too say, that is the first i have actually heard a comment like that before! Not that i am doubting your veracity for a moment! But if it pleases you to do so, could you supply or direct me to the information in which you had acquired this knowledge? I would very greatly appreciate it!

Edited by Panther - 29-Dec-2007 at 07:33