Global warming means that EVERY SINGLE day is warmer than it should be.
Even ONE DAY that is below average temperatures, anywhere in the world PROVES that global warming is a total lie.
I think it's obvious that this trend of a few days of cooler temperatures in a portion of one country proves that the average temperature of earth is NOT increasing.
a science major you are not. the problem with the term global warming is that to the layman warming only means increase in temperature. but to scientists, warming also means an increase in the total amount of energy in a system. that energy can take many forms.
global warming is that the total amount of energy of the earth is increasing. This includes the temperature of the oceans, the air, the ice, the ground. it also includes the energy stored in wind and ocean currents.
The Gulf of Mexico is a big body of water who's temperature changes from year to year. when its temperature is higher, there is more energy stored in it. Hurricanes get their energy from the ocean water they travel over. when the Gulf of Mexico's water is warmer, it can create larger category hurricanes. but then creating larger hurricanes cools the water. Energy is transferred from the water to the storm. the total energy in the system didn't change. it just changed forms.
Now the earth does receive energy from an outside source, the sun. It also receives energy from the leftover heat from the core. this energy is stored in the oceans and the atmosphere. But energy is also radiated out into space, mostly in the form of infrared heat. as long as the amount coming in from the sun, plus the amount coming up from the core, is equal to the amount radiated into space, then the total amount of energy in the system remains the same and temps remain stable. the problem is when the amount coming into the system is not equal to the amount leaving the system.
too much water vapor in the air, and you get extra clouds reflecting the sunlight back into space, so less energy reaches the ground. too much greenhouse gasses, such as C02, sunlight is allowed in, but infrared light (heat) is not allowed out, and the amount of energy in the system increases.
too much energy in the system means more violent storms and rising sea levels.
then there is frozen methane in the permafrost and under shallow seas such as off the coast of Florida. right now all that methane is trapped. but warm the soil or the sea floor by just a degree or two, and it can all escape into the atmosphere. Methane is a greenhouse gas. then things can really get out of control.
