re: #18 Dreggas

the biggest mistake was labelling it “global warming”. Sure that’s what it is but climate change is a more apt description. Each year my folks say they’ve seen more snow than the year before (they’re in NY). That to me says the climate is changing, but since it’s been called “global warming” they go to the old “If it’s getting warmer how come there’s so much damn snow” routine.

Simple to explain. The melting polar ice raises the level of the oceans, more moisture evaporates into the atmosphere, and more moisture comes back down to earth in the form of precipitation, which is SNOW during the winter, and torrential rain during the summer.