This has been the warmest Winter I've ever experienced in all my years living in the North East U.S. (Baltimore and now New York). I think we've had maybe 5 or 6 truly cold days all winter here in NYC, and just a scattering of flurries on a few days. No outright snows yet and now we're into March. I don't think there will be a real snow at all this year.

Originally posted by MamaJ
It is my understanding that we have been in an ice age because we still have ice sheets in the Antarctic and Greenland??

Maybe it is coming to an end. Possibly as the ice sheets melt we see the accumulation of greenhouse gases and CO2 produced by Volcanoes. There are a number of them rumbling now.

The atmosphere is definitely changing. Either we are ending an ice age or we are on the verge of a HUGE one.

I dunno.

We've been an ice age for the last 30 million years or so. Antarctica will not melt until it moves off the pole via continental drift. And even if it went into full meltdown right this minute, it would take 300,000 years to melt it all. The average winter temperature at the South Pole is minus 49 F. That is 81 degrees below freezing. So even if the average temperature went up 5 degrees, the ice isn't going anywhere any time soon.

We're in an interglacial, but some scientists say we're still coming out of the last one.

Just because it's cold doesn't mean it's The Ice Age Cometh, any more than heat in July means we're going to incinerate due to global warming.

Given a choice between the two, though, I'll take global warming any day. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

As I see now in all the others threads the weather has gone mad....well what to see.

Ice Age is really here!

Although Global Warming can induce an Ice Age....we are NOT IN ONE! Global temps. are so high on average there will not be any Sea Ice covering the Arctic within 10 Years....the U.S. Military even agrees with this as they are planning new strategies to new shipping lanes and drilling platforms where there was once heavy ice.
Split Infinity

What??????

I'm laughing at the OP because Michigan has the warmest winter with the least amount of snow we've ever experienced, going back over 150 years.

Climate change is occurring. The question is: Is it man made or is it because of an active sun cycle and/or other natural phenomena?

The weather has changed here in New Mexico the past few years, it's cold for march. Last night about 7pm the thermometer was 28 degrees in the Rio Grande Valley, the wind blowing hard. Right now it's 32 degrees, tomorrows forecast 67 degrees. This is just to strange for NM . Last year mid February -3 degrees. One strange event this weeks was it started snowing for a bit, the sun was out, the sky was mostly clear and the temperature was 49 degrees ! I thought it was ash but it was snow flakes. All the above seems to be a trend for the past 7 years running. Ice age coming maybe or someone messing with the weather. The sun solar events very likely the case. One thing kind of troubles me though, the warming on the east cost then the trend in the southwest seems to be getting colder for longer periods.

In the past 2 years I have heard everything for the MSM below.

Sun Warming period.
Sun cooling period.
Climate change
Climate warming.
Green house effect.
Corn fuel effect.
Sun spots
Earth Orbit.

etc..

I figure since all this information is coming from the msm, the truth will never be told and something is being hidden. If there is an Ice coming you really think the MSM is going to tell you.

Now what I have observed in the past 4 years. 16" of snow a few years ago in Albuquerque. that was unheard of. but it also happened sometime in the early 20th century. Temps dropping into the negative numbers in the southwest, Massive snow storms last year in the mid west, The year before that massive snow storms on the east cost, Tornadoes spawning like no tomorrow last year in the mid-west, this year it's starting again. Recent events this month in March and it's only 4th. The southwest temperatures in the 20's the east coast on a warming trend, and the Tennessee Valley hit with tornadoes.

Again , I don't buy the late winter theory or any of the above MSM reports either. There is more to it than that if you look at the past several year weather trends. I lived on the east costs the west coast and even the Tennessee Valley. People around the USA and the world are not saving the weather as a topic for water cooler discussions anymore. it has become a major topic even on ATS.

Put it this way. I shop at a military commissary, I'm buying more MRE's like everyone else is that shops there. You know come to think of it The MRE Rack was empty for about 2 weeks last month, and empty for 2 weeks the month before that. Those are the only times I ever seen that racks empty. HLS or some other agency must need some serious supplies for something. This month the selection was not good but it was stocked with beef patty or sloppy-joe. Only two selections, The yummy MRE's were missing ('') Even surplus stores are low maybe it's hunting season or the MRE truck got whipped in a tornado or stuck in snow drift .

Globalwarming IS the New Ice Age !

Chemtrail anyone .... ?


..... and where I am , it's so hot , even at night ,
we stand outside in the 10 min. downpours ,

just to cool off!

Mini ice age? you best be joking. the only reason for the current weather patterns is the positioning of the jet stream, but hey if were just going on wild speculation then does that mean the sun is exploding because its been one of the warmest winters on record for the north east us?