"Hägar" wrote in message
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"SteveGG" wrote in message
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Clear OVERALL trend is warming.

*** Considering that the northern half of the Earth's
land masses were covered with ice, yes, there is a
gradual warming trend across the northern hemisphere.
Mankind's contribution to this trend is minimal.

Ice shrinking and oceans rising.

*** Wrong. The Antarctic ice shield is getting thicker.
the Arctic ice extend is fluctuating, but presently on the
path to its original size (when it was first officially
recorded). Oceans are NOT rising, but dropping.

Always a couple of outliers to any trend.

*** Exactly ... Northern California has a rather mild
Summer.

***Northern California will have a mild winter due, for the most part, to
the flatulence arising from Hagar's trailer park