Extensive and unusual cold snaps have occurred here recently. Is this evidence that global warming is lessening or not occurring? No-although the long-term trend is for warming, short-term weather patterns can still be variable. No-melting of glaciers and ice caps is making the oceans cooler, which can cause cold snaps. Yes - - if global warming really were occurring, cold snaps wouldn't happen. Yes-due to global warming, weather patterns should be become less-not more-variable.

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Emery Humphrey

23 March, 05:31

Extensive and unusual cold snaps have occurred here recently. Is this evidence that global warming is lessening or not occurring? No-although the long-term trend is for warming, short-term weather patterns can still be variable. No-melting of glaciers and ice caps is making the oceans cooler, which can cause cold snaps. Yes - - if global warming really were occurring, cold snaps wouldn't happen. Yes-due to global warming, weather patterns should be become less-not more-variable.

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Karsyn · Answer 1

No-although the long-term trend is for warming, short-term weather patterns can still be variable.

Up until now, Global warming is still somehow complicated to determine since there are too many factors that could influence Earth Temperature, but we still haven't got sufficient technologies to gather all the data.