In what should be the Environment MRB ignoramuses and high school dropouts are complaining how cold it is—in the evidence of global warming thread.

LOL.

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Obviously, it can still get cold in winter. Really cold winters can still happen but happen less frequently than mid last century.

Very hot summers happen more frequently. Look at the high temperature graph. Notice the peak of the distribution is lower for the latest two distributions—this means the distribution is less centered around the mode. (Mode—the peak of the distribution.)

The high temperature distribution is skewed to the hot side—there are more very hot events than less extreme hot events.

Both hot and cold events on a particular day can be affected by particular conditions: polar air outflows or a blocking high keeping colder weather stationary over an area.

So—cold in one location on one day? Meaningless.

And just to show AGW really is happening:

https://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/UAH_LT_1979_thru_June_2025_v6.1_20x9-2048x922.jpg


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The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through June 2025) now stands at +0.16 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over land, +0.13 C/decade over oceans).

https://www.drroyspencer.com/2025/07/uah-v6-1-global-temperature-update-for-june-2025-0-48-deg-c/

The high school dropout tried to tempt me to give him info about where I live.  A dedicated doxxer is Booby.

I took Socks for a 5Km walk today—Socks wanted a longer walk. No warm coat on, Socks showed no evidence of being cold.

Socks is, essentially, a greyhound cross. Asked if greyhounds are a tropical breed AI says:


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No, Greyhounds are not typically considered a tropical breed. While they can tolerate warm weather due to their short coat and athleticism, they are not well-suited for extreme heat or prolonged exposure to high temperatures.

Oops, so much for Socks being a “tropical dog.” Poor high school dropout has no idea about anything. Socks is happy being here, having fun at the dog park with her mates, really happy—you have no idea at the excitement she shows—at the lure coursing fun runs. I love how she shows her high spirits, her happiness I guess, by “dancing” around me on our walks.

Socks is in a place that is good for her.

Poor Booby.

One area I can’t take Socks—the beach.

One the beach she is obsessed with picking up big stones then running with them in her mouth! I am frantic with worry she could damage her beautiful, sharp white teeth! Then she completely ignores the recall command.

So the beach is out. Pity, she loves the beach. She runs on the beach, jumps up onto the sand dunes next second she is running in the surf then she is worrying at a pile of kelp washed up onto the beach. I remember her running with the base of one lot of kelp in her mouth and metres of the plant trailing behind her. So funny.

The high school dropout tries to fight back.

Hey, idiot, look up why greyhounds are not suited to warm areas.

It is easy to cope with cold: get the heater going, put on more warm clothes etc.

Heat? MUCH harder to cope with. Greyhounds, incl whippets and staghounds etc, find it hard to regulate their body temperature.

So greyhounds—and Socks—are NOT “tropical dogs!” This is borne out by the numbers of whippets etc that compete in the fun runs.

One 7°C Adelaide winter morning I drove Socks to the local large dog park. First thing she did? Lie down in this really big muddy puddle! Here she did something similar and it was NOT a warm winter afternoon.

Nope, Socks is not a tropical dog. Just looking at her lovely short hair is no indication that she is a tropical dog.

Poor high school dropout, wrong again.

The high school dropout persists with the idiotic notion that Socks is a “tropical dog” tho greyhounds have more trouble coping with heat than cold.

Love this bit:

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Reluctance to go for walks.

Socks NEVER shows any reluctance to go for walks!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Like I said yesterday, we did about a 5Km walk—and Socks wanted it to be even longer.

Socks is prospering here, so happy she “dances” sometimes on walks, just like a girl skipping, very cute to see.

Socks is an inside dog and the heater remains on all night.

Days of high 30s to low 40s celsius would be much more of a problem for Socks.

Just did some more googling.

Yup, Socks is NOT a tropical dog:

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what affect does summer heat have on greyhounds, and what can we do to help them best cope? Keeping Cool Probably the biggest difference between us and greyhounds is the different ways in which our bodies work to maintain a stable operating temperature.  For humans, body sweat is used to cool our skin, but greyhounds can’t sweat all over like we do, instead only sweating through glands on the pads of their feet and nose. Greyhounds instead rely on evaporative cooling from their respiratory system – panting to move air across wet membranes. This system of cooling has limitations and has important consequences for the greyhound.  Firstly, the evaporation can only occur if the humidity in the air allows it – the higher the humidity the less this system works.  So when in a confined space such as a car, trailer or kennel, humidity can increase quickly as evaporated water from the greyhound stays in the air. The second problem with this sort of cooling is that it can lead to huge losses of body fluids and can alter the acid-base balance in the dog’s blood from the increased amount of oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange in the lungs.  These changes are hard to measure because you may not be able to actually see them. What will you see? Heat Stress – panting, salivating, increased heart rate, listlessness, vocalisation/whining Heat Stroke – excessive or loud panting, thick saliva, vomiting, diarrhoea, wobbliness, strange behaviour, seizures, collapse, and death

https://gap.grv.org.au/resources/heat-stress-heat-stroke#:~:text=Keeping%20Cool,able%20to%20actually%20see%20them.

Finally, I saw this:


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How hot is too hot for a greyhound? According to scientific literature, the air temperature of a greyhound's environment should ideally be between 16°C -24°C to maintain the greyhound's internal temperature without the greyhound having to use excess energy. Greyhounds and Hot Weather - Greyhound Care & Standards GRV https://greyhoundcare.grv.org.au › greyhound-care › gre...

So—Socks is definitely NOT a tropical dog!

https://121clicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/polar_bears_dmitry_kokh_02.jpg
Polar bears at an abandoned Soviet-era weather station on Kolyuchin Island, Chukchi Sea, Russia. Photo by Dmitry Kokh

Polar bear populations are interesting.

Heading for extinction then killing them was outlawed and the population of polar bears recovered. Since then, however, the population is declining slowly.

The population is scattered in several different areas with the biggest population in the thick ice off the north coast of the Canadian Antarctic Archipelago. Problem is—the thick ice off the CAA is disappearing.

Polar bears are heading for extinction. Increasingly they will leave the sea ice and move onto land, merging with the grizzly bear population.

Thickos on Twitter are pushing a ridiculous theory: the LIA was started by the spread of disease and bulk deaths in the Americas.

One problem: the LIA started about 1300AD while Columbus did not set sail to the Americas (he thought he was sailing to India!) until 1492, nearly 200 years after the LIA started.

Here we have Franko.