Are we facing Global Warming or an Ice Age

[Renew Deal]

I see conflicting info.

[Caution]

1. The two are not mutually exclusive

This is the problem that most who disbelieve global warming information have. A side effect of global warming is rapid, massive swings in climate. the overall trend is a warming one.

[Bucky]

5. Right. Global warming disrupts the Gulf Stream, thus ice-capping Europe

Gonna bust a cap on yo' ice.

[youngred]

2. Global warming will disrupt the jet stream

causing much of Europe to descend into an ice age

[DrWeird]

3. mini ice age for Europe.

Like the one 800 years ago.

For the rest of us it's horrible weather and crop failures and rising sea levels as the glaciers melt.

[Capn Sunshine]

4. Simply, one is a consequence of the other

Global warming triggers whatever natural mechanisms the planet has to modulate temperature.That Goddess is one tricky design engineeer. No one is sure how this works, but the giant planetary thermostat clicks over on "cool" at some point when things get too warm, precipitating the phenomena that creates an ice age.