tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post2433322865548116155..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Global Warming Comes To Toronto Island?bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-12744524158513268262009-06-29T18:07:45.472-04:002009-06-29T18:07:45.472-04:00The point, Paul, is that the vegfetation is quite ...The point, Paul, is that the vegfetation is quite bit thicker today, esp. on the Northern(?) most island.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-63102296855953351012009-06-29T18:05:39.556-04:002009-06-29T18:05:39.556-04:00"Look carefully at nature and you'll be a..."Look carefully at nature and you'll be able to pick out the signs of global warming."<br /><br />Sure, look carefully at a 25 year old photo, shot either as a slide or a color negative, likely faded with time, saturation and contrast unknown, with a recent, and likely digital photo.<br /><br />Next, shoot the photos at different times of day (notice difference in shadows) under undetermined level of cloud cover and . . . eureka!!! Global warming!<br /><br />PS. Note carefully how dramatically AGW has affected the colour of the water too.Gerrard787https://www.blogger.com/profile/14313108762970361402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-26242597585457504032009-06-29T11:35:35.115-04:002009-06-29T11:35:35.115-04:00Sounds good. More birds and trees.
Not so good,...Sounds good. More birds and trees.<br /><br />Not so good, see a nice presentation:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stewardshipcentre.on.ca/files/scnON/3501_Sage_Bioinvasives_and_Global_Change.pdf" rel="nofollow">Global Change and Invasive Plants in Canada</a><br />Rowan Sage and Heather Coiner<br />Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br />University of Toronto<br /><br />*You* get to have kudzu, a plant species you will not like much.<br />See page 45 for when.John Masheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786354229618237133noreply@blogger.com