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The polar vortex wasn't much fun to experience, but it did manage to put a nice frost of these red berries and branches.

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On 2/1/2019 at 2:33 PM, fotografr said:

The polar vortex wasn't much fun to experience, but it did manage to put a nice frost of these red berries and branches.

 

Brent, I'm having your cold weather in my area at this time. Not fun and the snow drifts are huge. I had to use my tractor to clear a 5 foot drift blocking the horses water trough. And they say there is no such thing as climate change. I beg to differ. 

 

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59 minutes ago, North / Northwest said:

 

It's not enjoyable at all. You have my sympathy, even though we just went through another stretch of sub zero nights and single digit days. I've read from more than one source the the reason this is happening is that warmer ocean currents in the Arctic are causing the jet stream to split so that one part is able to plunge deep into the US, bringing polar air with it. This might well be our future, and if it is I'm glad I'm too old to see it fully played out.

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Interestingly, in the 17th century, with the decimation of 55 million natives in the Americas, land cleared for agriculture combined to the size of France, were left to be reclaimed by the forests, leading to a mini - ice age, as the replacing foliage took over that space and reducing global temperature, by absorbing 3 ppm of carbon from the atmosphere.  During that time the Themes froze over several times in winter.  This suggests agriculture was impacting the climate before the industrial age.

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6 hours ago, stuny said:

Interestingly, in the 17th century, with the decimation of 55 million natives in the Americas, land cleared for agriculture combined to the size of France, were left to be reclaimed by the forests, leading to a mini - ice age, as the replacing foliage took over that space and reducing global temperature, by absorbing 3 ppm of carbon from the atmosphere.  During that time the Themes froze over several times in winter.  This suggests agriculture was impacting the climate before the industrial age.

That is very interesting. So once again it's a man-made problem.

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