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Study Shows Rising Water Temperatures In U.S. Streams And Rivers

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Thank you R.L. Schaefer. Can we please stop lying to everyone to make a buck? These b.s. statistics gathered by all these scientists mean nothing when their biases step into play. All it is now is people buying into the idea that consensus is fact. IT'S NOT. Global warming is a load and you people need to wake up. The world changes. That's how it's always been. Since when does it take people to change the world and how it works? Answer-NEVER! These things have been going on since God made the world and if you think otherwise then you need to stop letting these lying "professionals" shove things down your throats. Learn to think for yourselves people. This is getting pathetic.

Chris Leonard of TN 2:33PM May 05, 2010

As the population increases, the vegetation decreases. People move to the cities to get away from yardwork. Cities are vegetative dead zones. It is too bad, because vegetation creates food and oxygen. Vital elements of life. Since the population has doubled, the trees in the residential areas have relatively gone missing - replaced by more houses on smaller lots, and condos. Personally, I like to watch the birds and squirrels in the trees.

Randi Knox of WA 6:44PM April 12, 2010

But I think that a river's temp may fluctuate, perhaps even hourly, based on air temp and temp of run off. A researcher would have to test the water in the same spot, everyday, at the same depth, with the same amount of tree cover/shade over a period of decades in order to obtain reliable data. The warming factor of dams and containment for flood control needs to be considered as well.
Furthermore, temps of runoff would obviously be higher as more asphalt and concrete are poured over the decades. Anthropogenic heat sources in urban areas are one of the reasons that stats on Global Warming are suspect as well.
Scientists need to stop being microscopic and myopic and view the "Big Picture". The Earth has always had wildly varying climatology over time.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 1:11PM April 09, 2010