China question

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> This presupposes that the ice caps will melt. I have scene several
> scenerios where an ice age is trigger because of 'global warming'.
> What happens is the increase albedo from the clouds reflect sunlight
> away. This lowers the overall surface temperatures except in the 30-45
> degree latitude area because of convection of the atmospheres. The
> result is higher precipitation in the higher latitudes, and colder
> temperatures there as well.

That was one original guess back in the 1970's based on early
calculations (and the fact that the 70's were unusually cold which
probably biased the scientists a little bit). But there is a very firm
consensus now that the net effect will be warming (the actual principle
effect will not be the warming, but more extremes of weather both hot
and cold, more El Nino's, hurricanes, etc), and the warming will be much
greater in the higher latitudes.

Arthur