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Global Warming and number 13


So how is the number 13 related to Global Warming? I found some very interesting connections which I say is nothing but coincidence!

Try a small search on Global Warming long with the number 13 (global warming + 13) and you will notice that most publications, press releases, and news articles were released on the 13th of any month. Many books were launched on the same date. Summits and conferences were arranged on the 13th.

Also interestingly, a public forum was held at the Australian National University in Canberra on 13 July 2007. Scientists from the Australian National University, Stanford University, USA, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies gathered here to debunk the skeptics of the Global Warming theory.

There are a few more amazing coincidences :
  • 13% of Americans have not heard about Global Warming according to an AC Nielsen report
  • In 2007, ahead of the G8 Summit, thirteen science academies (also signatories) issued a declaration affirming the existence of global warming and the necessity of counter-measures
  • The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) claims that they have been working on areas of climate change and global warming for the last 13 years. Another point to note here is that this program is sponsored by thirteen federal agencies.
See if you can come with some more coincidences on Global Warming or just air your opinion on the same below (comments)
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Unknown said…
This blog reminds me of the movie "23". Where Jim Carry would calculate things and would end up with the answer 23. But he never had a single pattern for the calculations. Try looking for global warming +15 or global warming +14. You will find posts on 14th or 15 of some month. Coincidence may be or we can put the blame on David Blaine for the illusion.
May 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM
13thRandom said…
I am glad you got the Gist. That is the essence of the article. We always see what we would like to see. So we make things lucky or unlucky ourselves. Wait till you see more of these 13 related posts. :)
May 20, 2008 at 2:37 PM
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