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| Some Quick Observations On Global Warming |
| 2008-07-15 |
| From the comments thread of a post at Watts Up With That on unmelted Arctic Ice, by a commenter who identifies himself as "JP": This enitre "waiting for Godot" mentality has become quite boring. It is now big entertainment for those in the AGW camp to write stories, publish studies and generally fill the airways with tripe concerning the melting ice cap(s). The same thing occured in 2005-2006 concerning tropical cyclones, and when Mother Nature refused to cooperate, that faucet was shut-off quickly and a new faucet was turned on -namely the melting artic ice cap (or whatever they call it these days). So now from May through September the world must stop all activity as the Alarmists wait and hope against hope that for just a few hours the Northwest Passage might open up. One can just imagine the headlines on Drudge. In the meantime, scientists at the cryosphere and other insititutions will adjust the ice coverage and worry over the thinness of the ice, and perhaps a few oceanographers could say the Gulfstream is weakening and the sea levels are rising 100,000 times faster than the IPCC forecasted. Most people forget this was all brought about when surface temp anomalies didn't do what they're suppose to do (flattened or went negative), and the next El Nino event is still at least a year out. How can an Alarmist alarm people with flat graphs, mild summers, and cold winters? For not even Hansen has the nerve to blame the California fires and drought on AGW (however, I wouldn't put it past him saying that AGW causes more extreme La Ninas). If the next El Nino fails to materialize by next summer, look for some other phenomena (maybe coral bleaching) that will be used to hammer the masses. The folks at Hadely, NASA, and the UN are a very persistent bunch and barring any rapid drop in global temperatures can keep the narrative going until something like El Nino gives them a boost. He has _no idea_. From Coast To Coast AM: Investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe presented reports on the Barbury Castle pattern, ocean acidity, an abductee's account of non-human technologies, and the U.K's recent UFO flap... ...Increased acidity in Pacific Coast waters is occurring much faster than global warming climate models predicted— and is posing a threat to marine life. She interviewed Christopher Lee Sabine with the NOAA, who expressed surprise at the levels of acidity, which he associated with increased CO2 in the atmosphere. More here. I think I've explained before that the woo-woo fringe is where the Big Tranzi Aristocracy "tries out" various issues before taking them to big audiences. Look for this to be spammed in the mainstream media in about another three to four weeks. |
| Posted by:Abdominal Snowman |
| #4 Ah, so this is where it went. I threw it in the hopper yesterday, but I figured it got eaten by the glitch monster. I wanted to call attention to the comment as opposed to the primary post; I think he did a lot to connect the various dots. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-07-15 18:59 |
| #3 Northern Hemispheric ice coverage about 600k km**2 ahead of last year while SH is running about 1m km**2 ahead. We are about 6 years into the negative phase of the PDO. The water in the North Pacific is about 2C cooler than the 30 year mean. And depending on who you want to believe, we are headed toward a Maunder Minimum in the sunspot cycle...which some believe contributed to the Little Ice Age. I agree with NASA (for once) that the jury is still out on that. The point is that the negative phase of the PDO is the 1st order effect on sea ice and the little warming we have measured with the rest likely attributable to variations in the solar constant. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-07-15 11:49 |
| #2 If you haven't gone to see the picture at the link, do so. It's a satellite picture of northern Canada and Arctic Ocean dated 7/12/08. Cool! Just not quite what the chicken little alarmst say it should look like. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-07-15 09:44 |
| #1 Looks pretty icy to me. Just like it should be. The imagery doesn't give us any information about thickness, but you'd think the edges would be melting at least if it were getting thin. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-15 09:31 |