Cathartic Arctic

A review of the modern  history of the Arctic should prove cathartic for the end times worriers among us.

Modern catastrophic anthropogenic global warmists view the loss of sea ice in the Arctic as a harbinger of disaster for the earth if we do not cut our emissions of CO2. In the summer of 2012 a new modern record low was set. Hysteria has followed. It is our Earth waving the white flag of surrender on climate change.

To remind them of the history of Arctic change in the last century will perhaps allay their fears.

1923 hitherto unheard of high temperatures in the Arctic

1940 warmer in the North by 6 degrees

1947 warming of climate causes concern

The 1920s to 1950s were a period of rapid warming in the last century. Our current worries about the Arctic are mirrored in the press of yesteryear. Scientists then speculated about the catastrophic results of a continued warming. It didn't happen and we are again in a warm period for the Arctic even as world temperatures taper off. Contemporary scientists are engaged in a guessing game as to when the Arctic will be ice free in the summer. Several predictions have passed without success. There is no consensus.

An explanation for the current conditions in the Arctic is provided here by meteorologist, Joe Bastardi.The Arctic Oscillation also contributes to the periodic changes that we have witnessed in the Arctic.

Arctic melting has been survived many times in the past.

Climate change is cyclical. Learning what drives these cycles and how to predict them should go a long way towards alleviating our fears. There is nothing out of the ordinary going on in the Arctic that hasn't happened there in the past. Change is what the climate does. We can all breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the warmth of the interglacial and hope that the return of the next glacial period is tardy.

CO2 has been exhaled during the creation of this post. No living thing was harmed. Some even liked it.