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.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Arctic Fun
Marc Marano over at ClimateDepot.com has been keeping tabs on recent human exploits in the Arctic. Many of these expeditions have been initiated by those who are convinced that Arctic Sea Ice and glaciers and ice sheets are melting due to Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW). Have a look.
Two more missions are currently in the news. It is interesting to witness how they have begun.
Both were hemmed in by Arctic Ice which is supposed to disappear by the summer of 2012.
Warmist 'Students on Ice' trip severely hampered by ice as much as five meters thick -- On trip to 'learn first-hand about climate change, seeing it with our own eyes'
Fears that the Arctic was melting and sea levels would rise were a concern between 1900 and 1940.
How about this from the 1940s:
Still here! Still waiting for the meltdown!
In the past during the Medieval Warm Period Arctic temperatures in some locations were much higher than they are now.
The Arctic is resilient. Perhaps climate change in the Arctic as elsewhere is cyclical.
The hysteria around the Arctic is another example of doomsday fears peddled by scientists who are encouraged to report dire conditions in order to keep the research funding flowing. Politicians and the media love a good scare story. What they have failed to realize is that they are producing a spoof like Scary Movie where everyone laughs at the inanities instead of moistening their underwear from fear.
Where's the BEEF? was a successful commercial because it made is point with humour.
Where's the GLOBAL in global warming also points out the obvious when people realize that when it is hot in the US mid west it is cold in Alaska. Kinda takes the GLOBAL outta global warming don't it?
Hot here; cold there
Heat distribution not so rare.
Two more missions are currently in the news. It is interesting to witness how they have begun.
Both were hemmed in by Arctic Ice which is supposed to disappear by the summer of 2012.
Fears that the Arctic was melting and sea levels would rise were a concern between 1900 and 1940.
How about this from the 1940s:
or this from 1923
Still here! Still waiting for the meltdown!
In the past during the Medieval Warm Period Arctic temperatures in some locations were much higher than they are now.
The Arctic is resilient. Perhaps climate change in the Arctic as elsewhere is cyclical.
The hysteria around the Arctic is another example of doomsday fears peddled by scientists who are encouraged to report dire conditions in order to keep the research funding flowing. Politicians and the media love a good scare story. What they have failed to realize is that they are producing a spoof like Scary Movie where everyone laughs at the inanities instead of moistening their underwear from fear.
Where's the BEEF? was a successful commercial because it made is point with humour.
Where's the GLOBAL in global warming also points out the obvious when people realize that when it is hot in the US mid west it is cold in Alaska. Kinda takes the GLOBAL outta global warming don't it?
Hot here; cold there
Heat distribution not so rare.
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