http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/S_timeseries.png
It baffles me how the Met Office can predict this
Senior forecaster Johnathan Powell
Senior forecaster Johnathan Powell
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/S_timeseries.png
Don’t they say that ‘global warming’ shows up first at the Poles? Doh!
To compensate GISS will have to ‘adjust’ Arctic data more.
Why aren’t NSIDC employees making a big deal out of how much South Pole ice is above the 1979-2000 average like they do about North Pole ice being below the 1979-2000 average? Huh? Why? No mention of a death spiral there? No talk of not “if” but “when” there??
Climate chaos!
You mean the ’79-’00 ice average is considered ‘normal’?
I don’t, if you meant me. I was just saying that NSIDC is selective. Maybe cherry picking is the better way to put it.
I was asking Steve. He put that in the headline.
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‘Normal’ to a scientist is a data point within +-1 standard deviation.
‘Normal’ to the average commoner is something he is able to remember and likes.
Stupid commoners. I hate them so much.
If interested in global climate trends, the most sensible way to track sea ice is to look at it globally, not just one pole at a time.
The global sea ice area is here:
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg
The record shows remarkable stability, with perhaps a slight downtrend over the past 30 plus years.
The ice is infesting Antarctica. It’s an infestation spiral. Run!
OK, I recognize Hansen and Mann, but not the other three. Is this their peer review panel? Or are they the “adjusters” we keep hearing about?
The one on the left is Hansen’s Boss with his mouth covered. Then we Have Gavin the modeler with his Eyes covered. With Mann is his co-author Bradley!
huh. i thought they were clinton, bush, and obama
@Shlub
Shlub, I use a different starting point than most scientists. I start thousands of years ago, when there were no ice caps, so my data indicate that ice is growing at an alarming rate and that the only solution is to pump more ghg’s into the air. Otherwise, we face total frostification. Shlub, I would say 1979-2000 have been unusually high periods of arctic ice, further reinforcing my research.
@Shlub
Shlub, what are your thoughts on the current state of arctic ice? I am predicting massive gains in ice, steadily for the next decade, at both poles.