Death Spiral Update

8 Responses to Death Spiral Update

1. Andy DC says:

   June 9, 2013 at 2:04 pm

   A few Russian icebreakers will take care of that!

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   • Billy Liar says:

     June 9, 2013 at 7:53 pm

     Not to mention all the others – US, Canadian, German and Danish.

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_icebreaker#Arctic_tourism

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2. kim2ooo says:

   June 9, 2013 at 2:44 pm

   Reblogged this on Climate Ponderings.

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3. gator69 says:

   June 9, 2013 at 3:46 pm

   Actually it is quite clear that Arctic ice is above ‘normal’, when you do not cherry pick years for your mean.

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4. Traitor In Chief says:

   June 9, 2013 at 4:21 pm

   Look at the number of years in the image used for the “30 year mean”

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   • gator69 says:

     June 9, 2013 at 4:37 pm

     And also note where their meaningless mean ends.

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5. Jimbo says:

   June 9, 2013 at 9:57 pm

   The sea ice that was.

   Independent – 27 June 2008
   Exclusive: Scientists warn that there may be no ice at North Pole this summer

   It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

   The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic – and worrying – examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer.
   http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/exclusive-scientists-warn-that-there-may-be-no-ice-at-north-pole-this-summer-855406.html

   Two failures in one sentence. How does the Independent do it?

   Abstract
   …We therefore conclude that for a priod in the Early Holocene, probably for a millenium or more, the Arctic Ocean was free of sea ice at least for shorter periods in the summer….
   http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFMPP11A0203F

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   • Olaf Koenders says:

     June 10, 2013 at 11:35 am

     Heh. They could have been more credible if they included Piltdown Man in their report.

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