“During the warming of the early 1900s, variations in the mean area of arctic sea ice were roughly 10 to 15 per cent”

9 Responses to “During the warming of the early 1900s, variations in the mean area of arctic sea ice were roughly 10 to 15 per cent”

1. Jimbo says:

   February 6, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   Here is an in-depth piece on historic variations from the early 1800s.
   http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/historic-variation-in-arctic-ice-tony-b/

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   • Mike Davis says:

     February 6, 2011 at 2:23 pm

     TonyB did a lot of research into historic temperature records. Because High Latitudes and High Altitudes would be the leaders in the climate change game he took particular interest in those locations. I still see some of his articles from time to time and enjoy rereading them. Thanks for the link!

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2. Espen says:

   February 6, 2011 at 2:44 pm

   The comment about the north coast of Spitsbergen is remarkable. All of Spitsbergen is surrounded by ice right now, according to nsidc.

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     February 6, 2011 at 4:01 pm

     You can see Spitsbergen is surrounded by ice here:

     http://home.comcast.net/~ewerme/wuwt/cryo_compare_small.jpg

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   • icehawk says:

     March 5, 2011 at 11:39 pm

     There was a remarkable increase in temperatures in Svalbard starting around 1918.

     See the Svalbard university data: http://www.unis.no/studies/geology/ag_204_more_info/ole/svalbardoutline.htm
     (they have the world’s northernmost university, though I think it’s mostly an arctic science research base)

     It shows warmer and cooler periods over the last 100 years or so.

     But that 15 degrees C warmer in winter claim for 1922 is just bogus: met office records show nothing like *that* much warming. Winter of 1922 was warm in Svalbard (“warm” is an odd term for an arctic archipelago in winter, but you know what I mean) , and the 1930s saw a couple of years even warmer.

     But record warmest years as far back as their records go (a bit over 100 years ) are the last few years. Unprecedented warming.

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3. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   February 6, 2011 at 4:03 pm

   Richard Lindzen has the same quotes in this video:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHtaX87BTI

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4. Andy Weiss says:

   February 6, 2011 at 5:49 pm

   Those articles seem much more thoughtful and well written than the trash you see today.

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   • truthsword says:

     February 6, 2011 at 9:24 pm

     Why? Because they looked at the actual results in relation to the original hypothesis and came up with a conclusion? THAT method is soooo outdated.

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   • glacierman says:

     February 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm

     I guess that was because it was written in the Pre-Normal Science days.

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