Real Climate Science

• First warming made ice melt at both poles
• Then warming made Arctic ice melt, and Antarctic ice grow
• Now warming makes ice grow at both poles

Expect a pop quiz tomorrow

A close acquaintance of mine found a critical error in one of Feynman’s seminal papers about 40 years ago. Feynman never admitted the error publicly, but after about five years acknowledged it privately. It never got corrected.

Human nature.

Science says that continents can’t move, because Wegener had no credentials, and because many scientists can’t admit they were wrong.

Before his time – Wegener’s hypothesis moved ahead of confirming evidence too fast. Many previously unrelated observations were combined into a large theoretical jump. This is contrary to the normal progressive, step-by-step development of science.

Youthful outsider – Wegener was a man of many talents, but he had no formal training in geology. Thus, he had no credentials. At the same time, he had no preconceived position to defend or prove. At the beginning of the 20th century, no scientist was recognized until at least age 40; Wegener was in his early thirties when he first proposed continental drift.

Scientific inertia – Geology could not remake itself overnight. There was natural resistance to change, to accepting radical new ideas. Geologists had vested interests in their work and were reluctant to admit past misinterpretations of fundamental significance.

History of geology—Wegener

“There are too many Republicans in Congress who even deny the basic scientific fact that climate change is occurring and something that policymakers should be concerned about,” said Earnest. “So the president will use his executive action to take some additional steps.”

Obama: Climate Change Remains Priority No Matter How Many Deniers in Congress » EcoWatch

The basic scientific fact is that the Democrats nearly got wiped off the map on Tuesday. Please keep up your idiotic behavior, Mr. President.

Greenland temperatures peaked 80 years ago, and have been declining for the past decade after a smaller spike from 1994 to 2004.

06 May 1940 – Greenland’s Climate Becoming Milder

The large expansion of Eastern Arctic sea ice and record northern hemisphere snow cover, makes it quite clear that waters in the northern seas have sharply cooled. Feel free to ignore reality, if it suits you.

Progressives tell us that the election geography favored Republicans

Don’t let anybody tell you that these two factors, geography and turnout, weren’t a huge part of the story.

http://www.newrepublic.com/

The “election geography” is what we normally call the USA.

Sea level is not rising on the west coast, but if it did – that would solve most of America’s problems. Bitter clingers shown in red below.

Bill McKibben says that colleges need to divest, and stop using fossil fuels. I agree – US colleges and universities should immediately turn off all fossil fuels, and teach their students an incredibly valuable life lesson.