Real Climate Science

Meanwhile, researchers from NASA and UC Irvine studying the ASE ice sheet report a “continuous and rapid retreat” of glaciers there and think that there is “no [major] obstacle that would prevent the glaciers from further retreat.” They worry that within a millennium and perhaps as soon as two centuries, the ASE could melt out entirely—leading to between four and 10 feet of sea level rise around the world—if moderate warming models prove to be correct.

Of course, we can all play a role in preventing such scenarios by reducing our carbon footprints. Take fewer airplane trips. Buy organic food. Walk, bike or take public transit to work. If you must drive, get a hybrid or electric car. Wear a sweater instead of turning up the heat. And urge legislators to push new laws that limit greenhouse gas emissions by industry, utilities and other big polluters. It may be now or never.

How quickly is Antarctica melting?

Climate experts claim that there is missing heat, hiding in 3ºC water at the bottom of the sea.

If that frigid water every turned over and came to the surface, temperatures at the surface would become extremely cold.

CO2 has risen 10%, but temperatures have remained flat.

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Scientists funded by taxpayer confiscated money say that the Arctic is in a “death spiral.”

The coverage of sea ice in the Arctic has scarcely changed since the 1979 peak, and is about the same as it was in the early 1970’s.

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From the 1990 IPCC report.

• Woke up a 3am, and wrote for a few hours
• Took the dogs for a walk at 8
• Wrote for a couple more hours
• Rode for an hour to have lunch at the church
• Rode for an hour to a friend’s house. Listened to music
• Rode for an hour back to Whole Foods. Had a fantastic salad
• Rode home and took the dogs for a walk
• Cooked dinner
• Rode to the gym and worked out
• Stopped at the pub on the way home, drank Guinness and watched the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders

What a great day! (And Tuesday is Barca vs. PSG)

I worked as a wilderness ranger at this 12,000 foot elevation lake in New Mexico during the summer of 1983. That year the snow was 20 feet deep and never completely melted all summer. The lake was still half-frozen in mid-July that year. A few years earlier, the area had very little snow.

Climate changes all the time. It is shame that so many climate scientists have no interest in trying to understand how the climate works.

Until a person understands that they are nothing without the grace of God, they can’t make any real progress in life.

Teaching a child that they are responsible for, or control the climate – is hard core child abuse. Teaching a child that their life is random, accidental and meaningless, is hard core child abuse.

And Southampton in the #2 spot in the Premier League. Looks a a great winter ahead in Europe.

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I spent the day riding my bike around Howard County, Maryland – one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

The weather was perfect, and I stopped and had lunch at the Ellicott City Assembly of God Church – shown below. Almost everyone in the picture is from a different country! Click on it to see all of the clothing on display. Probably the most diverse group of people I have ever seen. I will be returning there regularly.

Then I got hear one of my favorite songs, played by a very talented musician.

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What a great day.