Maximum temperatures are on a long-term decline in Australia
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But the absolute temperatures are increasing. This is because they have been progressively adding hotter stations to the thermometer record.
By contrast, anomalies vs. absolute temperatures look almost identical in the US – because we have a much more consistent set of long term stations.
The usual team of climate liars claims that Greenland is melting down and its glaciers are shrinking. We know that the surface is gaining huge amounts of ice
But what about the glaciers? In 2010 they got hysterical about an iceberg calving off the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. The next animation shows that the glacier grew about 3km from the calving event in September 2010 to September 2014. The tip of the red arrow shows the location of the glacier terminus in 2010. Most of the ice which broke of in 2010 has grown back.
In June of 1957, Louisiana was hit by a major hurricane which killed more than 500 people. It was the only major hurricane to ever hit the US before July.
Just got back from a cycling in the Fort Collins foothills, wearing a down jacket and gloves on September 6. Normally the Chamisa is bright gold this time of year, but all the rain this summer is keeping the colors muted. This picture was taken right across the street from the CSU football stadium.
The Richmond Post Office thermometer is close to several roads, but better than most. It shows that afternoon temperatures peaked in the early part of the 20th century, and have generally been declining ever since.
ASN00030045 -20.7289 143.1425 211.1 RICHMOND POST OFFICE
According to figures from the University of Washington and the University of Illinois, Arctic ice thickness is averaging a little over two metres, down from a little over three metres in 1979.
In 1940, it was reported that Arctic sea ice thickness was two metres, down from three metres in 1900. In other words, the past 35 years have been a repeat of the early part of the century
23 Feb 1940 – THE NORTH POLE. Is it Getting Warmer. | BUNDABER…
By 1958, scientists reported a 50% reduction in volume – and predicted an ice-free Arctic in the next generation.
The Changing Face of the Arctic – The Changing Face of the Arctic – View Article – NYTimes.com
Bottom line is that the Arctic is cyclical, forecasts by Arctic experts are cyclical, they have absolutely no clue what they are talking about – and never did.
The most important thing to note is that starting graphs at the peak year of 1979 without bold warnings or disclaimers, is scientific malfeasance. Based on my reading, I would estimate that ice thickness has done something like this since 1940.
I am in Fort Collins this week and had dinner with one of my heroes last night, Bill Gray.
“The greatest scientists in history are great, precisely because they broke with the consensus.”
—Michael Crichton
Yesterday it rained all day and got up to a blistering 59 degrees F. Currently a sweltering 47F.
Some of the global warming devastation I experienced this week is pictured below. The CSU campus has been hit particularly hard.
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Phil Plait is up to his usual mendacity in the Arctic
Global warming denial: Claims of Arctic ice recovering are exaggerated.
According to the University of Washington, Arctic sea ice volume is up 27% from last year, and 64% since 2012.
If those numbers were reversed, Plait would be consider them the most important topic on Earth. As they are, he chooses to ignore them.
h/t to Alec, aka daffy duck
Climate experts really thought they were on to something for a few weeks in 2012.
In a few years they will be mumbling incoherently to themselves in the retirement home, something about deniers just don’t understand long-term trends.
