Real Climate Science

This video explains the difference between “shaken” ice melt and “stirred” ice melt.

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In 1935, scientists understood that Arctic ice was controlled by the Atlantic Ocean, and planned for regular freight and passenger traffic through the Northeast Passage

TimesMachine: September 22, 1935 – NYTimes.com

Scientists are starting to admit that glaciers have been melting for over 150 years, but say it was “natural” melting as opposed to Mann-made melting.

Scientists found that while much of the melting a century or more ago was most probably due to natural variability in the climate, it is now primarily caused by anthropogenic global warming resulting from industrial greenhouse gases.

“We can clearly detect an anthropogenic effect on glaciers and it’s been steadily rising over the last 100 years,” said Ben Marzeion, a climate scientist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.

“In the 19th century and first half of the 20th century we observed that glacier mass loss attributable to human activity is hardly noticeable but since then it has steadily increased,” said Dr Marzeion, the lead author of the study published in the journal Science.

Melting glaciers are caused by man-made global warming, study shows – Environment – The Independent

Ezra Levant is the most insightful political commentator on the planet, and I had the opportunity last month to chat with him about my work, .

The great climate debate : Prime time : SunNews Video Gallery

Amundsen saw the Northwest Passage open in 1904

FRANCE HONORS AMUNDSEN. – Explorer Says Northwest Passage Is Not Practicable for Trade. – View Article – NYTimes.com

This year it is closed

The tardy opening  of the Northwest Passage, and the prospect of a late arrival in the  Pacific, had persuaded them to spend the rest of the summer in Greenland  and Newfoundland and possibly give the Northwest Passage another try  next year.

A turning point – Cornell Sailing Events & Publications

h/t to Anto

A leaked document from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis predicts increased “anti-government violence over the next year.” The document says the inspiration for violence is Cliven Bundy’s Bunkerville standoff with the Bureau of Land Management from earlier in the year.

DOCUMENT: Homeland Security Predicts Rise of ‘Anti-Government’ Violence

Hundreds of civilians showed up to peacefully (and successfully) protect other civilians from planned government violence, and the administration sees that as a “rise in anti-government violence“

Andrew Freedman says that four inches of rain in Detroit 2014 proves global warming.

In 1942, with CO2 at 310 PPM, Pennsylvania received 30 inches of rain in 4-1/2 hours. 

Extreme Weather: A Guide & Record Book – Christopher C. Burt – Google Books

1979 was the coldest year in US history, and also brought the heaviest rain – 43 inches in one day.

Extreme Weather: A Guide & Record Book – Christopher C. Burt – Google Books

Climate experts say that global warming brings heavier rains, because they are completely incompetent and have no idea what they are talking about.

Crack government scientists announced 14 years ago that snow is a thing of the past.

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past

Monday 20 March 2000

Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”.

“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past – Environment – The Independent

Winter snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere has been rapidly expanding since 1997, and is at record levels. The snow line is moving further south every winter, due to Arctic air intruding further south.

Rutgers University Climate Lab :: Global Snow Lab

The IPCC predicted the exact opposite

IPCC Third Assessment Report – Climate Change 2001

Normally it is 5-10 degrees warmer in the gym parking lot, than along the bike trail I take through the forest to get there. During the summer the heat in the parking lot was definitely noticeable on a few nights.

But now that cold weather has set in, the warmth in the parking lot actually feels nice.

Oh wait … it is summer. Supposedly.