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NOVEMBER, 1922.  MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

THE CHANGING ARCTIC.

The Arctic seems to be warming up. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters, and explorers who sail the seas about Spitsbergen and the eastern Arctic, all point to a radical change in climatic conditions, and hitherto unheard-of high temperatures in that part of the earth’s surface.

The oceanographic observations have, however, been even more interesting. Ice conditions were exceptional. In fact, so little ice has never before “been noted. 

In connection with Dr. Hoel’s report, it is of interest to note the unusually warm summer in Arctic Norway and the observations of Capt. Martin Ingebrigtsen, who has sailed the eastern Arctic for 54 years past. He says that he first noted warmer conditions in 1918, that since that time it has steadily gotten warmer, and that to-day the Arctic of that region is not recognizable as the same region of 1868 to 1917.

Many old landmarks are so changed as to be unrecognizable- Where formerly great masses of ice were found, there ore now often moraines, accumulations of earth and stones. At many points where glaciers formerly extended far into the sea they have entirely disappeared.

The change in temperature, says Captain Ingebrigtsen, has also brought about great change in the flora and fauna of the Arctic. This summer he sought for white fish in Spitsbergen waters. Formerly great shoals of them were found there. This year he saw none, although he visited all the old fishing grounds.

There were few seal in Spitsbergen waters this year, the catch being far under the average. This, however, did not surprise the captain- He pointed out that formerly the waters about Spitsbergen held an even summer temperature of about 3 Celsius; this year recorded temperatures up to 15, and last winter the ocean did not freeze over even on the north coast of Spitsbergen.

docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-11-0589a.pdf

Last autumn, government climate experts talked incessantly about the Arctic ice minimum and the warm temperatures in the US. This year they have nothing to say.

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Coral reefs have long been thought to be unusually sensitive to the effects of global warming — but as it turns out, they’re not as helpless as we thought.

Coral reefs are producing a chemical that staves off global warming | Grist

Ten seconds after their initial report to dispatch, one of the officers called in “shot have been fired.”

FBI to Investigate Shooting of Calif. 13-Year-Old – ABC News

Two days ago they were claiming that the kid ignored repeated requests by the police.

I have been taller than my average height for the last four decades, with the past decade tied for my tallest decade ever.

The odds of me being taller than my average height for 15,000 days in a row are a mind boggling two raised to the power of fifteen thousand. This has coincided with the most CO2 in the last few million years, proving that CO2 is warping the universe in weird and unexpected ways.

The team probably needs a huddle. Some days they say that atmospheric CO2 is soaring out of control, and other days the ocean is sucking CO2 up much faster than expected.

As recent research has shown, the Pacific is soaking up vast amounts of carbon emissions, more than than initially thought, leading to a flattening in the amount of global warming that’s happened.

A Warmer Pacific Ocean Leads to More Tornadoes | Motherboard

That sucking sound might also be the last few brain cells coming out their ears.

 “I think Barack knew that he had God-given talents that were extraordinary. He knows exactly how smart he is. . . . He knows how perceptive he is. He knows what a good reader of people he is. And he knows that he has the ability — the extraordinary, uncanny ability — to take a thousand different perspectives, digest them and make sense out of them, and I think that he has never really been challenged intellectually. . . . So what I sensed in him was not just a restless spirit but somebody with such extraordinary talents that had to be really taxed in order for him to be happy. . . . He’s been bored to death his whole life. He’s just too talented to do what ordinary people do.”

Obama’s Valerie Jarrett: Often Whispered about, But Never Challenged | National Review Online

Yes, most ordinary bitter people who cling to guns and religion don’t wrack up $17 trillion worth of debt, finance dozens of failed green energy companies, lie every time they open their mouth, run the world’s worst and most expensive web site, or destroy a nearly infinite reservoir of goodwill in just five years.

This year had the fewest tornadoes on record in the US, and the second fewest number of severe tornadoes, with seventeen. Only 1987 had fewer severe tornadoes, with fifteen.

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Tornadoes of 2013 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Storm Prediction Center WCM Page