” About 15,000 years ago Greenland abruptly warmed by 16 degrees over a period of 50 years. Later studies identified at least 24 of these rapid shifts, now known as Dansgaard-Oeschger events between 100,000 and 11,500 years ago.”
Feb 16, 2011, page 29 – The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com
“He won a Nobel Prize. Then he started denying climate change.
John Clauser shared the Nobel in physics last year. Now he’s a self-described ‘denier’ of the overwhelming scientific consensus on a warming planet.”
John Clauser won a Nobel Prize. Then he started denying climate change. – The Washington Post
“31,487 American scientists have signed this petition, including 9,029 with PhDs.
We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind,
‘There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.”
Climate experts described a pleasant February day in parts of the US as “The most extreme event in US climatic history”
“Hudson Bay could experience its first ice-free winter within five to 10 years, Ferguson said”
Climate change on fast-forward in Arctic, U of M scientist warns – Winnipeg Free Press
Arctic sea ice extent is above the 21st century average.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p2/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
“Scientists tell us we have a 10-year window — if even that — before catastrophic climate change becomes inevitable and irreversible. The threat is real, and time is not on our side.Facts, as John Adams said, are stubborn things. Here are a few you need to know: Atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels have risen 38% in the industrial era, from 280 to 385 parts per million (ppm). Scientists have warned that anything above 450 ppm — a warming of 2 degrees Celsius — will result in an unacceptable risk of catastrophic climate change.
The truth is that the threat we face is not an abstract concern for the future. It is already upon us and its effects are being felt worldwide, right now. Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013. Not in 2050, but four years from now.”
John Kerry 2009
We Can’t Ignore the Security Threat from Climate Change | HuffPost Impact
“LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD Sunday, March 11, 1979 Page 8A
DENVER (AP) — The Midwest is buried under unusually heavy snows.
California goes through two winters of extreme drought, then is inundated by rain. The South shivers with unaccustomed cold.
Recurrent drought brings famine and death to areas of West Africa. India is soaked by floods; northern Europe battered by severe storms.
What’s happening to our climate” Do such increasingly frequent extremes portend a new pattern? Are we headed for another ice age? Or trouble from a gradual heating of the Earth by mankind’s industrial and agricultural activities?
One thing is indisputable: the world has been cooling off since World War II, something like one degree Fahrenheit.”
In 1939, Norway’s glaciers were nearing catastrophic collapse. By 1952 they had lost half of their mass, and by 1976 they were all growing.
17 Dec 1939, Page 15 – Harrisburg Sunday Courier
18 Feb 1952 – POLAR ICE THAW INCREASING
Retreat of the Abrekke glacier in Norway before 1946.
The Present Climatic Fluctuation on JSTOR
May 23, 1976, page 56 – The Argus at Newspapers.com
This is consistent with Briffa’s reconstruction, but not with the Hockey Stick
Alleged CRU Emails – Searchable
Twenty four years after the Independent announced the end of snow due to global warming, they now say the cold snowy weather this winter is a “once in 250-year’ weather event.”
Met Office weather warning over ‘once in 250-year’ event taking place over UK | The Independent
Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past – Environment – The Independent
“A victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could lead to an additional 4bn tonnes of US emissions by 2030 compared with Joe Biden’s plans, Carbon Brief analysis reveals.
This extra 4bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) by 2030 would cause global climate damages worth more than $900bn, based on the latest US government valuations.”
Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030 – Carbon Brief
Atmospheric CO2 growth just set a new record under Biden
Global Monitoring Laboratory – Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases
US CO2 emissions declined under Trump, and have increased under Biden.
“A BBC presenter has died aged 32 after collapsing while out running.
Nick Sheridan is understood to have suffered a brain aneurysm around 10 days ago, prompting doctors to put him in an induced coma.”
BBC Scotland journalist Nick Sheridan dies aged 32 after collapsing on run
