Yogurt capacity needs to be limited to no more than seven ounces, and all yogurt purchasers need to get background checks.
BBC News – Chinese girls poisoned by yogurt ‘over school rivalry’
Al Gore says that China is a role model which the US should be following.
McKitten finds a warm spot!
Twitter / billmckibben: Temperatures setting new records …
Kevin Trenberth says that the missing heat travesty has been resolved by sneaky heat diving to the bottom of the sea. Gaia apparently is not amused by Trenberth’s bullshit, and has sent all-time May record cold to his house.
After a foot of snowfall Wednesday and record-low temperatures this morning, Boulder should see the return of sunny skies until the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Boulder saw a total of 12.1 inches of snow for the May 1 snowstorm according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch. The total nearly doubled the previous May 1 record of 6.2 inches and has Boulder way ahead of the average snowfall for the month of May, which is only an inch. Weather spotters reported 14.5 inches in both Ward and Nederland Monday night.
Kelsch also said this morning’s low of 17 was the coldest temperature ever recorded in May, breaking the previous record of 20 set on May 3, 1907.
h/t to Tom Nelson
Steve, well first off you have to define what is meant by ice-free. We often refer to ice-free as less than 1 million sq-km since even with most of the Arctic Ocean ice-free, it is likely that some ice will remain north of Greenland and in the Canadian archipelago.
Also you have to consider if you define ice-free the first time the extent is 0 or below 1 million sq-km, or if it stays that way for consecutive summers.
There are some climate model simulations that show the September extent dropping below 1 million sq-km before 2020, but not necessarily staying below that value until later in the century.
Then you have to consider that even though the ice cover continues to shrink and thin, weather still plays an important role in the summer ice cover. So I think it’s impossible to say that the arctic ocean will be ice-free in september in 2015 without being able to predict the weather.
I think it’s important to remember that while the ice cover is in a period of long term decline (at least since the 1950s for which we have good data to assess the changes) that doesn’t mean the decline is linear and there will be ups and downs.
Even as we look to this coming September, we cannot say with any certainty that this summer will have less sea ice than last summer.
I personally would be very surprised if the Arctic Ocean was ice free in 2 years, but I do think it is likely to happen in the next couple decades.
~Julienne
Hi Julienne,
NASA’s chief scientist is warning that the Arctic will be ice-free in the next couple of years, using Mark Serreze’s verbage.
I’m curious how you would respond to that?
White House warned on imminent Arctic ice death spiral | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | guardian.co.uk
It won’t be long before the White House declares climate skeptics to be terrorists.
This is what the actual Arctic looks like. Not the imaginary one which lives inside the empty heads of the brainless academics who are running the country.
The Navy has predicted that the Arctic will be ice-free in a few weeks.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013?
The Secretary of State also predicted an ice-free Arctic in a few weeks.
August 31, 2009
John Kerry
Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013.
John Kerry: We Can’t Ignore the Security Threat from Climate Change
September Arctic ice extent has nothing to do with food production. These people are complete idiots.
In the 17th century, the experts blamed bad weather on witches.
In the 21st century, the experts blame bad weather on Republicans. If only Obama was allowed to pump trillions of dollars into green energy scams, then we would never have bad weather again.
