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IF global warming proceeds as forecast, it could cause the Northern Hemisphere’s ice sheets to expand much as they did at the start of the last Ice Age, when the world’s climate was slightly warmer than it is today, American and Canadian scientists say.

Scientists Suggest Global Warming Could Hasten the Next Ice Age – New York Times

97% of scientists agree that global warming is going to cause more snow, less snow, no snow and an ice age.

Britain’s winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a striking environmental change: snow is starting to disappear from our lives.

The IPCC says that Himalayan glaciers will be gone by 2035, because they they are a bunch of spectacularly incompetent buffoons.

MANALI: With high-altitude mountains in Himachal Pradesh experiencing up to 100 cm fresh snowfall in November month after 10 years, the abundance of snow on mountains has rejuvenated nearly one thousand glaciers and has ensured uninterrupted supply of water for drinking, irrigation and hydel projects.

Even after years of research on glaciers and climate of Himalayas, scientists have failed to learn the pattern of the weather here. While scanty snowfall and rising temperature in last decade had sparked the possibilities of fast shrinking of glaciers, good spells of snowfall in last three years have changed the trend with glaciers almost growing to their original size

Good snowfall gives new life to glaciers – Times Of India

The canary is just resting, waiting for the missing heat to come to the surface.

History | Weather Underground

Winter’s new cold record -31.3C

A new record-low temperature was set on Tuesday night in Vuotso, a village in Sodankylä in Finland’s far north, where the mercury plunged to a blistering -31.3 degrees Celsius.

Winter’s new cold record -31.3C | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi

I always put my beer in the oven when I need to cool it down fast.

Every once in a while, some actual science occurs in the climate community.

Ice core data are combined with RACMO2 regional climate model (RCM) output (1958-2010) to develop a reconstruction of the Greenland ice sheet net snow accumulation rate (Â_t(G)) spanning years 1600-2009. Regression parameters from RCM output regressed on 86 ice cores are used with available cores in a given year resulting in the reconstructed values. Each core site’s residual variance is used to inversely weight the cores’ respective contributions. The interannual amplitude of the reconstructed accumulation rate is damped by the regressions and is thus calibrated to match that of the RCM data. Uncertainty and significance of changes is measured using statistical models.

We find a 12% or 86 Gt y^-1 increase in ice sheet accumulation rate from the end of the Little Ice Age in ~1840 to the last decade of the reconstruction. This 1840-1996 trend is 30% higher than that of 1600-2009, suggesting an accelerating accumulation rate. The correlation of Â_t(G) with the average surface air temperature in the Northern Hemisphere(SATNH_t) remains positive through time, while the correlation of Â_t(G) with local near-surface air temperatures or North Atlantic sea surface temperatures is inconsistent, suggesting a hemispheric-scale climate connection. We find an annual sensitivity of Â_t(G) to SATNH_t of 6.8% K^-1 or 51 Gt K^-1.

The reconstuction, Â_t(G), correlates consistently highly with the North Atlantic Oscillation index. Yet, at the 11-year time scale, the sign of this correlation flips four times in the 1870-2005 period.

AMS Journals Online – Greenland ice sheet mass balance reconstruction. Part I: net snow accumulation (1600-2009)

h/t to Joe D’Aleo

This should be obvious, but common sense is normally not permitted in climate science.

World War II Planes Found in Greenland In Ice 260 Feet Deep

World War II Planes Found in Greenland In Ice 260 Feet Deep – New York Times

 

Two fishermen lost in Siberia are suspected of killing and eating their friend in order to survive, it was claimed last night.

A fourth man is also missing, leading to fears that he, too, was murdered and cannibalised.

Alexander Abdullaev, 37, and Alexei Gradulenko, 35, were plucked to safety by a rescue helicopter having survived temperatures lower than minus 30C three months after embarking on their fishing trip.

Two fishermen suspected of resorting to cannibalism after getting lost on a trip in Siberia | Mail Online

Obama has been telling us that rich people are evil and must be heavily taxed.

The Senate Majority Leader says that Mitt Romney doesn’t pay any taxes.

The UN now confirms that rich people are evil, and that they control the weather.

DECEMBER 5, 2012 AT 7:05 AM

U.N. chief blames rich for global warming

U.N. chief blames rich for global warming | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com

The only logical conclusion is that Mitt Romney caused Superstorm Sandy.

December 4, 2012

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — Frigid cold in Interior Alaska is taking a toll on North Pole’s Christmas in Ice event.

Temperatures of 40 below zero are hampering artists trying to craft their ice masterpieces. They are having to deal with broken tools and snapped electrical cords. Even some of the exhibits are reacting negatively to the cold.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska: Cold snap hampers ice carvers in Interior Alaska | State News | ADN.com

NCDC has turned a cooling trend in Louisiana into a warming trend, through the magic of cooling the past and warming the present.

Egyptians Hit by Dawning Realization that Obama’s on the DICTATOR’s Side- Not Theirs/Democracy

h/t to Dave G