Sea ice area around Antarctica increased by more than 1,400 Manhattans overnight, and set another daily record. It was the third highest area ever recorded at either pole, and is only 300 Manhattans away from breaking the all-time record for any day of the year.
arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008
Earlier this summer, Seth Borenstein got hysterical when two Manhattans of ice went adrift.
Petermann Glacier In Greenland Breaks Off Iceberg Twice The Size Of Manhattan
I was looking forward to the Premiership matches this weekend, but was sad to learn that top scientists say that England was destroyed twelve years ago.
I took a tour of the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins the other day. I like their Fat Tire beer, but most of their beers taste like they have Drano in them – which they describe as being a “hoppy taste.”
They kept constantly reminding us about their concern for the climate, which was hysterical given that their product is purposely designed to generate as much CO2 as possible.
The parking lot is organized so that the higher mileage your vehicle, the closer you can park to the door. At the end of the tour they distribute a newspaper called the Matterhorn, which is devoted to listing climate apocalypses.
I went out last night and ordered a Corona instead of a Fat Tire.
Antarctic ice area was poised to break the all time record for either pole today, but UIUC has not updated their table to day 2012.7316. They have however updated their Arctic table to day 2012.7316.
Why the delay? I can imagine that there are some interesting E-mails flying around at climate HQ right now.
Without fossil fuels and other petroleum based products, humans would still be living in mud shacks and dying at age 25.
We all died horrible deaths during the 1980s when civilization collapsed, and now we have to suffer the same fate again.
Thirty one years later –
Sep 25, 2012
More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on Wednesday.
100 mln will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate – report | Reuters
But no worries, Hansen says that it is already too late to do anything.
The UN says that it was already too late by the year 2000
Does it ever occur to these people that they are completely insane morons?
You can’t make this stuff up.
09/06/2012
By Brian McNoldy
Michael: first major hurricane in super active Atlantic season
Michael unexpectedly exploded last night, becoming the 7th hurricane and the first major, category 3 storm of the Atlantic 2012 season. The only seasons on record that reached 7 hurricanes sooner were 1886 and 1893.
During the summer of 1886, the US was hit by seven hurricanes, including two major hurricanes. By contrast, during the summer of 2102 the US was hit by (possibly) one minimal hurricane. It has been seven years since a major hurricane hit the US.
The only reason they think they are finding a lot of hurricanes in 2012 is because they have vastly more sophisticated equipment for detecting hurricanes in the mid-Atlantic, and because they have greatly relaxed the standards for calling something a hurricane.
The map below shows the 2012 “hurricanes” – the vast majority of which were in locations where they would not have been detected in 1886. Comparing the current season to 1886 is an ugly historical abomination.
File:2012 Atlantic hurricane season summary map.png – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Twitter / RichardTol: Halloween cancelled due to …
One more rule. Average weather is adjusted upwards.
h/t to Marc Morano
Obama was hoping to use the terrorist attack as a vehicle to stifle free speech in the US, but fortunately we have third world dictators with better ethics than Obama to set the record straight.
The anti-Islam film trailer that the White House has repeatedly blamed for sparking unrest in the Middle East had nothing to do with the attack that led to the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, that nation’s president said in a television interview.
Libyan President Mohamed Magarief said the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, which also resulted in the deaths of three other Americans, was more likely pegged to the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Libya president: Anti-Islam film trailer had nothing to do with attack on US Consulate | Fox News
The stench of deceit descended over Fort Collins when a political candidate arrived a few weeks ago, but Paul Ryan is here this morning to clear the air.
