Real Climate Science

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NSIDC tells us that the satellite era began in 1979, and they show extent declining steadily during that period.

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This is fascinating, because the 1990 IPCC report told us that the satellite era began in 1972, and that ice extent was much lower in 1974 than in 1979.

www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/far/wg_I/ipcc_far_wg_I_full_report.pdf

NSIDC has been hiding the incline, but what about the period before 1974? The widely published graph below shows a sharp drop in ice extent from 1969 to 1974.

I Can Engage In A Flawed Debate About Climate Change 

This is also fascinating, because the people who were paying attention at the time saw the exact opposite.

When Climatologist George J. Kukla of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and his wife Helena analyzed satellite weather data for the Northern Hemisphere, they found that the area of the ice and snow cover had suddenly increased by 12% in 1971 and the increase has persisted ever since. Areas of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, for example, were once totally free of any snow in summer; now they are covered year round.

TIME Magazine June 1974: Another Ice Age? 

The CIA reported the same phenomenon.

www.climatemonitor.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1974.pdf

In 1952, experts reported that the Arctic was melting at an astonishing rate

CLEVELAND, Feb. 16 (A.A.P.) Dr. William S. Carlson, an Arctic expert, said to-night that the Polar icecaps were melting at an astonishing and unexplained rate and were threatening to swamp seaports  by raising the ocean levels.

18 Feb 1952 – POLAR ICE THAW INCREASING GLACIERS SAID TO [?] M…

But what about ice thickness? In 1940, Russians reported that the average ice thickness had been reduced to 6.5 feet – about the same as it is today.

23 Feb 1940 – THE NORTH POLE. Is it Getting Warmer. | BUNDABER…

The historical record tells us that nothing unusual is happening in the Arctic, which is why alarmists are working hard to rewrite it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Clergy belonging to a group called Interfaith Moral Action on Climate are urging Congress to enact legislation to combat global warming.

Native American, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Bahai, Jewish and Christian activists held a march, worship service and rally Tuesday before heading to Capitol Hill to lobby their elected representatives.

The Rev. Caroll Baltimore, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, said he’s convinced humans cause global warming and can work together to stop it if they’re good stewards of God’s Earth.

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb of Washington D.C. said Congress should enact policies that discourage dependence on fossil fuels. He said, “The light of God is enough to power the Earth many times over our current needs if we only harness it wisely.”

Clergy lobby Congress to combat global warming | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio

21 Jul 1921 – DROUGHT IN EUROPE. LONDON, July 

David “Rotten Ice” Barber told us a couple of years ago that multi-year ice had disappeared from the Arctic. He is back for another round of Canadian fish stories.

MONTREAL — A unique, all-season study of the effects of global warming in the Arctic Ocean shows that climate change is reducing biodiversity and posing “significant challenges to the survival of some of the Arctic’s unique marine species.”

The study also shows that climate change is resulting in the increased distribution through the Arctic food chain of contaminants, such as methylmercury.

The $40-million study, which was conducted by 10 scientific teams from 27 countries, spent 2007-2008 studying open water along what are called flaw leads, or breaks in multi-year ice, where they studied how global warming is changing the entire marine ecosystem in the Arctic.

“The Arctic Ocean is definitely changing on a whole lot of different fronts,” said Prof. David Barber, of the University of Manitoba.

Climate change is reducing Arctic Ocean biodiversity: $40-M study

Just like 1923 ….

04 Apr 1923 – THE NORTH POLE. CAUSES OF CHANCE OF CLIMATE

Coal powered electricity is literally destroying the planet.

However, if you put it in a $40,000 car with a 40 mile range between charges, then that same electricity becomes green – and makes you feel good about yourself.

Daily Arctic Sea Ice Maps

Cryosphere Today shows 13.04 million km² for both.

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Pixel counting their map shows a lot more excess ice than missing ice, so I expect to see the lines cross in a day or two.

During Envisat’s last days, it was tortured by scientists seeking to make it look like sea level was actually rising. The blink comparator below shows the spectacular changes which scientists made during Envisat’s final days. Both images are to the same scale.

The before and after data bear no resemblance to each other. Kudos for spectacular junk science which makes James Hansen look legitimate by comparison.