Real Climate Science

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His science team is almost as sharp as his economic team!

 

…if you lose the summer sea ice, there are phenomena that could lead you not so very long thereafter to lose the winter sea ice as well. And if you lose that sea ice year round, it’s going to mean drastic climatic change all over the hemisphere.

– John Holdren

 

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/ideas_20090119_10989.mp3

Earth to USGS : How does the Hudson Bay bear population survive without sea ice for three months every year?

The overall conclusion of the USGS research effort is:
Projected changes in future sea ice conditions, if realized, will result in loss of  approximately 2/3 of the world’s current polar bear population by the mid 21st century.  Because the observed trajectory of Arctic sea ice decline appears to be underestimated by currently available models, this assessment of future polar bear status may be conservative.

http://www.usgs.gov/

In July, 1934 the average high temperature was 106F. July, 2011 averaged 98F.

The dynamic duo of Mark Serreze and Joe Romm made these remarks two weeks ago.

We’re at a record low Arctic sea ice extent and volume:

The area of the Arctic ocean at least 15% covered in ice is … lower than the previous record low set in 2007 – according to satellite monitoring by the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado. In addition, new data from the University of Washington Polar Science Centre, shows that the thickness of Arctic ice this year is also the lowest on record.

In the past 10 days, the Arctic ocean has been losing as much as 150,000 square kilometres of sea a day, said Mark Serreze, director of the NSIDC.

“The extent [of the ice cover] is going down, but it is also thinning. So a weather pattern that formerly would melt some ice, now gets rid of much more. There will be ups and downs, but we are on track to see an ice-free summer by 2030. It is an overall downward spiral.“

The trend is painfully obvious to all who aren’t blinded by ideology.  Indeed, many, including me, believe we’ll see virtually ice-free summers within a decade.

http://thinkprogress.org/

Ever since Serreze made that comment, melt has been at a record low rate – as predicted by the “breathtakingly ignorant.” What is painfully obvious is that these self-proclaimed prophets are blinded by their misplaced faith in James Hansen.

George Orwell