Real Climate Science

Superstition returns to the forefront of human thinking.

http://www.salon.com/

Adm. Titley estimates that ‘sometime between 2035 and 2040 there is a pretty good chance that the Arctic Ocean will be essentially ice-free for about a month’ each year.

http://the-diplomat.com/

Hansen’s meltdown begins!

http://www.wunderground.com/

In a paper published by Columbia University, celebrity climate change activist and academic James Hansen has revealed predictions of a 5 meter sea level rise by 2100.

http://www.theclimatehub.com/

Scientist predicts disastrous sea level rise

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dr James Hansen, a prominent and controversial NASA scientist, has written a paper predicting catastrophic sea level rises from the disintegration of polar ice sheets if the globe heats up by two to three degrees Celsius this century.

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s1870955.htm

Manhattan doomed! That 10,000% speedup in sea level rise rates will hit any day now.

I find it almost inconceivable that “business as usual” climate change will not result in a rise in sea level measured in metres within a century.

http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=148

If we are to retain any hope of keeping sea levels relatively steady, he argues, those power plants will need to be bulldozed over the next few decades.

http://www.climatechangecorp.com

Climate change: On the edge
Greenland ice cap breaking up at twice the rate it was five years ago, says scientist Bush tried to gag

Sounds like what Clinton did to Lewinsky.

By Jim Hansen
Friday, 17 February 2006

A satellite study of the Greenland ice cap shows that it is melting far faster than scientists had feared – twice as much ice is going into the sea as it was five years ago. The implications for rising sea levels – and climate change – could be dramatic.

He must be referring to the 30mm drop in sea level over the past 18 months.

Yet, a few weeks ago, when I – a Nasa climate scientist – tried to talk to the media about these issues following a lecture I had given calling for prompt reductions in the emission of greenhouse gases, the Nasa public affairs team – staffed by political appointees from the Bush administration – tried to stop me doing so. I was not happy with that, and I ignored the restrictions. The first line of Nasa’s mission is to understand and protect the planet.

That may have been true under Bush. Under the current president, the primary purpose of NASA is to make Muslims feel good about themselves.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-on-the-edge-466818.html

James Hansen urges scientists to speak out on sea-level rise

In an article published in Environmental Research Letters on May 24, 2007, James Hansen, NASA scientist, discusses the non-linearity of shelf ice melting and the reticence of scientists to announce their fears about this process. The whole article is worth a read. Below is just the section on sea-level rise risks:

“A field glaciologist, referring to a moulin on Greenland, said: `the whole damned ice sheet is going to go down that hole!’ He was talking about his expectations, under the assumption of continued unchecked growth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Field glaciologists have been doing a good job of reporting current trends on the ice sheets. It is the translation of field data into conclusions needed by the public and policymakers that is at issue.

http://www.lightblueline.org/james-hansen

Archive for Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Scientists predict water shortage here
Projected rise in temperatures could reduce flow of Colorado River by 20 percent, straining water supply for 38 million people

http://www.paysonroundup.com/

It is going to dry up right after it floods.

http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/gmap/gmapm.php?scon=checked