Real Climate Science

Ten years ago today, the Washington Post said the weather had gone haywire, we were running out of time, New York was going to drown – and Polar Bears would be floating in the harbor.

http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/climate-change_2011-03-13.html

This is a little bit confusing to me, because I always heard that New York was going to be taken over by apes.

The Washington Post now says the world is going to end in ten years.

Ocasio-Cortez says the world will end in 12 years. She is absolutely right. – The Washington Post

Sixteen years ago, the Guardian warned of a world without snow.

Warming effect in a world without snow | Environment | The Guardian

That sounds bad. Particularly since the Washington Post says we may be having having our largest snowstorm on record this weekend.

Historic blizzard bearing down on Colorado and Wyoming

“Before the wintry onslaught is over, some locations in the Colorado foothills & eastern Rockies might end up with as much as four feet of snow. Some cities, particularly Cheyenne, Wyo., could challenge all-time snowfall records.”

Colorado and Wyoming hit with historic blizzard this weekend – The Washington Post

Ten years ago today, there was unanimous consensus that Australia didn’t used to have fires, floods and cyclones, and that they were now caused by the local mining industry.

“The upshot of all the fires, floods and cyclones that have wreaked havoc over Australia in the past few months is that everybody has had more new taxes imposed on them, perpetrators and victims alike.

If you believe the scientists, the catastrophes have an undoubted source – they are the devastating end product of global climate change. Nobody seems to disagree that the only industry capable of producing outsized carbon emissions is the hugely successful local mining industry.”

Australia taxes patience of climate change perpetrators – and victims – The National

Twenty one years ago, the New York Times announced that the North Pole was ice-free for the first time in fifty million years.

“The North Pole is melting.

The thick ice that has for ages covered the Arctic Ocean at the pole has turned to water, recent visitors there reported yesterday. At least for the time being, an ice-free patch of ocean about a mile wide has opened at the very top of the world, something that has presumably never before been seen by humans and is more evidence that global warming may be real and already affecting climate.

The last time scientists can be certain the pole was awash in water was more than 50 million years ago.”

Ages-Old Icecap at North Pole Is Now Liquid, Scientists Find – The New York Times

The North Pole was ice-free in 1958.

Also in 1958, the New York Times reported that Arctic sea ice was two meters thick.

The Changing Face of the Arctic; The Changing Face of the Arctic – The New York Times

And now in 2021 Arctic sea ice is two meters thick.

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Fifteen years ago, Barack Obama said :

“Americans are fed up. They’re fed up with the war in Iraq, the federal deficit, illegal immigration, high gas prices, and the health care system, and it’s time for change”

Obama: Americans ready for change | News | thesouthern.com

And that laundry list was exactly what Obama and Biden gave the American people.

Gas Station Price Charts – Local & National Historical Average Trends – GasBuddy.com

The Arctic saw a large amount of warming in the first half of the 20th century, and Greenland used to be much warmer.

02 Apr 1952, 35 – The Spokesman-Review at Newspapers.com

Ten years ago this week, Barbara Boxer said “climate regulations” were a life and death matter.

Sen. Boxer: Opponents of EPA Climate Regulations ‘Hurting the American People’ | CNSnews.com

She was correct, as people in Texas found out last month. Many froze to death because Texas invested in unreliable windmills instead of reliable fossil fuels.

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Ten years ago today, the Australian government’s climate advisor said there was no genuine scientific dissent.

Pell row with climate scientist heats up

Five years ago, USA Today and the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado said that Arctic sea ice was at a record winter low and temperatures in the Arctic were 15F (9C) above normal. And they announced that it was due to global warming.

Arctic sea ice sets wintertime record low thanks to global warming

Five years later, Arctic sea ice is normal, and Antarctic sea ice is near a record high for the date.

Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis

One hundred years ago, Arctic ocean temperatures were 23 degrees above normal, and the ocean around Svalbard never froze over.

03 Dec 1922, Page 63 – The Washington Times at Newspapers.com

There is currently lots of ice around Svalbard.

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And 6,000 years ago, the Arctic might have been ice-free.

Less Ice In Arctic Ocean 6000-7000 Years Ago — ScienceDaily

The lack of knowledge about history by journalists and climate academics is not surprising to me, because I spend a lot time studying journalists and climate academics. They parrot the same nonsense over and over again.

Ten years ago this week, Julia Gilliard wanted to buy advertising for her carbon tax.

AM – Wheels rolling for climate change/carbon tax ads 18/03/2011

This came after she was elected by promising no carbon tax.

“There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead”