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Hansen, echoing work by other scientists, said that in five to 10 years, the Arctic will be free of sea ice in the summer.

Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., committee chairman, said, “Dr. Hansen was right. Twenty years later, we recognize him as a climate prophet.”

• June 24, 2008

Ten years ago, NASA’s chief climate prophet James Hansen predicted the Arctic would be ice-free no later than this summer.

The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search

Looks like big trouble for government climate prophets. Arctic sea ice volume is up 7% from when he made his prophesy, and melting at the slowest rate on record.

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But to be fair to Dr. Hansen, he was a very conservative prophet. The other leading Norwegian, American and Canadian prophets predicted the North Pole would be ice-free ten years ago.

Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua

North Pole to be ice-free in 2008.

North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer

North Pole could be ice free in 2008 | New Scientist

Based on the advice of these experts, Lewis Pugh tried to kayak to the North Pole.

BBC NEWS | UK | Swimmer aims to kayak to N Pole

Temperatures near the North Pole have been below freezing continuously since mid-September of last year, yet climate experts tell us the ice is melting at a record rate, and will be all gone later this summer.  Apparently they never completed preschool level science.

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

For the second year in a row, Greenland’s surface is gaining well above average amounts of ice.

Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI

Last year, DMI tried to blame the record growth on a 2016 hurricane.  What is going to be their excuse this year?

Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2017 | Carbon Brief

Arctic sea ice volume (22,100 km^3) is now above the 2004-2013 mean (21,400 km^3.)

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Arctic sea ice volume is highest for the date in thirteen years, and declining at the slowest rate on record.

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The clock is ticking for James Hansen’s climate prophesies.  Arctic ice free by 2018

The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search

Lower Manhattan underwater by 2018.

Stormy weather – Global warming – Salon.com

The faithful remain undaunted however. Reality and veracity play no part in the world of climate alarmists – for whom no lie is too big.

We’re witnessing the fastest decline in Arctic sea ice in at least 1,500 years – Vox

Ten years ago, our top climate scientists predicted climate refugees fleeing to Antarctica – where it is currently -95F

Climate change study predicts refugees fleeing into Antarctica – Telegraph

Climate Reanalyzer

Fourteen years ago, the UK’s chief scientist said Antarctica would be “the only place to live.”

Why Antarctica will soon be the only place to live – literally

But, never, ever refer to actual climate data which wrecks your current funding stream.

Reykjavik GISS V2             AMO

About five years ago, Toto was attacked by a large owl in Fort Collins.  He escaped by running half a mile back to my evil fossil fuel powered SUV, which he hid under until I found him an hour later.

Owls fly silently and carry concealed weapons. Perhaps this is why the Boulder City Council is trying to destroy their home.

The DMI Greenland melt graph and map seems to be stuck on a few days ago, with the June 8 values being exactly the same as the June 7 values. Joe Bastardi pointed this out yesterday.

However there was almost no melting on June 8.

Meanwhile ice and snow continues to accumulate on Greenland’s surface at a near record rate.

Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI

And sea surface temperatures around Greenland are plummeting.

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The bad news keeps piling up for climate alarmists.  Their scam is dying a very rapid death.

Arctic sea ice volume is highest for the date in thirteen years.

June melt so far is the slowest on record.

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The interior of the Arctic is covered with 1.5-5 meter thick ice, generally thicker than it was 60 years ago and 80 years ago.

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

23 Feb 1940 – THE NORTH POLE

Climate scientists describe the record slow Arctic melt as “record fast” – because their funding depends on maintaining alarm about the climate.

There has been no trend in Arctic sea ice volume over the past eleven years.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

• Mark Twain

Our brainless Congressmanperson, Jared Polis wants to be governor and turn Colorado’s very reliable and clean fossil fuel power grid, into an extremely expensive and unreliable environmental catastrophe.

Jared Polis wants Colorado to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2040

Never mind that wind power doesn’t work.

Britain Has Gone Nine Days Without Wind Power – Bloomberg

Here is Jared Polis with his “son” at center and wife at right.