From: Watts Up With That:
Much importance has been ascribed to tracking the change in Arctic sea ice, but what about the global trend? That doesn’t seem to get much press. However there is some important information that needs to be presented related to the global trend of sea ice as measured by satellite since 1979. The results are surprising.
Obviously people cannot make the claim that sea ice is being lost. It isn’t. The data shows that our trend is basically flat during this time of unprecedented temperatures. It’s clear that there has been no significant change in sea ice area.
This is almost enough to make me turn in my Skeptic union card, but increased CO2 warming the earth makes some sense to me, the magnitude is in question. The fact that polar sea ice not melting is not an insignificant point. It is also important to realize that the changes are too small to fit with IPCC statements about the trend. Unlike trees, ice does make a good thermometer. I can’t say this strongly enough— This is a strong indication of substantial errors in the computer models and temperature data which needs to be addressed before we throw what’s left of our global economy to the wind. How would Earth’s total sea ice ignore such substantial warming? It’s a good question which deserves an answer.
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Bryan St. James // January 5, 2009 at 9:14 pm |
Great post- but how much more of this harsh reality can our Global Cooling denier friends take?
Next you will be telling me that the polar bears are no longer in danger and that Antarctic ice is getting thicker…
Randy Covington // January 27, 2009 at 3:38 pm |
Visual evidence of the return of the polar sea ice to the same extents as existed in 1979 when they started keeping photographic record exists at http://www.the41stvote.org. You will also find links to a wealth of data from the University of Illinois on this subject.