A fundamental tenet of global warming is shorter winters and longer melt seasons in the Arctic.
It appears quite possible that the winter of 2011-2012 will be the longest winter on record in the Arctic. Freeze-up began during the first week in September, and probably won’t end until the last week in March. Nearly seven full months of increasing ice extent - almost a full month longer than normal.
This is very bad news for alarmists, who will have to lie about the Arctic even more than they normally do.
COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
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Yes, but it’s 15°F above normal in a few areas (making up less than 1% of the Northern Hemisphere), which is far more important than some silly ice up there where we can’t even ride jet skis.
you don’t know what the hell you are talking about…another liberal moron.
I thought Stark was being ironic rather than literal. Read it again.
This year will be interesting. 2010 was remarkable in the peak extent, but unremarkable in the trough. But, that was with a positive AO. I think the ice in the Bering strait may change the dynamics of the breakup.
The ice in Chukchi Sea is much thicker this year. 2010 got hit by some very strong southerly winds at the beginning of September.
Yeh, I remember. No telling what the winds will do this year either, but I think things will be different. How it turns out, I don’t know, but I’ve got a few ……. projections/scenarios running through my head and most say an increase in extent. Of course, it’s all contingent on the oscillating events remaining as they are from now through September.
Off topic, but remember when we were all pissed because of the incandescent law? Well, it turn out LEDs are our answer to all!!!! http://suyts.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/energy-problem-solved-by-leds/
If the Arctic fails to cooperate with alarmist predictions, consider that they may have to find something else to lie about…
Well, they already have “acidification” lined up: yet another thing that has a yearly (nay daily in this case) variation an order of magnitude greater than the supposed trend. In other words, it’s the perfect thing to lie about.
Go figure…We’ll take care of this at the voting booth in November!!! I cannot wait to vote. VOTE ALL DEMOCRAT/SOCIALIST/MARXIST OUT OF OFFICE!!!
Same thing happened in 2008, after the record open Arctic of September 2007. Sharply increased albedo arising out of earlier deposition of “Ocean Effect” snows on the north Eurasian landmass dropped Arctic temperatures earlier (10 degrees below average) through most of the winter. When the Sun returned in spring, late snowmelt kept temperatures lower and 300,000 square km additional floating sea ice ended up augmenting the following year’s summer ice cover.
This year is starting out along the 2008 pattern, but as later Eurasian snowmelt will keep world surface temperatures lower, the Arctic sea-ice recovery may even exceed that of 2008.
What’s a few more lies between agenda driven con men masquerading as scientists? They are pathological liars by their very nature.
“What’s a few more lies between agenda driven con men masquerading as scientists? They are pathological liars by their very nature.”
“Facts and Data” are the swords upon which to skewer your masquerading minions.
Absolutely agree!!! But so is the Voting Booth!!! The “Voting Booth”…gonna be Newsmax’s item of the year!!!
While I might agree with Newsmax’s politics, I hate the pseudoscience and alternative medicine crap they push, practically all of which is not supported by actual clinical trials.
The global warming hypothesis has been a fiction from the day it was first presented. It’s true purpose is multifold:
1) To put vast sums of money into the hands of scientific researchers. The cadre of charlantans in academia (and their universities) now promoting “climate change” as a danger to the planet are beneficiaries of huge public and private grants and have enjoyed their lofty position as the saviors of mankind — an esteemed status that leads to lucrative speaking tours, attendance at posh climate change conferences around the globe, widspread media coverage, and public accolades. (If AGW ceases to exist, their savior status will disappear, and they will be asked to explain why they “got the science so wrong.” That, they do not want to do.)
2) To put in place a system of collectivist economic controls, essentially creating the de-industrialization of the west through legislation designed to ween civilization from its dependence on fossil fuels, while creating a huge and lucrative market for the munufacturers of solar, windmill, CFL light bulbs and other so-called environmentally conscious alternatives. (Contrary to the leftist talking points, some of the largest corporations in the world, including Exxon-Mobile, BP and General Electric, have invested heavily in the promotion of these technologies and have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the Green movement.)
3) To establish a global exchange for the trading of carbon credits, creating an immense new revenue stream for Al Gore and other financial investors who stand to make hundreds of billions of dollars from their CO2 credit-trading scheme, while, at the same time, pushing up the cost of energy for households already struggling to make ends meet, an outcome that suits the energy companies just fine.
Most of the leading alarmists blabbering about the “AGW crisis” have one trait in common: they are sociopaths who completely lack a conscience or any capacity for real regret about hurting people. As Doug Casey points out in his recent column, “The Ascendance of Sociopaths in U.S. Governance”:
These people “are drawn to government and other positions where they can work their will on other people and, because they’re enthusiastic about government, they rise to leadership positions . . . In other words, [they represent] a type of moral rot [that] has become so prevalent that it’s institutional in nature.”
Congrats, this post made the ICECAP website.
Well… I’ve been spending the winter on the North Slope of Alaska. I can throw a rock out my window and hit the Arctic Ocean. And it is colder than hell up here. -55F was not uncommon. A warm day now is anything above -30F.
Not scientific to be sure, but cold all the same.