Today I read a typically bizarre article by Seth Borenstein of the AP. He's famous for promoting the idea that global warming will produce more snow because warmer air can hold more water, ignoring the facts that it can't snow when the temperatures are above freezing (i.e., no matter how warm the planet gets, the cold air necessary for snow can't hold more water), and that colder winters have more snow and more big snow storms.
At any rate, in his most recent article, Borenstein mentions the current international climate conference underway in Lima, Peru. To set the stage, he lists a series of misleading, outdated, and falsified "facts" to promote his thesis that "the numbers are stark." In typical fashion, he claims that Greenland lost 3.35 trillion tons of ice between 1992 and 2011, that Antarctica lost 1.56 trillion tons of ice over that same period, and, of course, that the Arctic sea ice average is off around 600,000 square miles, on average.
Yet in reality, global sea ice has increased 700,000 square kilometers over the past decade and is rising.
This reality is the opposite of Borenstein's claims, as well as the predictions of climate scientists.
In addition, the snow extent in North America has been rising since the 1960s, also contrary to the climate models and scientists' predictions.
http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_area.php?ui_set=1&ui_sort=0
Finally, regarding Greenland, the actual data show increasing accumulated surface mass balance.
http://beta.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/
There is a good discussion of Greenland at Tony Heller's blog. See the discussion in the comments, too.
We continue to see the real world contradict both the predictions and the theories of the alarmists such as Seth Borenstein. The only question now is at what point these alarmists will recognize how foolish they look. Will they ever adjust their theories to reality?
At any rate, in his most recent article, Borenstein mentions the current international climate conference underway in Lima, Peru. To set the stage, he lists a series of misleading, outdated, and falsified "facts" to promote his thesis that "the numbers are stark." In typical fashion, he claims that Greenland lost 3.35 trillion tons of ice between 1992 and 2011, that Antarctica lost 1.56 trillion tons of ice over that same period, and, of course, that the Arctic sea ice average is off around 600,000 square miles, on average.
Yet in reality, global sea ice has increased 700,000 square kilometers over the past decade and is rising.
This reality is the opposite of Borenstein's claims, as well as the predictions of climate scientists.
In addition, the snow extent in North America has been rising since the 1960s, also contrary to the climate models and scientists' predictions.
http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_area.php?ui_set=1&ui_sort=0
Finally, regarding Greenland, the actual data show increasing accumulated surface mass balance.
http://beta.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/
There is a good discussion of Greenland at Tony Heller's blog. See the discussion in the comments, too.
We continue to see the real world contradict both the predictions and the theories of the alarmists such as Seth Borenstein. The only question now is at what point these alarmists will recognize how foolish they look. Will they ever adjust their theories to reality?
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