Global Warmists had a big conference last week in San Francisco. And the Gore Effect was in full force as San Francisco experienced dangerous record-cold temperatures all week.
Global Warmists had a big conference last week in San Francisco
Global Warmists had a big conference last week in San Francisco. And the Gore Effect was in full force as San Francisco experienced dangerous record-cold temperatures all week.
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In th "D'uh!" Category:
“'All other things being equal, adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will have a warming effect on the planet,” Judith Curry, a climatologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, told the Los Angeles Times. “However, all things are never equal, and what we are seeing is natural climate variability dominating over human impact.”
The Kullman study points to mounting evidence that climate is largely out of human control, as humans were not burning large amounts fossil fuels during Roman and Medieval times.'"
http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/13/study-earth-was-warmer-in-roman-medieval-times/
And Arctic ice set for a 50% increase. I think the polar bears are safe.
They are safe, but there has been some bitching about how "global warming/climate change" is to blame for a decrease in an Antarctic ice sheet. But maybe there was another reason...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/131118-antarctica-volcano-earthquakes-erupt-sea-level-rise-science/
Active Volcano Found Under Antarctic Ice: Eruption Could Raise Sea Levels
A newly discovered volcano found buried beneath a thick layer of ice in Antarctica could speed up ice loss and raise global sea levels when it erupts, scientists say.
The finding, detailed in the current issue of Nature Geoscience, marks the first time that an active volcano has been discovered under the ice of the frozen continent. (Also see "Giant Undersea Volcanoes Found Off Antarctica.")
When it erupts—which no one can predict—the volcano "will create millions of gallons of water beneath the ice—many lakes full," study leader Doug Wiens, professor of earth and planetary science at Washington University in St. Louis, said in a statement.
This water will rush beneath the ice toward the sea and feed into one of the major ice streams that drain ice from Antarctica into the Ross Ice Shelf, Wiens explained.
What's new?
The new volcano's discovery was accidental. In January 2010, scientists set up a series of seismometers, or earthquake detectors, on Marie Byrd Land, a highland region of West Antarctica.
The instruments array detected two swarms of earthquakes about one year apart, in 2010 and 2011. The earthquakes were small, with magnitudes of between 0.8 and 2.1.
The tremors occurred at depths of about 15 to 25 miles (25 to 40 kilometers), close to the boundary between the crust and the mantle, and much deeper than normal crustal earthquakes.
The depth at which the quakes occurred, as well as their low frequency, suggests they might be so-called Deep Long Period earthquakes, or DPLs, which occur in volcanic areas.
"People aren't really sure what causes DPLs," said Amanda Lough, a postdoctoral student in Wiens's lab and the first author of the study, said in a statement.
"It seems to vary by volcanic complex, but most people think it's the movement of magma and other fluids that leads to pressure-induced vibrations in cracks within volcanic and hydrothermal systems."
Why is the discovery important?
Lough and her team say it's not a matter of if the newly discovered volcano will erupt, but when. "It most likely has erupted before," Lough said.
That's because the volcano sits atop a raised portion of land that the team believes is composed of previously erupted material.
What would happen in an eruption?
The volcano is covered by more than half a mile (one kilometer) of ice, so it would have to be an extraordinarily powerful eruption to breach the surface.
However, the heat from the volcano could increase melting at the base of the glacier and meltwater could act like a lubricant that makes the overlying ice flow out to sea faster. Global sea levels could rise by a small amount as a result.
"We're not talking about an eruption causing the ice sheet to melt and cause catastrophic sea-level rise," Lough told National Geographic.
"This volcanic complex has been operating for millions of years ... There have been past eruptions of this system and the ice has survived for millions of years, [so] future eruptions alone will not cause the ice sheet to fail."
What's next?
Most of the seismometers used to discover the volcano have been removed and installed in other areas in Antarctica, so further study of its seismic activity is no longer possible.
But Lough said she hopes scientists will continue to study the volcano using other instruments.
"I'm really excited because this paper has stirred up a lot of interest in the glaciology community," she said, "and hopefully someone there will take up the challenge to answer the questions of what are the possible outcomes."
So, Globull Warming tm isn't to blame for the glacier shrinking?
Manbearpig will go all stompyfoot over this one!
Hmmm, Ghost, the sup html tag didn't work, is it only for numbers?
Isn't that the volcano that Bush started back in 2003?
Cheney/Halliburton drilling experiment gone awry. Did you know Bush and Cheney frequently dined on puppies AND baby seals ? Media Matters says it is so.
MMFA also say they won a war on FoxNews. So that must be true, too.
true X eleventy. ;)
In other words they can to town, got drunk, found hookers, smoked dope, and pretended to do something substantial.....Climate loons, Just like their leader, the overweight, and bitchy Al Gore....I wish someone would club him instead of a baby seal....
It could be below zero in Sanfariecisco and they would still blame it on globull warming. Our only hope is a magnitude 10 earthquake takes care of the place.
Never let a good earthquake go to waste.
It's just SO much fun sometimes!
The problem with this movement is that it's not about climate.
That's kind of the point! It's never been about climate, or clean water, or fresh air, or save the eagles, it's always been and always will be about control. Using deceit and obfuscation is just the way evil people do business, up to and including the Republican leadership and their allies and cronies. They all want access to the levers of power...it's an aphrodisiac and we're the ones being f***ed!
Mounting evidence of an evil entity that gains control of mankind through deceit. God throws up red flags everywhere but mankind will make the ultimate decision which way we go. Way too many flags have already been ignored or not even seen because of the darkness that has enveloped the world. The stage is being set for the final chapter. We can be saved individually through faith in the Savior, the Light of the world. Even that is not of ourselves but grace through faith.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Haven't you heard? The new "Warm" is "Cold". Also, we've always been at war with Eastasia.
Comrade, you just earned an increase in your chocolate ration, from 22 grams to 18.