NASA Scientist Declares Self Anthropogenic Climate Change Skeptic

[RJDiogenes]

Climate change is not linear any more than it is globally uniform. Claiming that very obvious climatic trends do not exist because a few more icebergs were found this year is like saying, "It snowed today! Global Warming is teh fake!"

Which, of course, is exactly what people do....

 

[Captain X]

The problem is that climate "trends" depend on the time frame you are working within. Compared to the middle ages, we are cooling, compared to the little ice age, we're warming, etc. But that isn't the only reason I'm a skeptic, and that video I posted articulated it rather well. Naturally most of the proponents ignored it as "propaganda".

 

[Hoser]

Well, most people don't get their science from youtube, that's all.

 

[Captain X]

Ah yes, it's posted on YouTube, that totally invalidates anything it says. Never mind that it's a professional speaking in front of other professionals, and that it's just someone's camcorder recording of it.

Non Partisan Article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10043977-72.html


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It is the second-smallest amount of coverage since NASA began monitoring the situation in 1979. The Artic's sea ice coverage this September is about 33 percent below average, compared with the record low of 39 percent below average recorded in 2007.

Notice the date: "September 17, 2008 4:05 AM PDT"

The DailyTech article, however, is dated "January 1, 2009 11:31 AM" and includes data through December 2008:

Ice levels had been tracking lower throughout much of 2008, but rapidly recovered in the last quarter. In fact, the rate of increase from September onward is the fastest rate of change on record, either upwards or downwards.

The data is being reported by the University of Illinois's Arctic Climate Research Center, and is derived from satellite observations of the Northern and Southern hemisphere polar regions.