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> Especially on climate, it's known for alarmist articles. Search their site for other headlines on an ice-free arctic and I bet you'll find similar doom predic
by hannob 3y ago
> Especially on climate, it's known for alarmist articles. Search their site for other headlines on an ice-free arctic and I bet you'll find similar doom predictions going back a long time with dates that are now in the past.
> A random example I found: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/mar/12/global-w https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/mar/12/global-w...
Now if anyone gets a wrong impression here: I checked the linked article. It does not talk about an ice-free arctic. It doesn't even mention the word "arctic". It also does not make any predictions for a date that is now in the past.
It essentially explains that extreme temperature increases would make parts of the world uninhabitable due to the wet bulb temperature. Which is, well, not particularly controversial, as it is a fact that can be derived from very basic physics, and was as true in 2009 as it is today.
- throw310822 3y ago‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’ (2016) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/21/arctic-will-be-ice-free-in-summer-next-year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/21/arctic-w... Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist (2013) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/jul/24/arctic-ice-free-methane-economy-catastrophe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/j... Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years (2012) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/sep/17/arctic-collapse-sea-ice https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/sep/17/arctic-c...