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No, I'm not confused. >Sea ice as a whole is decreasing as expected And no, it isn't. While it is hard to obtain the number from NSIDC, since they've stopped

by gd1 11y ago

No, I'm not confused. >Sea ice as a whole is decreasing as expected And no, it isn't. While it is hard to obtain the number from NSIDC, since they've stopped reporting it since it doesn't fit the narrative: "Why don’t you publish a global sea ice extent number? The combined number, while easy to derive from our online posted data, is not useful as an analysis tool or indicator of climate trends." (http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/faq/#combined http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/faq/#combined) ...you can still dig up some charts. Here's a few: https://nsidc.org/sites/nsidc.org/files/images//arc_antarc_1979_2012.png https://nsidc.org/sites/nsidc.org/files/images//arc_antarc_1... Or here: http://www.cato.org/blog/spinning-global-sea-ice http://www.cato.org/blog/spinning-global-sea-ice As it turns out, I have been a bit hyperbolic I'll admit (I was going on memory). But the fact is combined sea ice isn't "decreasing as expected" as you say. It's above average. And the original post I was responding to that claimed "we have incredible sea ice lows" is also nonsense. We don't, we have some loss in the northern hemisphere and gains on a similar scale in the south. > I easily imagine how this has been spun in certain circles If you want to talk about "spinning in certain circles", you might want to ask why we hear endlessly about the decline in arctic ice, how it is seen as confirmation of the global warming hypothesis because it happens to fit the predictions, and yet at the other end of the globe we see large sea ice increases being ignored, dissembled and explained away with theories about ocean currents or wind patterns. That's not science, that's confirmation bias.

themgt 11y ago
Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic sea ice even as Arctic sea ice and Greenland/Antarctic land ice melt. It's not that complicated - the amount you know about the topic, one of a small list still used by deniers, makes it fairly clear you're manipulating facts to push a false narrative. https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southern-sea-ice-intermediate.htm https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southe... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/18/stop-using-antarctic-sea-ice-to-claim-nothings-wrong-at-the-south-pole/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/201...
- gd1 11y ago
  >Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic There sure is, and that was my point. Did you read what I wrote at the end about confirmation bias? The mad scramble to provide a just-so explanation when something doesn't fit the hypothesis, but when it does then no need for questions. The reduction in Arctic sea ice could only be due to warming, there is no other possible reason right? Let's look at your thought process for example, because it is a classic: >Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic Why the fuck are you so certain that this is a temporary rise in Antartic sea ice? Stop and think about that for a moment. Why? You and all the models didn't predict it, the article we're commenting on says they can't quite explain it, but you're here to tell me it is temporary. Whereas anything happening at the other pole, well that isn't temporary according to you. No way, that is definitive evidence of the coming apocalypse.
  - themgt 11y ago
    In fact we are in so far the hottest year on record, following 2014 as the hottest full year on record. All of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1998. The oceans and atmosphere are, as has long been predicted by climate science, taking up an immense amount of heat due to the effect of greenhouse gas emissions. It appears to actually be you who is guilty of confirmation bias, ignoring the forest in a vain search for the one tree that will prove that climate change is a lie, a belief to which you are irrationally wedded.

by gd1 11y ago

themgt 11y ago

Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic sea ice even as Arctic sea ice and Greenland/Antarctic land ice melt. It's not that complicated - the amount you know about the topic, one of a small list still used by deniers, makes it fairly clear you're manipulating facts to push a false narrative. https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southern-sea-ice-intermediate.htm https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southe... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/18/stop-using-antarctic-sea-ice-to-claim-nothings-wrong-at-the-south-pole/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/201...

gd1 11y ago
>Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic There sure is, and that was my point. Did you read what I wrote at the end about confirmation bias? The mad scramble to provide a just-so explanation when something doesn't fit the hypothesis, but when it does then no need for questions. The reduction in Arctic sea ice could only be due to warming, there is no other possible reason right? Let's look at your thought process for example, because it is a classic: >Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic Why the fuck are you so certain that this is a temporary rise in Antartic sea ice? Stop and think about that for a moment. Why? You and all the models didn't predict it, the article we're commenting on says they can't quite explain it, but you're here to tell me it is temporary. Whereas anything happening at the other pole, well that isn't temporary according to you. No way, that is definitive evidence of the coming apocalypse.
- themgt 11y ago
  In fact we are in so far the hottest year on record, following 2014 as the hottest full year on record. All of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1998. The oceans and atmosphere are, as has long been predicted by climate science, taking up an immense amount of heat due to the effect of greenhouse gas emissions. It appears to actually be you who is guilty of confirmation bias, ignoring the forest in a vain search for the one tree that will prove that climate change is a lie, a belief to which you are irrationally wedded.