tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post7118016954981273055..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Anthony Watts @wattsupwiththat makes a fool of himself (again), this time in the southern hemisphereSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44025833788855541552014-05-13T14:45:46.619+10:002014-05-13T14:45:46.619+10:00The Antarctic glaciers are getting more and more m...The Antarctic glaciers are getting <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/05/12/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-stability-sea-level-rise/9001819/" rel="nofollow">more</a> and <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2014/s4003445.htm%20media%20coverage" rel="nofollow">more</a> media coverage.<br /><br />Just another nail in the planet's coffin. It's all over red rover.Bernard J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-33925625986732769982014-05-13T14:15:18.255+10:002014-05-13T14:15:18.255+10:00I don't really have time to do an article righ...I don't really have time to do an article right now, but Anthony has <a href="http://archive.today/NoDOV" rel="nofollow">a new article up</a>, in which he shows RSS lower troposphere temperature (which doesn't cover the Antarctic continent) to prove the ice isn't melting or something. <br /><br />He also posted a chart of <a href="http://archive.today/NoDOV#selection-881.0-881.119" rel="nofollow">RSS for 70S to 0</a>, saying it was the continent of Antarctica - instead it's practically everything to the equator <b><i>except </i></b>Antarctica! (<a href="http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2014/04/anthony-watts-is-confused-about-enso.html" rel="nofollow">Where's BS?</a>) <br /><br />Anyway, his main argument against West Antarctic melting is the equivalent of showing average precipitation numbers for the whole of North America to "prove" that the Californian drought isn't real (and that NE USA hasn't had any floods).<br /><br />Deniers have no sense of time or risk. If you told them that seas will rise by two metres in the next twenty years, they'd say to worry about it then and "a lot can happen in twenty years".Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-11192618826347069812014-05-13T13:51:26.250+10:002014-05-13T13:51:26.250+10:00The radar readings from both teams show that the g...The radar readings from both teams show that the grounding line for some areas of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has retreated by as much as 20 miles (37 kilometers) over the past couple of decades, apparently due to the interaction with warmer seas. The main worry is that there appears to be no submerged hill or mountain that could slow down further retreat.<br /><br />Rignot said that means the glacial retreat has triggered a process of "positive feedback."<br /><br />"We feel that this is at the point where even if the ocean is not providing additional heat, the system is in a chain reaction that is unstoppable," he told reporters<br /><br />From NBC NEWS articleMJXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923344115002943368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-17587315754649442382014-05-12T19:57:56.984+10:002014-05-12T19:57:56.984+10:00Bad news for Ozzies...
http://www.theguardian.com...Bad news for Ozzies...<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/12/roaring-forties-shift-south-means-more-droughts-for-southern-australia<br /><br />Very interesting research, which I haven't at present the time to read. It looks like the opposite of the WACCy (Warm Arctic Cold Continents) phenomena seen in the Northern Hemisphere, and the associated research by Dr Jennifer Francis into the increasingly meandering jetstream; which would make some sense given the different distribution of land and ocean.<br /><br />Also possibly may explain why (denier meme du jour) Antarctic ice is currently at record high levels.<br /><br />We go to WUWT because they discontinued the charming eighteenth century tradition of public entertainment tours of the lunatic asylumsidunnonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-66996000966659375262014-05-12T19:39:18.078+10:002014-05-12T19:39:18.078+10:00Why do people go there? (to WUWT)
I know someone ...Why do people go there? (to WUWT)<br /><br />I know someone who goes there every day, and hangs on every wordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com