Quote:

---

Five meters of ice– about 16 feet thick - is threatening the survival of polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea region along Alaska’s Arctic coast, according to Dr. Susan J. Crockford, an evolutionary biologist in British Columbia who has studied polar bears for most of her 35-year career.

That’s because the thick ice ridges could prevent ringed seals, the bears’ major prey, from creating breathing holes they need to survive in the frigid waters, Crockford told CNSNews.com.



http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/04/28/polar-bears-face-
problems-thanks-to-too-much-ice-n1830450

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Gee, who knew ?

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Gee, who knew ?

---

Not YOU, clearly.

---

Quote:

---

From the release: A team led by Son Nghiem of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., studied trends in Arctic perennial ice cover by combining data from NASA’s Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) satellite with a computing model based on observations of sea ice drift from the International Arctic Buoy Programme. QuikScat can identify and map different classes of sea ice, including older, thicker perennial ice and younger, thinner seasonal ice.

“Unusual atmospheric conditions set up wind patterns that compressed the sea ice, loaded it into the Transpolar Drift Stream and then sped its flow out of the Arctic,” said Son Nghiem of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and leader of the study. When that sea ice reached lower latitudes, it rapidly melted in the warmer waters.

In simpler terms, polar wind patterns changed and blew sea ice further south to warmer waters than it normally would. Sea ice can easily be wind driven.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Actually, I did.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Actually, I did.

---

HA! Just more Right Wing lies!

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Actually, I did. The idea that wind and currents, not " AGW " , is the primary cause of less ice in the arctic isn't new.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by M52NICKERSON:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Actually, I did. The idea that wind and currents, not " AGW " , is the primary cause of less ice in the arctic isn't new.

---

So...wind and currents are not parts in the climate?

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
More ice in Antarctica says " hi! ".

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Storymark:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
More ice in Antarctica says " hi! ".

---

Thin ice, that sits at the surface and fools morons into thinking its more, says you're an idiot.


Actually, thinking about it - damned near every conversation you attempt to participate in makes you look like an idiot.



"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

---

Quote:

---

A former NASA scientist has described global warming as "nonsense", dismissing the theory of man-made climate change as "an unsubstantiated hypothesis" and saying that it is "absolutely stupid" to blame the recent UK floods on human activity.
Professor Les Woodcock, who has had a long and distinguished academic career, also said there is "no reproducible evidence" that carbon dioxide levels have increased over the past century, and blamed the green movement for inflicting economic damage on ordinary people

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/04/26/Former-NASA-Scien
tist-Global-Warming-is-Nonsense

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/04/26/Former-NASA-Scien
tist-Global-Warming-is-Nonsense

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:

Does all his knowledge & experience evaporate once he is no longer at nasa ?

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Bet he knows more about co2 than you.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Storymark:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
More ice in Antarctica says " hi! ".

---

Thin ice, that sits at the surface and fools morons into thinking its more, says you're an idiot.


Actually, thinking about it - damned near every conversation you attempt to participate in makes you look like an idiot.



"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

---

Caveats & name calling.

SOP

Meanwhile, the " idiots " have their say...

Quote:

---

A former NASA scientist has described global warming as "nonsense", dismissing the theory of man-made climate change as "an unsubstantiated hypothesis" and saying that it is "absolutely stupid" to blame the recent UK floods on human activity.
Professor Les Woodcock, who has had a long and distinguished academic career, also said there is "no reproducible evidence" that carbon dioxide levels have increased over the past century, and blamed the green movement for inflicting economic damage on ordinary people

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/04/26/Former-NASA-Scien
tist-Global-Warming-is-Nonsense

---

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Storymark:

Truth and accuracy. The ice is thinner, there isn't as much, despite your false claims - making you accurately labeled an idiot.

And one guy, who worked in a different field.... on a brietbart site.... Its adorable that you think that counts as legitimate.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:


Professor Woodcock is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Thermodynamics at the University of

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by M52NICKERSON:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Actually, I did. The idea that wind and currents, not " AGW " , is the primary cause of less ice in the arctic isn't new.

---

So...wind and currents are not parts in the climate?

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
He received his PhD from the University of London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a recipient of a Max Planck Society Visiting Fellowship, and a founding editor the journal Molecular Simulation

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
He received his PhD from the University of London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a recipient of a Max Planck Society Visiting Fellowship, and a founding editor the journal Molecular Simulation

---

But can he juggle geese?

AU, you pompous git.
(That was for your tag line)

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
So being right, yet once again, is what makes you think I'm a pompous git ?

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
So being right, yet once again

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by 1kiki:

So, data, meet rappy. I hope he says HI. Though it looks like the Arctic ice data and global temperature data scared him so much he can't even mention them.

---

Quote:

---

Professor Les Woodcock, who has had a long and distinguished academic career, also said there is "no reproducible evidence"

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Apparently you don't comprehend the term ' reproducible evidence '

---

Quote:

---

That this is a global scientific konspiracy. Thus scientisits in Brazil, England, South Africa, Germany, etc., instead of trying to overthrow their own countries are trying to overthrow the government of the United States.
That's diabolical!

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Thing is, if we only produce 16% of the greenhouse gasses, and China & India are making more all the time, then there REALLY isn't any way to have that positive of an effect on AGW. In essence, we're screwed.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by second:
there is no plausible or defensible path to securing an international agreement without a commitment by the countries with the highest per-capita emissions, like the U.S., to participate.

---