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Yes. And the world's climate scientists all agree. Your doubt about it is based only on your own ignorance and general brainwashed rightwingnut stupidity.NASA did not say that, retard. You're just too stupid to understand what you read.
Here's what NASA actually has to say about the Arctic ice.
Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second-Lowest Level
NASA
Oct. 4, 2011
(govt. publication - free to reproduce)
WASHINGTON -- Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder showed that the summertime sea ice cover narrowly avoided a new record low.
The Arctic ice cap grows each winter as the sun sets for several months and shrinks each summer as the sun rises higher in the northern sky. Each year the Arctic sea ice reaches its annual minimum extent in September. It hit a record low in 2007.
The near-record ice-melt followed higher-than-average summer temperatures, but without the unusual weather conditions that contributed to the extreme melt of 2007. "Atmospheric and oceanic conditions were not as conducive to ice loss this year, but the melt still neared 2007 levels," said NSIDC scientist Walt Meier. "This probably reflects loss of multiyear ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas as well as other factors that are making the ice more vulnerable."
Joey Comiso, senior scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said the continued low minimum sea ice levels fits into the large-scale decline pattern that scientists have watched unfold over the past three decades.
"The sea ice is not only declining, the pace of the decline is becoming more drastic," Comiso said. "The older, thicker ice is declining faster than the rest, making for a more vulnerable perennial ice cover."
While the sea ice extent did not dip below the 2007 record, the sea ice area as measured by the microwave radiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite did drop slightly lower than 2007 levels for about 10 days in early September, Comiso said. Sea ice "area" differs from extent in that it equals the actual surface area covered by ice, while extent includes any area where ice covers at least 15 percent of the ocean.
Arctic sea ice extent on Sept. 9, the lowest point this year, was 4.33 million square kilometers (1.67 million square miles). Averaged over the month of September, ice extent was 4.61 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles). This places 2011 as the second lowest ice extent both for the daily minimum extent and the monthly average. Ice extent was 2.43 million square kilometers (938,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average.
This summer's low ice extent continued the downward trend seen over the last 30 years, which scientists attribute largely to warming temperatures caused by climate change. Data show that Arctic sea ice has been declining both in extent and thickness. Since 1979, September Arctic sea ice extent has declined by 12 percent per decade.
"The oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic continues to decline, especially in the Beaufort Sea and the Canada Basin," NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve said. "This appears to be an important driver for the low sea ice conditions over the past few summers."
Climate models have suggested that the Arctic could lose almost all of its summer ice cover by 2100, but in recent years, ice extent has declined faster than the models predicted.
Sea ice? Your going to blame atmospheric CO2 on melting sea ice?
How about pink unicorns, while you're at it. LOL.How about shifting ocean currents?
Arctic sea ice continues to shrink, even in frigid winter
Alaska Dispatch
Jan 09, 2012
(excerpts)
Even as winter clamps down, our polar ice cap continues to dwindle. Despite the arrival of frigid winter temperatures north of Alaska, the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean ended 2011 far below average in both extent and volume, continuing its decades-long shrink toward summer oblivion, according to the most recent estimates posted online by polar observers. The total mass of ice -- its surface footprint plus the bulk hidden beneath the surface -- has never been lower for this time of year. The area covered was third smallest since 1979, with vast areas of ocean north of Europe remaining ice-free.
The polar cap has now lost almost half of its December volume since 1979 -- with much of the thick, multi-year ice that previously formed the ice cap's bedrock, so to speak, exiting into the Atlantic Ocean during summers. The total amount of ice in the Arctic remained at least 37 percent below the long-term average, explained a new analysis that drew on computer models, satellite feeds and observations by ships and submarines. Ice volume as of Dec. 31 was estimated to be lower than any previous New Year's Eve on record, as depicted on this chart posted by the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington.
The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by at least 15 percent floes averaged only about 4.78 million square miles during December -- the third lowest seen for that month since satellite monitoring began in 1979, the NSIDC said. Only Decembers of 2006 and 2010 were lower for that month, but the five of the six lowest Decembers have all occurred during the past six years. To put this loss into perspective, the Arctic has been losing 3.5 percent of its December ice cover per decade for a generation. An ice-bound wilderness larger than Washington, Oregon, California and Texas combined has completely disappeared from the Far Norths early winter habitat.
Yes. And the world's climate scientists all agree. Your doubt about it is based only on your own ignorance and general brainwashed rightwingnut stupidity.Sea ice? Your going to blame atmospheric CO2 on melting sea ice?
How about pink unicorns, while you're at it. LOL.How about shifting ocean currents?
Arctic sea ice continues to shrink, even in frigid winter
Alaska Dispatch
Jan 09, 2012
(excerpts)
Even as winter clamps down, our polar ice cap continues to dwindle. Despite the arrival of frigid winter temperatures north of Alaska, the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean ended 2011 far below average in both extent and volume, continuing its decades-long shrink toward summer oblivion, according to the most recent estimates posted online by polar observers. The total mass of ice -- its surface footprint plus the bulk hidden beneath the surface -- has never been lower for this time of year. The area covered was third smallest since 1979, with vast areas of ocean north of Europe remaining ice-free.
The polar cap has now lost almost half of its December volume since 1979 -- with much of the thick, multi-year ice that previously formed the ice cap's bedrock, so to speak, exiting into the Atlantic Ocean during summers. The total amount of ice in the Arctic remained at least 37 percent below the long-term average, explained a new analysis that drew on computer models, satellite feeds and observations by ships and submarines. Ice volume as of Dec. 31 was estimated to be lower than any previous New Year's Eve on record, as depicted on this chart posted by the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington.
The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by at least 15 percent floes averaged only about 4.78 million square miles during December -- the third lowest seen for that month since satellite monitoring began in 1979, the NSIDC said. Only Decembers of 2006 and 2010 were lower for that month, but the five of the six lowest Decembers have all occurred during the past six years. To put this loss into perspective, the Arctic has been losing 3.5 percent of its December ice cover per decade for a generation. An ice-bound wilderness larger than Washington, Oregon, California and Texas combined has completely disappeared from the Far Norths early winter habitat.
Your lack of climate science knowledge is funny. Atmospheric CO2 is not going to change the deep ocean currents. Volcanic action and other factors are far more direct causes. Take some time to actually learn about the subject.
Your lack of climate science knowledge is funny. Atmospheric CO2 is not going to change the deep ocean currents. Volcanic action and other factors are far more direct causes. Take some time to actually learn about the subject.
Your lack of climate science knowledge is funny. Atmospheric CO2 is not going to change the deep ocean currents. Volcanic action and other factors are far more direct causes. Take some time to actually learn about the subject.
Actually no. Global warming which is caused by CO2 and other human activities results in the melting of attic ice which then flows into the ocean.
Second all factors that are not human related if only they were taken into account the eart should be cooling (examples include sun, dust)
Also Volcano eruptions have been constant meaning they are not the result of increasing CO2 levels or warming/cooling trends
Actually no. Global warming which is caused by CO2 and other human activities results in the melting of attic ice which then flows into the ocean.
Second all factors that are not human related if only they were taken into account the eart should be cooling (examples include sun, dust)
Also Volcano eruptions have been constant meaning they are not the result of increasing CO2 levels or warming/cooling trends
No, walleyedretard, you're lying. You spew a lot of nonsense that you can never seem to actually back up with any evidence. You're a troll and a confused, brainwashed retard.Well crap. They're lying. Who woulda thunk it.Yes. And the world's climate scientists all agree. Your doubt about it is based only on your own ignorance and general brainwashed rightwingnut stupidity.Sea ice? Your going to blame atmospheric CO2 on melting sea ice?
How about pink unicorns, while you're at it. LOL.How about shifting ocean currents?
Arctic sea ice continues to shrink, even in frigid winter
Alaska Dispatch
Jan 09, 2012
(excerpts)
Even as winter clamps down, our polar ice cap continues to dwindle. Despite the arrival of frigid winter temperatures north of Alaska, the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean ended 2011 far below average in both extent and volume, continuing its decades-long shrink toward summer oblivion, according to the most recent estimates posted online by polar observers. The total mass of ice -- its surface footprint plus the bulk hidden beneath the surface -- has never been lower for this time of year. The area covered was third smallest since 1979, with vast areas of ocean north of Europe remaining ice-free.
The polar cap has now lost almost half of its December volume since 1979 -- with much of the thick, multi-year ice that previously formed the ice cap's bedrock, so to speak, exiting into the Atlantic Ocean during summers. The total amount of ice in the Arctic remained at least 37 percent below the long-term average, explained a new analysis that drew on computer models, satellite feeds and observations by ships and submarines. Ice volume as of Dec. 31 was estimated to be lower than any previous New Year's Eve on record, as depicted on this chart posted by the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington.
The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by at least 15 percent floes averaged only about 4.78 million square miles during December -- the third lowest seen for that month since satellite monitoring began in 1979, the NSIDC said. Only Decembers of 2006 and 2010 were lower for that month, but the five of the six lowest Decembers have all occurred during the past six years. To put this loss into perspective, the Arctic has been losing 3.5 percent of its December ice cover per decade for a generation. An ice-bound wilderness larger than Washington, Oregon, California and Texas combined has completely disappeared from the Far Norths early winter habitat.
No, walleyedretard, you're lying. You spew a lot of nonsense that you can never seem to actually back up with any evidence. You're a troll and a confused, brainwashed retard.Well crap. They're lying. Who woulda thunk it.Yes. And the world's climate scientists all agree. Your doubt about it is based only on your own ignorance and general brainwashed rightwingnut stupidity.
How about pink unicorns, while you're at it. LOL.
Arctic sea ice continues to shrink, even in frigid winter
Alaska Dispatch
Jan 09, 2012
(excerpts)
Even as winter clamps down, our polar ice cap continues to dwindle. Despite the arrival of frigid winter temperatures north of Alaska, the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean ended 2011 far below average in both extent and volume, continuing its decades-long shrink toward summer oblivion, according to the most recent estimates posted online by polar observers. The total mass of ice -- its surface footprint plus the bulk hidden beneath the surface -- has never been lower for this time of year. The area covered was third smallest since 1979, with vast areas of ocean north of Europe remaining ice-free.
The polar cap has now lost almost half of its December volume since 1979 -- with much of the thick, multi-year ice that previously formed the ice cap's bedrock, so to speak, exiting into the Atlantic Ocean during summers. The total amount of ice in the Arctic remained at least 37 percent below the long-term average, explained a new analysis that drew on computer models, satellite feeds and observations by ships and submarines. Ice volume as of Dec. 31 was estimated to be lower than any previous New Year's Eve on record, as depicted on this chart posted by the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington.
The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by at least 15 percent floes averaged only about 4.78 million square miles during December -- the third lowest seen for that month since satellite monitoring began in 1979, the NSIDC said. Only Decembers of 2006 and 2010 were lower for that month, but the five of the six lowest Decembers have all occurred during the past six years. To put this loss into perspective, the Arctic has been losing 3.5 percent of its December ice cover per decade for a generation. An ice-bound wilderness larger than Washington, Oregon, California and Texas combined has completely disappeared from the Far Norths early winter habitat.
Yes and those peaks and valleys have not changed. However just to let one know we are currently at a peak meaning if volcanoes were the only variable the earth should be cooling, yet instead it is warming.No volcanic activity has peaks and valleys just as any other cycle on Earth.Actually no. Global warming which is caused by CO2 and other human activities results in the melting of attic ice which then flows into the ocean.
Second all factors that are not human related if only they were taken into account the eart should be cooling (examples include sun, dust)
Also Volcano eruptions have been constant meaning they are not the result of increasing CO2 levels or warming/cooling trends
Started cooling? The ten hottest years on record occurred after the year 2000, 2010 was the hottest on record that year.The Earth started cooling last year. You are just too much a Faither to see it. Global warming is the result of water vapor primarily. True story.
Yes, every one of your baseless and fraudulent assertions has indeed been refuted by cold hard facts. Just like the graph puts the ice loss assertion to bed. Thanks for playing!The only thing I have repeatedly demonstrated is just how much you are a retard. Have the adults left the house without locking up the computer pass word?
Your idiotic fantasies are belied by the content of your posts. Anyone can go back and see that every moronic bit of misinformation you posted was refuted by the facts.
It has already been mentioned.Yes and those peaks and valleys have not changed. However just to let one know we are currently at a peak meaning if volcanoes were the only variable the earth should be cooling, yet instead it is warming.No volcanic activity has peaks and valleys just as any other cycle on Earth.Actually no. Global warming which is caused by CO2 and other human activities results in the melting of attic ice which then flows into the ocean.
Second all factors that are not human related if only they were taken into account the eart should be cooling (examples include sun, dust)
Also Volcano eruptions have been constant meaning they are not the result of increasing CO2 levels or warming/cooling trends
Started cooling? The ten hottest years on record occurred after the year 2000, 2010 was the hottest on record that year.The Earth started cooling last year. You are just too much a Faither to see it. Global warming is the result of water vapor primarily. True story.
The thing is that you are being stupid and telling us because temperature vary each year that if one year does not have a higher temp it means the earth is cooling. If you were intelligent you would look at trends which show the earth getting hotter and hotter.
The year 2008 was the coldest year of the decade but was the 10 hottest ever.
If you're going to post plz try to make it not as ignorant and stupid as your last one
It has already been mentioned.
THE EARTH IS COLLING
It has already been mentioned.Yes and those peaks and valleys have not changed. However just to let one know we are currently at a peak meaning if volcanoes were the only variable the earth should be cooling, yet instead it is warming.No volcanic activity has peaks and valleys just as any other cycle on Earth.
Started cooling? The ten hottest years on record occurred after the year 2000, 2010 was the hottest on record that year.The Earth started cooling last year. You are just too much a Faither to see it. Global warming is the result of water vapor primarily. True story.
The thing is that you are being stupid and telling us because temperature vary each year that if one year does not have a higher temp it means the earth is cooling. If you were intelligent you would look at trends which show the earth getting hotter and hotter.
The year 2008 was the coldest year of the decade but was the 10 hottest ever.
If you're going to post plz try to make it not as ignorant and stupid as your last one
THE EARTH IS COLLING
It has already been mentioned.Yes and those peaks and valleys have not changed. However just to let one know we are currently at a peak meaning if volcanoes were the only variable the earth should be cooling, yet instead it is warming.
Started cooling? The ten hottest years on record occurred after the year 2000, 2010 was the hottest on record that year.
The thing is that you are being stupid and telling us because temperature vary each year that if one year does not have a higher temp it means the earth is cooling. If you were intelligent you would look at trends which show the earth getting hotter and hotter.
The year 2008 was the coldest year of the decade but was the 10 hottest ever.
If you're going to post plz try to make it not as ignorant and stupid as your last one
THE EARTH IS COLLING
Your grasp of the facts is on a par with your spelling, you poor retarded nutjob.
You fucking idiot it's a typo maybe I should have spelled it KOOLINGIt has already been mentioned.Yes and those peaks and valleys have not changed. However just to let one know we are currently at a peak meaning if volcanoes were the only variable the earth should be cooling, yet instead it is warming.
Started cooling? The ten hottest years on record occurred after the year 2000, 2010 was the hottest on record that year.
The thing is that you are being stupid and telling us because temperature vary each year that if one year does not have a higher temp it means the earth is cooling. If you were intelligent you would look at trends which show the earth getting hotter and hotter.
The year 2008 was the coldest year of the decade but was the 10 hottest ever.
If you're going to post plz try to make it not as ignorant and stupid as your last one
THE EARTH IS COLLING
Your grasp of the facts is on a par with your spelling, you poor retarded nutjob.
By Jens Bischof
Climate change has become a topic of great public interest. Hardly a week goes by without newspaper articles proclaiming global warming, the greenhouse effect, melting polar ice caps and retreating glaciers. No self-respecting weather forecaster can resist the temptation to see a connection between slightly abnormal weather patterns and El Nino, the eternal culprit. And while it is clear that the burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and wood, and the ensuing rise of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere must trigger a reaction of the global climate system, it is completely unknown exactly what kind of reaction will occur.
http://www.odu.edu/ao/instadv/quest/Greenhouse.htmlThe last 10,000 years of geological history are referred to as the Holocene Era. During that time, global climate has been relatively stable, with swings from warmer temperatures to cooler and back again. On average, however, there has not been the kind of extreme climate oscillation that has in the distant past led to periods of glaciation. Nevertheless, Earth is overdue for a cold snap. Close examination of the way ice is presently traveling in ocean water, from frigid to warmer regions of the globe, suggests that the mechanisms for widespread planetary cooling may once again be engaging.
It doesn't actually matter much how you spell it 'cause it is still quite wrong. The Earth is not cooling, it is warming up due to the 40% increase in CO2 levels that is trapping more thermal energy within the Earth system.You fucking idiot it's a typo maybe I should have spelled it KOOLINGIt has already been mentioned.
THE EARTH IS COLLING
Your grasp of the facts is on a par with your spelling, you poor retarded nutjob.
LOLOLOL....good lord you're delusional. LOL. You might be pretty good at beating off but as far as you ever "beating down" anyone with your ignorant drivel, that's just hilariously delusiuonal. You couldn't debate your way out of a wet paper bag, let alone "beat" anyone down.How many times are you going to get beat down with this lie?
Wow little dude, ONE scientist and a geologist at that. LOL. You are sooooo clueless.By Jens Bischof
...it is clear that the burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and wood, and the ensuing rise of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere must trigger a reaction of the global climate system...
It doesn't actually matter much how you spell it 'cause it is still quite wrong. The Earth is not cooling, it is warming up due to the 40% increase in CO2 levels that is trapping more thermal energy within the Earth system.You fucking idiot it's a typo maybe I should have spelled it KOOLINGYour grasp of the facts is on a par with your spelling, you poor retarded nutjob.
Met Office: World warmed even more in last ten years than previously thought when Arctic data added
The world warmed more in the last ten years than previously thought, according to a new global temperature series updated by the Met Office.
The Telegraph
19 Mar 2012
(excerpts)
...a new analysis of land and sea temperatures, that includes new data from weather stations in the Arctic, has found the world is warming even more than previously thought. Between 1998 and 2010, temperatures rose by 0.11C, 0.04C more than previously estimated. The new data set also shifts around the hottest years on record, so that the new temperature series, known as HadCRUT4, is more in line with other global records held by NASA and NOAA in the US. The American series had already added Arctic temperatures from extrapolated information. Before it was thought the hottest years were 1998 followed by 2010, 2005, 2003 and 2002. The updated series puts 2010 as the hottest year on record followed by 2005, 1998, 2003 and 2006. The main conclusions of the new temperature series remains the same that overall warming since 1850 has been around 0.75C and the 10 warmest years on record all occurred in the last 14 years.
Most of the new data came from weather stations controlled by Russian scientists. "HadCRUT is underpinned by observations and weve previously been clear it may not be fully capturing changes in the Arctic because we have had so little data from the area," Professor Phil Jones, director of CRU said. "For the latest version we have included observations from more than 400 stations across the Arctic, Russia and Canada. This has led to better representation of what's going on in the large geographical region, said Prof Jones. Dr Peter Stott, Head of Climate Monitoring and Attribution at the Met Office, said the new series is "yet another piece of evidence that the world is warming". The scientific evidence is really strong that we are warming, he said.
LOLOLOL....good lord you're delusional. LOL. You might be pretty good at beating off but as far as you ever "beating down" anyone with your ignorant drivel, that's just hilariously delusiuonal. You couldn't debate your way out of a wet paper bag, let alone "beat" anyone down.
Wow little dude, ONE scientist and a geologist at that. LOL. You are sooooo clueless.By Jens Bischof
...it is clear that the burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and wood, and the ensuing rise of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere must trigger a reaction of the global climate system...
Scientific opinion on climate change
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scientific opinion on climate change is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming and it is more than 90% certain that humans are causing it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels.[1][2][3][4] This scientific consensus is expressed in synthesis reports, scientific bodies of national or international standing, and surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.
National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed the current scientific opinion, in particular on recent global warming. These assessments have largely followed or endorsed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) position of January 2001 which states:
An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system... There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.[5]
The main conclusions of the IPCC on global warming were the following:
1. The global average surface temperature has risen 0.6 ± 0.2 °C since the late 19th century, and 0.17 °C per decade in the last 30 years.[6]
2. "There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities", in particular emissions of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane.[7]
3. If greenhouse gas emissions continue the warming will also continue, with temperatures projected to increase by 1.4 °C to 5.8 °C between 1990 and 2100. Accompanying this temperature increase will be increases in some types of extreme weather and a projected sea level rise.[8] On balance the impacts of global warming will be significantly negative, especially for larger values of warming.[9]
No scientific body of national or international standing has maintained a dissenting opinion; the last was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its 1999 statement rejecting the likelihood of human influence on recent climate with its current non-committal position.[10][11] Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.
Wow little dude, ONE scientist and a geologist at that. LOL. You are sooooo clueless.
He's the expert you're just a trollFor 13 years, since the start of his dissertation, Dr. Bischof has studied the process of ice rafting. His specialty is the identification of ice rafted sand grains which can be frequently found dispersed in glacial marine deep-sea sediments. By linking these rock and mineral grains, which were transported by drifting ice during times of continental glaciations, to their respective sources, he was able to determine the directions of past ocean surface currents and to reconstructed an increasingly accurate picture of past climate changes. The results of his work will help to constrain climate models and have thus predictive value as well. Dr. Bischof's primary occupation is research, publishing, and applying for grants to keep the growing Arctic research group funded.
Maybe if he made the font even larger it would be more true? lol
All these data sets are manipulated by scientists hell bent on keeping their jobs.
