The temps have been fairly flat and even since about 1998, we may be headed into global cooling in which case we may see some ice sheets increase in size and mass but as much as we would like to believe otherwise, there's not much we can do about it. That said making radical claims and wild assumptions based on less than 30 years a data (yes, that's what we basing the conclusions about the Arctic on) is incredibly foolish. The standard answer to your question about the difficulties about predicting the weather next week or even tomorrow would normally yield a lecture from the pro Man Made warming debaters about the difference between weather and climate. Weather can also be very localized within a few city blocks in many cases. Bob Taylor -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:24 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT - ClimateGate
Perhaps, but is that consistent with the notion we are cooling? What the article showed was a person trying to make his observations match others, he should be defrocked.
I just wish we could get accurate temps form weatherman. I looked up a forecast and the current temp is warmer than the projected high.
I'm just guessing but is it possible that it may be melting because of some kind of cycle?
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:02:22 -0700 From: erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT - ClimateGate
Finally, the article that proves it is all a hoax. I guess the question remains why is the ice melting?
My understanding from past list administrator statements is that this kind
of post is "okay" here.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/24/the_fix_is_in_99280.htm l
Hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit (Britain's University of East Anglia) appear to implicate leading climatologists with
scientific
fraud.
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