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From "Watts Up With That?"...

"Last year as arctic sea ice melted to record levels, panic set in for many. But then, as the sea ice rebounded and froze again quickly in the 2007/2008 winter, making up for that record loss and reaching heights not seen for several years, many exclaimed that even though the ice areal extent had recovered, this new ice was “thin” and would likely melt again quickly. There were also many news stories about how the Northwest Passage was ice free for the first time “ever”."

Last year, while polar bears (sob!) 'drowned', the leftists who bought into Global Warmalism cried loudly about the immediate doom Bushitler and the evil Capitalists have wrought on our Gaia. But, NASA knew better...

NASA Examines Arctic Sea Ice Changes Leading to Record Low in 2007 10.01.07

PASADENA, Calif. - A new NASA-led study found a 23-percent loss in the extent of the Arctic's thick, year-round sea ice cover during the past two winters. This drastic reduction of perennial winter sea ice is the primary cause of this summer's fastest-ever sea ice retreat on record and subsequent smallest-ever extent of total Arctic coverage.

The results? The evil wind blew sea ice farther south than normal. Guess what? It melted. Just like it did in the '20's, when a similar Arctic 'meltdown' occurred.

Nghiem said the rapid decline in winter perennial ice the past two years was caused by unusual winds. "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," he said. When that sea ice reached lower latitudes, it rapidly melted in the warmer waters.

"The winds causing this trend in ice reduction were set up by an unusual pattern of atmospheric pressure that began at the beginning of this century," Nghiem said.

But some eco-tourists wanted to see for themselves, for the last time, what Arctic Ice was all about, before it all melted away and flooded New York City and Miami and killed millions of innocents. So, this month, they loaded up on a modern Russian Icebreaker and headed off up the Northwest Passage. Oh Boy!

"I am on the bridge of the massive Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, and the tension is palpable. We have hit ice - thick ice.

"We are travelling from the northeastern corner of Russia, across the Bering Sea and the top of Canada to Resolute Bay in Nunavut. At least that's the plan. We haven't even reached Canadian waters and we are already in trouble.

"The ice master studies the mountains of white packed around the ship while the 24,000-horsepower diesel engines work at full throttle to open a path. The ship rises slowly onto the barrier of ice, crushes it and tosses aside blocks the size of small cars as if they were ice cubes in a glass. It creeps ahead a few metres, then comes to a halt, its bow firmly wedged in the ice. After doing this for two days, the ship can go no farther.

"The ice master confers with the captain, who makes a call to the engine room. The engines are shut down. He turns to those of us watching the drama unfold, and we are shocked by his words: "Now, only nature can help this ship." We are doomed to drift."

For the lamers who resolutely continue to follow nose-first the pipe of the Goreacle I can only say this...if you go out into this world expecting things to be as Al Gore hath proclaimed, pack a nice lunch.

We humans don't. have. anything. to. do. with. Climate. Change. Neither here on Earth, nor on...Jupiter.



Yes, it's "Red Spot Jr"., another "Climate Change Disaster", caused no doubt by our Capitalist economy (which must be destroyed; right, Al? Al? ..... now where did he jet off to this time? )

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h/t Ace