Dear Santa Claus,
I am writing out of concern, because you may have to move from the North Pole due to the dramatic melting of Arctic sea ice. The Navy's chief oceanographer says that by the summer of 2020 the North Pole may not have summer ice and other scientists project that an ice-free Arctic is possible as soon as 2012!
Scientists overwhelmingly agree that polar ice is melting because of greenhouse gas pollution and I am working hard to reduce these emissions. But there is probably nothing we can do in time to save the North Pole. I am worried about your safety and your ability to deliver billions of Christmas gifts if the ice cap on the North Pole no longer stays frozen all year. What will happen to your house, your workshop, the elves' houses and your reindeer barns?
I want you to know that if you want to relocate to the beautiful state of New Jersey, I would be proud to assist you. But given the climate you are accustomed to, I will understand if you would like to relocate to the South Pole. Just be sure not to move to the Antarctic Peninsula or West Antarctic ice sheet, areas that are also experiencing rapid ice melt.
Please know that I will work to mobilize the U.S. federal government to assist when you relocate. I am sure we can both agree that on a warming planet, we need to do all we can to save Christmas.
Sincerely,
Robert Menendez
U.S. Senator
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http://nsidc.org/images/arcticseaicenews/20101004_Figure7.mov
The purple line is the median for the period 1979 - 2000.
For more info: http://nsidc.org/news/press/20101004_minimumpr.html
If the Arctic sea ice is a canary in the coal mine, it's singing to us.
The canary analogy (correctly applied) is pretty good in this case -- instead of a loud warning we have to notice the canary has stopped singing.
I promise to work on the canary analogy. Sorry for the confusion.
http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/23/media-climate-change-warming-opinions-contributors-larry-bell_2.html
The article you link to claims there was a problem with sensors on the ice -- wouldn't you think the photos from space are unrelated to sensors on the ice?
Do you know who made the "discovery" in February 2009? Your link states an important discovery was made but does not say who made the discovery.
Now with scientific facts like that in hand, how can your opinion possibly not be correct?
Interesting thing about name callers. They often paint their own inner faults on others. "Hysterics who won't face real problems."......gee I wonder who that could apply to? That wouldn't be a good description for fossil fuel supporters who are afraid of changing to other technologies for energy, would it? Or people who are afraid to face the enormity of the bag of hurt that their world is about to be in from climate induced agricultural failures? Or people who suspect that their whole ideology will unravel once someone pulls out a hitherto fore trusted thread which turns out to be bogus?
Just saying...
Have a great day!
"Woops" it turns out I 'm mistaken.
Pop quiz . Which has more volume, a million square miles of ice an inch thick, or hundred thousand square miles of ice, a foot thick?
If you can't get the correct answer within a minute or so, many you shouldn't be posting things that fly in the face of the chief US Navy oceanographer,unless you really, really want to look slow?
I mean, really, do you think you are smarter than that guy? Isn't that awfully arrogant of you if you are not a card carrying "arrogant liberal"??
Just saying.......
Yes the science is settled. not
Would you send me the same crystal ball that the navy's "chief" oceanographer has? I want to know if I will have a job in six months.
Thanks.
Capitalism is killing the planet. We must end the greed it to insure that we have a planet to live on in the near future!
My sentiments exactly.
Similarly, do the skeptics agree that this is a proper test, and agree that if the North Pole does become ice free before Autumn 2020, that the AGW models are indeed correct?
I would be really great to have a firm prediction from each side to compare. This is typically how science gets to decide between alternative theories. Counting fans and dollars is a poor way to decide science questions.
Why don't we put Al Gore on one side of this "test" and all the climate realists on the other? Al Gore's statement was stated in press articles at the time he made his statement.
We're sending Michael Mann up to prove that you exist. Please cooperate, we plan to form the Intergovernmental Panel on Santa Clause (IPSC) to raise money to study the problems you are facing. We'll find a way to blame them all on the wealthy nations, and through corrupt science and a fawning cooperative media, we'll advance our agenda.
The two populations that are increasing, both in north-eastern Canada, were severely reduced by hunting in the past and are recovering thanks to the protection they and their prey now enjoy.
We have pretty good trends of arctic sea ice decline, and if this continues as polar bears spend most of their time hunting on sea ice, they could face problems.
Try to look at all the data not just the data that backs up your view point. The only propaganda I see is you just picking 2 of the 19 groups and applying that to the whole species.
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/will-polar-bears-survive