Forum

TruthMove Forum

TruthMove Forum » TruthMove Main Forum

No ice at the North Pole (3 posts)

  1. truthmod
    Administrator

    If you (or the culture) can't read the signs, you're insane.

    2

    It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

    The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic – and worrying – examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer.

    "From the viewpoint of science, the North Pole is just another point on the globe, but symbolically it is hugely important. There is supposed to be ice at the North Pole, not open water," said Mark Serreze of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado.

    Posted 16 years ago #
  2. chrisc
    Member

    If you (or the culture) can't read the signs, you're insane.

    Well, in total denial at least, and clearly people are... :-(

    What will it take for people to wake up?

    The quote above is taken from the front page article in the UK's Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-c...

    Posted 16 years ago #
  3. chrisc
    Member

    Read Climate on the front page Independent article and the subsequent media coverage:

    I always find it interesting as to why some stories get traction in the mainstream media and why some don't. In online science discussions, the fate of this years summer sea ice has been the focus of a significant betting pool, a test of expert prediction skills, and a week-by-week (almost) running commentary. However, none of these efforts made it on to the Today program. Instead, a rather casual article in the Independent showed the latest thickness data and that quoted Mark Serreze as saying that the area around the North Pole had 50/50 odds of being completely ice free this summer, has taken off across the media.

    ...

    So why do stories about an geographically special, but climatically unimportant, single point traditionally associated with a christianized pagan gift-giving festival garner more attention than long term statistics concerning ill-defined regions of the planet where very few people live?

    I don't really need to answer that, do I?

    http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008...

    The article is followed by 172 comments that I haven't read...

    Posted 16 years ago #

Reply

You must log in to post.