The higher temperatures are in part due to especially warm air coming from the south during this year’s winter, the report says. And that’s where things get scary. Shrinking sea ice and glaciers used to be a thing of the summer, but now that trend is carrying over into the winter months, says Jeremy Mathis, director of NOAA’s Arctic Research Program. “The pace of change that’s happening in the Arctic … is truly unprecedented,” he says.
Rapidly shrinking arctic sea ice… In winter.
Instead of pushing for technocratic world globalist control and the imposition of breathing taxes, we’d just like to hear about operating systems, please.
Nobody have pushed for that. Idiot trolls should at least make some effort…
No, but Thom is pushing for a neo-marxist semi-religious tyranny akin to the anti-science Sovietunion. Scientific data is being cherrypicked and misrepresented by Social Fascists in very much the same style as by Holocaust deniers or 911-“truthers”.
The marxist alarmists are yelling louder and louder while every revision to data models are extending the deadline:
The world will end in 2000.
New data available: The world will END IN 2050.
New data available: The world WILL END IN 2150.
New data available: The WORLD WILL END IN 2300!
…….eventually, it will. In another 4 billion years.
The arguments pushed by Thom and his ilk are entirely non-scientific and highly emotional. The average temperature increase is perfectly within the normal, though a tad low historically speaking. We still have 415 years to go before we should be worried.
Name calling. Now there’s a “scientific” counter-argument…
Edited 2016-12-14 23:14 UTC
Nope. No name calling. Just drawing comparisons between different branches of Collectivism.
LOL. You’re adorable.
You surely meant “deplorable”? 🙂
Always good to know that some random dude with zero qualifications knows better than thousands of properly accredited scientists publishing thousands of properly accredited and peer reviewed scientific articles in thousands of properly accredited and peer reviewed journals working at hundreds of properly accredited institutions.
Your choice of words makes it very clear you do not accept the scientific method and the ideals of the Enlightenment. That’s fine.
There’s nothing emotional about accepting the scientific method and the ideals of the Enlightenment. Just look at the wording of your right-wing extremist rant – who’s the emotional one here?
Edited 2016-12-14 23:16 UTC
Pot, meet Kettle. (See your previous article.)
First, I am not rightwing. I am part of the alternative non-marxist leftwing.
Second, unlike you I support the scientific method, but I do not support Leuchter-style cherry picking of data (e.g. reversed scientific method).
I have no beef with actual climate scientists, but their data do not support your alarmist agenda, nor do they support sensationalist journalism.
Climate scientists and leftwing alarmists are not the same group.
Edited 2016-12-14 23:24 UTC
What are your qualifications? What accreditation do you possess that allows you to so confidently dismiss virtually the entire body of peer-reviewed knowledge on climate change, and basically act like a modern-day reverse (i.e., wrong) Galileo?
Because if you’re just talking out of your ass, I got news for you: you clearly do not accept the scientific method and the ideals of the Enlightenment.
I am not dismissing any body of peer-reviewed knowledge on climate change. On the contrary. I am rejecting climate alarmists hijacking and abusing scientific findings for the sake of their own draconian agenda.
I am neither denying global warming, sea level increases, melting ice or climate changes. But the future is not as bleak as climate alarmists are making it out to be. We have more time than you think. For that reason I reject alarmists. Calm down and adapt instead of running in circles and screaming.
The rightwing solution of do nothing, hear nothing, see nothing and know nothing will obviously not help.
I don’t know if this clarified my position, or merely left you more confused.
Tell that to the Pacific islands that are disappearing today. Tell that to the people on the Atlantic coast of the southern US, where land is disappearing today. Tell that to the people of Florida, who are seeing the effects of climate change today. Tell that to the people of California, who are seeing the effects of climate change today. Tell that to the Dutch people and our second-to-none water engineers, who have been working on and paying ungodly amounts of money for strengthening our water defences against the rising sea levels today. Tell that to the thousands of peer-reviewed scientists who implore us that UNLESS we do something NOW, the consequences to especially poorer parts of the world will be quite, quite bad.
There is nothing “alarmist”, “fascist”, “Marxist” (what even?), or “holocaust denial” (all your words) about heeding the warnings of proper peer-reviewed science.
Edited 2016-12-15 00:05 UTC
California checking in here. We are not seeing any effects of climate change here… even the drought we are currently in has historical precedence…
Source: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/regional_information/ca-and-we…
You are in denial.
Man-made (anthroprogenic) climate change is a hoax. Research Lord Monckton. The Alarmists DO have a draconion agenda.
Good grief. About the first thing you’ll discover if you research “Lord” Monckton is that he’s not actually a Lord. He is, however, a crackpot.
You mean you and your first world climate controlled cheap drinking water environment miles from the coast (or meters above sea level) has more time than you think.
As long as you’re comfortable, everything is fine.
Why, look how well Syria is doing after all those farmers moved into the city after a long drought.
Not my problem. Rich democratic countries are not responsible for poor, socialist dictatorships. Not one dollar must be granted them. They will adapt or perish, as has always been the case. Human past is filled with abandoned settlements due to climate changes. This will also be our future.
Did you know what the people from those “abandoned settlements” do? They start fighting amongst themselves and other people. They “invade” other territories to escape. The Sea Peoples brought empires to their knees. It will be your problem.
Oh, btw. I don’t live miles from the coast, nor do I live meters above the waterline. On the contrary. Most people in Denmark do not live miles from the coach, nor meters above the water. We have many of the same issues, and we are spending quite a bit of securing land. We adapt or we perish.
Again, completely missing the point, and forgetting your own point.
You may have plenty of time, but you’re dismissing the scientists purely from your first world position. You claim people are being alarmist only because you live in a life of comfort and affluence where you won’t feel the effects immediately. You have no actual case based on science – just your personal anecdote.
We look forward to you spending ungodly amounts of money in The Netherlands, when people like you come begging us for our incomparable knowledge on water/flood management.
In an ironic turn of events, unfettered climate change will benefit The Netherlands greatly as people like you come begging on your knees for our knowledge and expertise.
Expect to pay through the nose.
And what is their draconian agenda?
Is it fuck. We’ve managed to reverse a six-millennia long temperature decline in less than a century and a half and the rate of change is more than many of the planet’s species will be able to bear. Also: sea level rise, ocean acidification, increased incidence of extreme weather events, droughts leading to wars etc.
I suggest that you apply the same level of scepticism to whatever bullshit sources inform you about climate that you do to the actual science.
No the temperatures aren’t within normal as you would know if you were informed. It is obvious that you aren’t and don’t want to be.
I think Thom can be forgiven for reporting on man-made climate change, as he is from the Netherlands which will be very much affected by rising sea levels in the future.
Plus in the previous article it was pointed out why climate scientists are afraid of the anti-science attitude of the Trump administration, so it is not exactly a first.
Protip: If your movement involves postulating that a vast conspiracy of scientists exists, then it is probably anti-science.
Sadly, anti-science movements such as creationism, anti-vaccination, climate change denialism and fat acceptance have gained a strong following in the US, and both liberals and conservatives participate.
Edited 2016-12-15 11:22 UTC
You want to know why?
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It seems to me that the majority of OSnews, is in fact, OS(-related) news. However, some of the most commented on stories happen to be the non-OS-related news. If you look at the comment numbers, it seems that non-os news is actually the most popular news on OSnews.
Edited 2016-12-15 17:49 UTC
There is absolutely nothing surprising about ice melting at the north pole during winter. It is expected due to the influence of the gulf stream. It can be worrying for other reasons, but being winter is not one of them.
Possibly, nevertheless a consensus of the experts in this field are suggesting there is a problem and suggesting that only neo-marxist, involved in semi-religious tyranny supported by Soviet science express any concern. Presumably theses cherry picking Social Fascists using the same techniques as Holocaust deniers or 911-“truthers” are doing it for their own nefarious reasons.
What are these nefarious reasons? Is it part of a neo Socialist, Marxist conspiracy to impose a totalitarian world bureaucracy; that this conspiracy involves evil scientists working on behalf of the elite, who are part of the illuminati to destroy liberty etc etc etc.
Surely you can see how toxic this conspiracy skepticism is.
I’m beginning to feel that there is a real danger in those who reject reason and empiricism, and the ideas of the enlightenment. That these dangers come from the right and the left who choose their preferred narrative over reality; who both argue that the truth is unknowable on the right due to a conspiracy of the evil and on the left due to toxic identity politics.
We seriously need to get a grip and try and see through this narrative bull shit, we cannot possible fix the problems of the world if we don’t allow ourselves to see the world. Part of the process of seeing is believing those who have expertise and not pretending they are either part of elitist conspiracy or guardians of the “Grand Narrativeâ€
What *is* surprising is how it now deviates from the norm that has been set in the previous years. What might have caused that? What does this say about the future? Sure, it’s a waste of time to panic, but being overly optimistic in a grave situation (which is what you are doing) has never helped anyone.
What exactly are you trying to say here? That you expect arctic sea ice to decline during the winter..? When do you expect this ice to form? Or do you deny that there is such a thing as arctic sea ice – is that part of the Conspiracy?
All those houses at 70 meters above (current) sea level will be valuable beachfront properties in a few (hundred) years!
Edited 2016-12-15 17:23 UTC
This article has no business on this website. This is not climate website, this is OSnews – Operating System news.
Your website, your content. Our website, our content. You cannot dictate what we put here. This is a simple concept
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“OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing.”
You have been called out before for posting articles not related to computing or for posting too much of your own opinion on articles.
This isn’t a blog. Once upon a time, in fact, this website posted news related to operating systems. I remember those days well.
From the FAQ:
“OSNews is not just about operating systems. We report on other technology news, on development issues and articles, hardware, and if it is a slow news day, we might kick in some sci-fi movie news or other stuff we might find interesting. Our motto is “Exploring the Future of Computing,” and we do just that… and more. While we try to focus on all major news about operating systems, ultimately, we report on a range of technologies and anything else we think our readers might find interesting.”
This is not your website.
Climate isn’t technology.
Please read more carefully.
In addition to only us deciding what we post here and this being perfectly aligned with our mission statement, nobody is forcing you to read everything we post.
Well, if you’re going to be that way about it… f–k off.
EDIT:
Which, if I’m not being clear, means: delete my f–king account.
I’ve been coming to this website for most of my adult life… and you’re polluting it with nonsense.
Edited 2016-12-17 01:37 UTC
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