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Post by fatjohn1408 on Sept 28, 2019 14:15:38 GMT
Seems a bit odd why we only have one about arctic ice thread.
Well, antarctic ice extent is greater than the 2018, 2017, 2008, 2002, 1990, 1989, 1986, 1984 and 1979 maxima.
So it doesn't look like they'll be managing to make a frightening headline out of this statistic this year.
Next up are 1992 and 2001 with less than 100000 square km over today's extent.
With a bit of luck we'll get there by the end of the week.
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Post by fatjohn1408 on Sept 28, 2019 16:14:19 GMT
My bad.
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Post by Ratty on Sept 28, 2019 23:17:39 GMT
FJ, I'll send you the bank account details so you can pay the fine. 
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Post by Ratty on Mar 9, 2020 0:15:27 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 9, 2020 1:26:53 GMT
😂😂😂
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Post by Ratty on Mar 9, 2020 12:29:45 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Apr 3, 2020 13:07:24 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 3, 2020 13:46:14 GMT
From the article "Now experts say they have found the most southerly evidence yet of this environment in plant material extracted from beneath the seafloor in west Antarctica.
The Cretaceous, 145m to 66m years ago, was a warm period during which Earth had a greenhouse climate and vegetation grew in Antarctica.
Scientists say the new discovery not only reveals that swampy rainforests were thriving near the south pole about 90m years ago but that temperatures were higher than expected. Such conditions, they add, could only have been produced if carbon dioxide levels were far higher than previously thought and there were no glaciers in the region."But it isn't jungle at the South pole - because the Earth's crust in that area was not at the South pole yet... and continental drift is nothing to do with CO2.  Nobody has any idea of what the ocean currents would be around the breakup of Pangea but dependent where the spreading was occurring the sea floor sample could have been quite a way North. |
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Post by nautonnier on Jul 22, 2020 17:56:26 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Oct 15, 2020 20:02:11 GMT
"New Study: East Antarctica Was Up To 6°C Warmer Than Today During The Medieval Warm Period
As recently as 2000 to 1000 years ago, spanning the Roman to Medieval Warm Periods, East Antarctica was 5-6°C warmer than it is today. The consequent ice melt resulted in >60 meters higher water levels in East Antarctica’s lakes.
East Antarctica has been rapidly cooling in recent decades, with magnitudes reaching -0.7°C to -2.0°C per decade since the mid-1980s (Obryk et al., 2020)." notrickszone.com/2020/10/15/new-study-east-antarctica-was-up-to-6c-warmer-than-today-during-the-medieval-warm-period/
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Post by missouriboy on Oct 16, 2020 23:41:37 GMT
In 1976, we had the great climate switcheroo in the Northern Hemisphere where atmospheric temperatures and likely oceanic ones increased dramatically. This continued to about 2000. During this period, these charts show Southern Hemisphere temps falling. THEN, there is a SH spike in 2006. Was this the start of a Great Southern Hemisphere Switcheroo? Should we expect declines in Northern Hemisphere temps, while the Southern Hemisphere warms? The penguins would call it justice. |
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Post by nonentropic on Oct 17, 2020 0:00:23 GMT
We have an election today and if that was a ballot question I would vote yes!
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 21, 2021 4:02:29 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 21, 2021 4:44:29 GMT
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Post by flearider on Jan 21, 2021 9:36:31 GMT
Critique of recent article from The GuardianNobody has any idea of what the ocean currents would be around the breakup of Pangea but dependent where the spreading was occurring the sea floor sample could have been quite a way North. ok where did this part go ?  |
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