Am I still allowed to question climate change?

[Wildcat]

More here on the problems that NOAA have

 

http://objectivistindividualist.blogspot.com/2010/08/satellite-temperature-record-now.html

 

Your link is to someone that is clearly clueless.

 

Scroll down to Dec 2006.

 

Update 5 Dec 2006 *******************************

 

Data products are still 5.2 and 5.1. For LT 5.2 and MT 5.1 we have

eliminated the data from NOAA-16 after September 2005 when NOAA-16

began to diverge in a manner that suggested NOAA-16 was having problems.

Thus, the data since Oct 2005 is based on NOAA-15. The net effect on this

change was to increase post-Oct 2005 temperatures slightly, and thus the

global trend is increased by about 0.01 C/decade.

 

ftp://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/data/msu/t2lt/readme.13Apr2010

 

Hmm it looks like the problem was detected back in September 2005, reported and action taken to address it.

 

That will be one reason why the data is not used for anything important. It is odd that it was being published by Coastwatch. But the issue has nothing to do with the integrity of the satellite record for global temperatures.

 

Some more info here:

http://www.remss.com/msu/msu_data_description.html#rss_msu_data_analysis

[Wildcat]

The first comprehensive synthesis on the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans has found they are now changing at a rate not seen for several million years. According to the report by Hoegh-Guldberg & Bruno (2010):

 

“Concentrations of man-made greenhouse gases are driving irreversible and dramatic changes to the way the ocean functions, with potentially dire impacts for hundreds of millions of people across the planet. The impacts of climate change on the world’s oceans include decreased ocean productivity, altered food web dynamics, reduced abundances of habitat-forming species, shifting species distributions, and a greater incidence of disease. Further change will continue to create enormous challenges and costs for societies worldwide, particularly those in developing countries.”

 

http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/climate-change-impact-on-oceans-shallow-seas/

[Bulgarian]

Has that got anythign to do with the huge numbers of humbolt squids ?

[Wildcat]

Has that got anythign to do with the huge numbers of humbolt squids ?

 

In short, yes.

 

http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/climate-change/humbold-squid-population-exploding-due-global-warming/

[Bulgarian]

We need to do something quickly then, they are bloody scary.

[splodgeyAl]

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/15/sea-ice-news-18/

 

http://cbs5.com/local/cold.summer.weather.2.1817855.html

 

Funny you should mention ice...

 

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727751.300-arctic-ice-less-than-meets-the-eye.html

[convert]

Ah well I take it all back, we're dooomed.

 

Well we must be as his Tonyness; Mr BLiar himself says so...

 

 

...World leaders may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming, Tony Blair has warned.

 

He said politicians did not have to wait for chaotic climate change in order for them to act.

 

The risks of not cutting emissions, given the potentially massive consequences, was enough to justify action, he told BBC Radio 4...

 

..."I was never in the situation of total certainty here and indeed I always used to say to the NGO people (pressure groups) and others (to) be careful you don't end up in a situation where you are claiming that something is certain when it isn't absolutely certain.

 

"But it doesn't need to be certain for us to act. It just needs to be likely, probable or actually even - if you look at the consequences possible because if you find out 2030 or 2040 'that was a real problem, we should have dealt with that', you're going to pay a pretty heavy price in history."

 

So a bit like WMD's then...

 

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11181330

[convert]

Looks like the Polar bears will be with us for quite a while yet.

 

 

The Greenland and West Antarctic ice caps are melting at half the speed previously predicted, according to analysis of recent satellite data...

 

 

 

Source http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100906085152.htm

 

Also reported at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1309490/Ice-caps-melting-half-speed-predicted.html

 

The average rise in sea levels as a result of the melting ice caps is also lower, the team discovered.

[splodgeyAl]

Looks like the Polar bears will be with us for quite a while yet.

 

 

 

Source http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100906085152.htm

 

Also reported at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1309490/Ice-caps-melting-half-speed-predicted.html

 

Why would Antarctic ice have any affect on polar bears?

[convert]

Why would Antarctic ice have any affect on polar bears?

 

It wouldn't , but maybe the Greenland Ice Cap would.