• The Arctic Has Hit a Temperature Not Seen Since 1900, WHAT? It was HOTT

    From Marvin Ratbird@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 14 22:01:15 2016
    XPost: aus.politics, alt.war.vietnam, alt.connecticut
    XPost: sac.politics

    BEFORE that political tarball of liberal bullshit "global
    warming" appeared?

    Looks like Al Gore, Joe Biden and Barack Obama are all liars
    after all.

    Sea ice is melting at a record rate.

    The Arctic has recorded its highest air temperature since 1900,
    and is warming twice as fast as anywhere in the world.

    As a result, the decline in sea ice has caused large numbers of
    walruses to lose their natural habitat, and rising sea
    temperatures are shifting fish communities northward, according
    to this year’s Arctic Report Card released on Tuesday by the
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

    The average annual air temperature over land was 2.3 degrees
    Fahrenheit above the long-term average, which is the highest
    since modern records began in 1900. The maximum Arctic Ocean sea
    ice extent – defined as an area with at least 15% ice cover –
    occurred on Feb. 25, 2015, 15 days earlier than average. It was
    the lowest extent recorded since record-keeping began in 1979.


    “The Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the
    planet, which has ramifications for global security, climate,
    commerce, and trade,” said NOAA chief scientist Dr. Rick Spinrad
    during a press conference on Tuesday at the annual American
    Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

    The higher temperatures are causing unprecedented melting of ice
    areas in the region. Melting occurred over more than 50% of the
    Greenland Ice Sheet for the first time since the exceptional
    melting of 2012, and 22 of the 45 widest and fastest-flowing
    glaciers have retreated.

    NOAA’s analysis also shows that 70% of the ice pack in March was
    composed of first-year ice, meaning that the amount of new,
    thinner ice has doubled since the 1980s and is more vulnerable
    to melting.

    This corresponds with data from the United Nations that show
    this year is the hottest on record. In response to global
    warming, the recent COP21 climate change summit saw nearly 200
    countries reach an agreement to limit the global temperature
    rise to below the 2°C above pre-industrial level, a key
    threshold before scientists warn irreversible repercussions will
    befall the planet.

    http://fortune.com/2015/12/16/arctic-report-card/
     

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  • From US-Troll_Exterminator@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 14 21:16:41 2016
    XPost: alt.war.vietnam, alt.connecticut

    Marvin Ratbird, the nutcase US troll farted into cyberspace:

    BEFORE ....

    And your point in posting this BS with cut and paste to aus.politics and
    other random newsgroups is what???

    Your lack of education or your mental disease?

    Troll elsewhere fucker!

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    FOAD!

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