Five of the last 6 winters have been harsh in Europe, particularly in England. Europe has barely had a spring the last two years. In Warmist World, this is caused by warming from greenhouse gases released because you drove to work this morning, and possibly even got an iced coffee
Arctic Ice Melt Seen Doubling Risk of Harsh Winter in EU
The decline in Arctic sea ice has doubled the chance of severe winters in Europe and Asia in the past decade, according to researchers in Japan.
Sea-ice melt in the Arctic, Barents and Kara seas since 2004 has made more than twice as likely atmospheric circulations that suck cold Arctic air to Europe and Asia, a group of Japanese researchers led by the University of Tokyo’s Masato Mori said in a study published yesterday in Nature Geoscience.
Of course, there has been a tremendous rebound of Arctic ice this year, so, does that mean that it should be warmer during winter?
“This counterintuitive effect of the global warming that led to the sea ice decline in the first place makes some people think that global warming has stopped. It has not,†Colin Summerhayes, emeritus associate of the Scott Polar Research Institute, said in a statement provided by the journal Nature Geoscience, where the study is published.
The findings back up the view of United Nations climate scientists that a warmer average temperature for the world will make storms more severe in some places and change the character of seasons in many others. It also helps debunk the suggestion that slower pace of global warming in the past decade may suggest the issue is less of a problem.
In other words, no matter what happens, it is “climate change” caused by Mankind, and we’re doomed. Warmists will blame everything that happens on “climate change” in order to accord with their cult.
An ice age used to be defined as a lack of deciduous trees in northern Europe. I wonder if that definition has changed with the warmest religion. Harsh winters and lack of spring will do in these types of trees.
I can predict the future. I predict that in 6 months we will learn that a new study has found that climate change causes whatever weather we are having right now.
Did you notice that they had to tweak the model 200+ times to get it to output the result they desired? Heh. Science.
Usually, if I’ve try to fix something a few times and can’t get it the way I want, I realize it’s not meant to work that way. In “climate science” the end result precedes the actual experiment.
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
Check out Figure 3 to put your claim that Arctic ice is expanding in perspective. The “tremendous rebound” still puts the Arctic ice extent low.
Did you wish to discuss how the reduced icepack could modify the prevailing jet stream? I didn’t think so.
It’s easier to whine about “Na Na Na, how can it be cold when we have ‘global warming’?” Also, look up the meaning of counterintuitive.
Global warming is causing climate change. The overall increase in the Earth’s retained heat is causing regional changes in climate. It’s easy to understand, but even easier to mock.
Jeff,
Wrong again. And again. And again. You never provide real references. Your religion is falling apart.
dave,
You don’t trust the National Snow and Ice Data Center? Makes sense, since you don’t trust the FDA.
Religions are based on myths and magic and make-believe. The NSIDC actually measures the sea ice area. Do you think they get it wrong?
Finally, what is the source of your better information?
“Still puts the Arctic ice extent low..” Low compared to….what? What defines low? Anyway, if true, still proves absolutely nothing as to the cause of such loss. The climate clowns tend to focus only on “the loss of ice in the Artic”, while the real question is basically ignored- What’s causing the loss? They expect the low-info types to hear “ice loss”, and immediately think it must be AGW, when there’s no proof of that. Amazingly, to alarmists, anyway, the Arctic in the past has had less ice.
Did you look at Figure 3? They explain that the low is compared to the average from 1981 to 2010. In absolute terms you can see in the graph that the Arctic ice extent continues to decrease. So let’s put the lie that the Arctic ice is increasing to bed.
You raise a good point. Why is the Arctic ice extent decreasing with time? Certainly the air and water in the Arctic is warming. Why is it warming? The most likely explanation is from global warming from our burning of fossil fuels.
Do you have a more likely hypothesis?
Do you think the processes that caused less Arctic ice in the past to be responsible now?
Jeff,
The mostly likely explanation for anything is not a trace gas in the atmosphere.
dave,
The ABCD gambit: Anything But Carbon Dioxide.
It’s always interesting to hear the scientifically illiterate refer to CO2 as a trace gas, as if the word “trace” falsifies the theory of man-made global warming.
Atmospheric CO2 is what keeps the Earth from being a giant snowball. So if 200 to 280 ppm keeps the Earth warm, why would rapidly doubling that amount not make it warmer? (Your answer will be: Because 300 million years ago CO2 was higher and humanity survived!)
Let’s say you and your life partner are together under a light blanket on a cold night. The air temperature under the blanket, warmed by your combined body heat is 78F. You decide that is too cool, so you add another light blanket, doubling the insulation. After a bit, the air under the blanket is now 90F.
Jeff,
You have got to be kidding. Trying to discuss anything with you is like talking to a kindergartener. Would you please go get an education.
dave,
I try to talk down to your level of understanding. Still too complicated?
Let me ask another way. If “trace” amounts of CO2 of 200 ppm cause warming, why do you claim that CO2 at 400 ppm (“trace” x 2) wouldn’t cause warming?