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09/24/14 9:20 AM
It is climate change! Or don't you think the oceans rising, fires raging, tornadoes exploding, droughts and water shortages becoming the norm is a warning sign?
There is no strong evidence to support severe weather becoming stronger, more frequent or more widespread during the past 50 years in the United States.
“We don’t think at the current time that the climate changes are large enough to create droughts so to speak...
Without more exploring, the researchers can't say for sure why there are so many methane plumes along the Atlantic coastline. "It's a huge research area that needs to be pursued,"
In reality, it’s quite the opposite. The increase in CO2 is making the ocean, not more corrosive, but more neutral. Since both alkalinity and acidity corrode things, the truth is that rainwater (or more CO2) will make the ocean slightly less corrosive, by marginally neutralizing its slight alkalinity. That is the problem with the term “acidify”, and it is why I use and insist on the more accurate term “neutralize”. Using “acidify”, is both alarmist and incorrect. The ocean is not getting acidified by additional CO2. It is getting neutralized by additional CO2.
Rivers draining from the ice sheet transport meltwater runoff to the ocean........
reveal a later melt season onset in 2013 and lower flow conditions compared to previous years. Cumulative river discharge (e.g., ice sheet meltwater export, Fig. 55c) in 2013 was the lowest recorded during the instrumental record for this site (2008-2013). Also, consistent with the lower air temperatures reported below, meltwater temperatures were considerably lower than the 2008-2013 average (Fig. 55d). While runoff from this single catchment cannot be extrapolated to other parts of the ice sheet, this short record suggests that meltwater runoff from the ice margin for this area of southwestern Greenland was lower than previous years.
Sea levels are expected to rise by around 2.3 metres (7.6 feet) for every 1C of warming in the coming decades
Few would care about any of these climate crisis capers at all, were it not for the epic climate science budget bonanza rising ocean scare. The simplified, dumbed-down story packaged and distributed for the public goes like this:
•Evil carbon dioxide from human fossil burning is heating the climate to unprecedented levels.
•This is causing glaciers to melt and sea levels to rise at an accelerating and disastrous rate.
•The salvation of our planet depends upon an immediate transition to wind and solar energy, electric cars and bicycles, and less consumption-oriented lifestyles.
Alarmists Are In Way Over Their Heads On Rising Ocean Claims
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