Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Arctic Sea Ice Increasing and its Implications

Despite numerous doom and gloom forecasts predicting the catastrophic affects of global warming,
once again a conflicting report sheds doubt on the theory. According to a new study:

"Climate researchers used satellite data to calculate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic between 2010 and 2014, and found that while ice volume decreased by 14 percent between 2010 and 2012, it rose dramatically between 2013 and 2014 – by nearly 33 percent in 2013, and 25 percent in 2014."

Source: http://www.newsquench.com/2015/07/is-arctic-sea-ice-on-the-rebound/

With the mountain of snow finally melting in Boston mid-summer and a new climate model even suggesting the possibility of a much cooler period returning by 2030, one could be forgiven for being skeptical. Critics of the global warming theory argue data is misrepresented, skewed and even filtered completely to favor areas that support the theory. Science is not supposed to be biased but clearly the media seems to favor the notion that man is responsible for the argued "warming trend". Quite simply put, we haven't been studying climate long enough to even know what constitutes normal ice levels during inter-glaciation periods (i.e., between ice ages) and for all we know more abundant temperature readings along with increased media coverage and the human tendency to believe the worst may be responsible for manufacturing an unmerited conclusion that if wrong will only set science back in the future.


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