
Originally Posted by
waywardgs
Lol. Did you just read these quotes, or did you click on the articles the quotes were cherry-picked from?
Example from your article from the "no trick zone": "26. James Overland, NOAA. Read physorg.com:
‘Cold and snowy winters will be the rule rather than the exception,’ said James Overland of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.”
The rest, from the link:
Continued rapid loss of ice will be an important driver of major change in the world's climate system in the coming years, he said at an Olso meeting of scientists reviewing research from the two-year International Polar Year 2007-2008.
The exceptionally chilly winter of 2009-2010 in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere were connected to unique physical processes in the Arctic, he said.
"The emerging impact of greenhouse gases in an important factor in the changing Arctic," he explained in a statement.
"What was not fully recognized until now is that a combination of an unusual warm period due to natural variability, loss of sea ice reflectivity, ocean heat storage, and changing wind patterns all working together to disrupt the memory and stability of the Arctic climate system," he said.
The region is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet, a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification.
Resulting ice loss is significantly greater than earlier climate models predicted.
The polar ice cap shrank to its smallest surface since records have been kept in 2007, and early data suggests it could become even smaller this summer.
"It is unlikely that the Arctic can return to its previous condition," Overland said. "The changes are irreversible."
So there's that. No trick zone.
PS half the links are broken.