Saturday April 4, 2009, 10:47 am
As long as we do not suffer another cyclic 'Little Ice Age' -- right?

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Saturday April 4, 2009, 10:51 am
Another article that thinks freezing is good for us. It also makes the statement that "Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years." when in fact it is recovering back to usual levels because of unusual cold.

"As reported by Anthony, RSS satellite temperature data is out for March. And as the Catlin adventurers have discovered, it has been “stupidly cold” in the Arctic. March was the second consecutive month of below normal Arctic temperatures, and the continuation of a four year cooling trend - as seen below. Google’s linest() function shows that since the beginning of 2005, Arctic temperatures have been cooling at a rate of 1.8 degrees C per decade, or 18C per century ( see comments). Also note that Arctic monthly temperature anomaly now is about three degrees lower than in January, 1981.

That short term trend isn’t meaningful, except in the context of the Catlin Expedition and the cold they are experiencing Note in the graph below, the huge drop in temperatures since the Catlin expedition started two months ago. Is this another example of The Gore Effect? Or, perhaps it is the “observer effect‘? Humor aside, the graph below tells the story of the cold the Catlin Expedition must be experiencing.."
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/04/04/bad-news-for-catlin-expedition-satellite-data-shows-arctic-cooling-in-feb-march/

Saturday April 4, 2009, 1:12 pm
Noted , thanks !!!

Sunday April 5, 2009, 6:40 pm
I guess Judy didn't see the other article in the science section - not that facts matters!
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5332BU20090404

Monday April 6, 2009, 12:02 am
Where do these questions come from? The sun has been inactive for two years. It does that. Did you know two years ago three sun spots appeared on the sun and if they were where any bigger the earth would have been burnt. I will not tell you why you need to do a little studing. T