Tag Archives: Greenland ice sheet

Global warming whacks Earth’s poles – is there anything it can’t do?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Reader View from the Solent writes: Global warming shifts the Earth’s poles. North Pole heads for Greenland “Global warming is changing the location of Earth’s geographic poles, according to a study in Geophysical Research Letters1. Researchers at the University of … Continue reading →

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Global warming and the Titanic II – on an epic collision course?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

People send me stuff. This morning I got a note about a new study that says: Over the past decade, ice-loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has been accelerating, raising concerns about runaway losses and consequent sea-level rise. But research … Continue reading →

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Weather, not climate, caused the brief surface melt in Greenland last summer

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Readers may recall the breathless wailing over a brief period of surface melt detected by satellites last year. The way the media and alarmists who drive the media behaved, you’d think that global warming had set the planet on fire. … Continue reading →

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Greenland ice melt overestimated due to satellite data algorithm issue

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

This is an interesting admission: The melt extent algorithm used by Greenland Ice Sheet Today has been overestimating the melt extent, and as a result, daily images posted on this site in February and March may have indicated melt where … Continue reading →

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First complete ice core record of last interglacial period shows the climate of Greenland to be significantly warmer than today

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Study: ‘ Greenland ice sheet is not as sensitive to temperature increases and to ice melting and running out to sea in warm climate periods ‘. From the University of Copenhagen Greenland ice cores reveal warm climate of the past … Continue reading →

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Making Hay of sea level rise estimates

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

People send me stuff. You may recall this story from last week that raised a number of eyebrows due to the claims made within it by author William Hay. Dave Burton decided to take him to task. So far no … Continue reading →

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2012: The Year Greenland Melted (AKA Alarmists Gone Wild)

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

Guest Post by David Middleton “Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt… Right On Time” I guess Professor Tedesco missed this… “Ice cores from Summit show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Albedo, Arctic, Glaciers, Greenland ice sheet, Paleoclimatology | Tagged , , | 133 Comments

Greenland Ice Melt every 150 years is ‘right on time’

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

UPDATE: see this new article on the issue, “Ice cores from Summit show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on average. With the last one happening in 1889, this event is right on time,” … Continue reading →

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Greenland Ice Sheet albedo drops ‘off the bottom of the chart’ – but look closer as to why

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Got this in the mail just as I posted my open thread announcemnt. I’m too busy this weekend to say much else except to post this tweet from Bill McKibben and some past blog excerpts and invite discussion. Bill McKibben … Continue reading →

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Crack in the Earth: Greenland glacier loses ice island twice the size of Manhattan

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

It’s business as usual at the Petermann glacier, doing what a glacier does, calving ice into the sea. We reported on another chunk in 2010, four Manhattans in size. Borrowing from an oft used media ploy, at this rate, it … Continue reading →

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Supraglacialslipsialidosis

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

From the University of Colorado at Boulder, worry over something that is a natural process that has happened for thousands of years. You gotta love this one: ” Catastrophic lake drainages were 3.5 times more likely to occur during the … Continue reading →

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More Glacial Junk Science Journalism

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

[Note: this post (and a few others) was lost in WordPress, and I had no notification of its existence. While a bit dated, it is still valid - note to guest authors with WUWT WordPress privileges - when you submit … Continue reading →

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Gosh, really?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)  some “could be might be” research with a possible conclusion. I wonder why there doesn’t seem to be evidence for a complete melt long ago in this paper: New study shows … Continue reading →

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New study shows temperature in Greenland significantly warmer than present several times in the last 4000 years

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Kobashi et al 2011 was just published in GRL, and it looks like it will be upsetting the paleoclimate apple cart. The conclusions of Kaufman et al 2009 look to be minimized in comparison to this much more complete study. … Continue reading →

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Extreme melting in Greenland – no high temperatures required

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

From the City College of New York: Extreme Melting on Greenland Ice Sheet, Reports CCNY Team   Glacial Melt Cycle Could Become Self-Amplifying, Making it Difficult to Halt   The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don’t … Continue reading →

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Greenland ice not responding as predicted

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

From C3 Headlines and The Hockey Schtick word that the whole Greenland ice loss issue and Atlasgate just got more complex. As a whole Greenland is not responding the same, which suggests regional weather variability as a cause. From C3 … Continue reading →

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Times Atlas Greenland ice fubar: Death by Wikipedia?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

UPDATE: The publisher of the Atlas has issued a clarification and apology: The Times Atlas is renowned for its authority and we do our utmost to maintain that reputation. In compiling the content of the atlas, we consult experts in … Continue reading →

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‘Atlasgate’ deepens: NSIDC rejects being a specific source of The Times Atlas 15% Greenland ice loss claim

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

The Guardian has this article up today: The claim was this: “for the first time, the new edition of the (atlas) has had to erase 15% of Greenland’s once permanent ice cover – turning an area the size of the … Continue reading →

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Complaints over false info in new Times World Atlas grow

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Yesterday we pointed out how an island shown on a map 50 years ago was cited (because it appears today and was finally given a name) as “proof” of Greenland ice melt. Now some heavy hitters are weighing in saying … Continue reading →

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“Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

‘Hidden plumbing’ helps slow Greenland ice flow Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers, according to new research. A letter published in Nature on … Continue reading →

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