My local alternate weekly in Chico has a “Green Guide”. This week’s lead story was “Scientists break ice in Greenland”. There’s only one problem.
They included a picture of Antarctica with the story.
While also an island of ice like Greenland, there’s extra points deducted for juxtaposing Antarctica with the word “Arctic” in the story.
I find it all hemispherically hilarious. I know geography is hard, but please, do try harder. Google Earth is always helpful at finding those pesky out of the way places you’ve never visited.
UPDATE: To be fair and thorough, I decided to swim upstream into the news feed current to their cited source the “Environmental News Network” to see what map they provided, just in case the map error originated there. ENN had it right and showed Greenland, though they did mention Antarctica in the first sentence talking about the two largest ice sheets on Earth.
source: http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/41614
UPDATE2:
About 18 hours after I first published this, the Chico News and Review took out the picture of Antarctica from the online edition, though it remains of course in the print edition.
They do, at least, admit that the Earth’s temperatures were higher during the Eemian interglacial, than they are today. This is something most warmist deny on a daily basis.
Life’s especially hard if your a woolly mammoth with nowhere to go…
“Woolly mammoth killed off by climate change”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7950058/Woolly-mammoth-killed-off-by-climate-change.html
As they say “A picture is worth 1000 words”
Am very glad for my keyboard I wasn’t drinking coffee when the picture showed.
Poor things, must be a terrible pressure to get word-inches each week.
What a bunch of dummies. Everybody knows that south is supposed to be at the bottom of the map.
I’ll give them points for being on the correct planet.
Wait up! I’d better go back and re-read the article. That could be wrong. too. Better make sure they weren’t referring to the Martian poles.
Another teensy little problem — Antarctica is a continent (at least under most continent models). The island of Greenland is a tad smaller …
The alarmists that don’t deny the temps were higher back then say it wasn’t caused by CO2.
Speaking of Helium, here’s a laugh:
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/d6b25e93-9200-4cbd-adac-474e6e2dbc9c.jpg
I think this proves that climatologists don’t know their arse from their elbow
Well… it’s sorta close… just th’ other end of the globe is all… Geez. Picky, picky:-)
LOL. And again, LOL.
The Eemian interglacial period was only 2 to 3 F warmer than now? It would have taken at least decades for Greenland to lose its ice at that temperature level. — John M Reynolds
Picky, picky, picky.
You sound that the sort of guy that would also expect that official temp measurements be made in a sound, repeatable, accurate method.
You need to lower your expectations.
Interesting to observe that they actually found ice from a period when it was 2 to 3 degrees warmer than today. Shouldn’t it all have melted?
Both islands? Check.
Both ice-covered? Check.
Both “Antarctica” and “Greenland” contain three vowels? Check.
Close enough. Run with it…
You’re such a stickler for detail. Anthony. One bunch of ice crystals looks much like another.
Perhaps the consulting scientist was Takeshi Imamura, of Venus and Earth are similar fame.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/17/jaxas-new-venusian-orbiter-may-answer-questions/
After all, Greenland and Antarctica both have ice and appear white in photos.
I’m astounded they came up with an “astoundingly large ice core” I would have expected the width to be set by their coring equipment and the length to be pretty well estimated by gravitational studies.
Quite the astoundingly amusing article.
Y’know, when you spend all your time with models, you get a little out of touch with the real world.
Did they find any evidence of the SUV’s people were driving back then to cause all that warming?
Flash news: Journalism hits rock bottom.
This is to be expected when reporters write stories about subjects they have no knowledge of and places few have ever been.
Perfect for alarmism. Who’s going to know? Geography isn’t taught much any more.
Giggle! Snort! 😎
Some Australian maps have south at the top of the map.
Mike McMillan says:
August 18, 2010 at 2:53 am
What a bunch of dummies. Everybody knows that south is supposed to be at the bottom of the map.
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We in the southern hemisphere are grossly insulted by such levity’s with the true orientation of our planet!
Everybody knows that the south is at the top of the map and here is the evidence to prove it!
http://pds2.egloos.com/pds/1/200608/30/46/c0022246_18341475.jpg
http://www.thesavvytraveller.com/agraphics/world_views/maps/odt/upside_down_475h.jpg
Geography is hard! Test your knowledge.