Chris Morrison
A group of Thai scientists and mathematicians recently published findings that provide further evidence that Greenland's surface temperatures have been declining for about 20 years. They processed 31,464 satellite records across the region from 2000 to 2019 and found that average temperatures fell by 0.11°C. This is said to indicate “no significant change in LST” [land surface temperature]”. The latest evidence that much of the Arctic is actually cooling won't be news to the scientific community because it supports previous findings of recent temperature drops. But this information is of course excluded from the mainstream because it casts doubt on the key net-zero scare about soaring sea levels caused by catastrophic melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
Alarmists have taken some comfort from Thai authors who found that Greenland's ice-free subregions are warmer than their snow-covered counterparts. But maybe not – the author attributes it to “population density”. The urban heat is once again ruining temperature data, even in Greenland. The graph below depicts temperature records for all regions of Greenland.
The World Economic Forum recently reported on a study predicting “total collapse” of the Greenland ice sheet within months. This suggestion is only slightly more absurd than the scaremongering often issued to induce mass psychosis in populations in order to promote collectivist command and control net-zero solutions. The workings of this conspiracy are evident in the recent drama surrounding the Baku COP. Stop developing countries from going ahead with hydrocarbons and then create some false scares like island nations disappearing beneath the waves. Everyone knows this, and as scientists have proven on numerous occasions, most other scares are wrong, and that's okay. Make up some ridiculous aggregate figure – like $250 billion a year, or $1.3 billion by 2035 – and then pretend your taxpayer dollars can be laundered even if the only country that can afford it defectes in January.
All of this means that genuine attempts to explain the science of climate change are stuck in the narrative hell of “the given.” Corals on the Great Barrier Reef can grow upside down and reach record numbers, while Arctic sea ice can show modest recovery for up to a decade. Meanwhile, the mainstream media and political establishment prefer to take their cues from figures like “Jim” Dale, who points out the window and attributes every gust of wind to the cause of humanity.
This lack of scientific inquiry is most evident at the Earth's poles. Antarctica has shown little warming over 70 years of detailed observations, while, as we have seen, the situation in the Arctic is complex and open to multiple explanations. Thai mathematicians largely stood by their statistics, finding “no evidence of warming in ice-free and ice-covered areas”. But they did note the early work of a group of Japanese scientists (pine village et al. 2021) recommends Central Pacific child The Southern Oscillation teleconnection played a “key role” in recent summer Arctic climate changes.
Matsumura's team found that Greenland's ice loss and warming have slowed recently. this child This effect is also thought to have contributed to the overall recent recovery of Arctic sea ice. Scientists note that changes around Greenland can be attributed to “natural changes rather than human forcing.” “Most climate models cannot reasonably simulate unforced natural variability in Greenland,” they added.
As we've seen, Antarctica is another place where it's hard to cause alarm, given the lack of any warming in decades. Concerns about a “tipping point” are often heard following the natural melting and ice breakup of West Antarctica. But at the end of last year, daily skeptic highlights a paper by a team of international scientists that found the entire region has cooled significantly recently. The paper, published by the American Meteorological Society, observed that temperatures dropped by 2°C in the 20 years to 2018. within the paragraph. As usual, when temperatures drop, the CO2 blame game is put aside and the answers are looked to in natural climate change. In this context, it was noted that temperatures in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific have declined over the past 20 years of review.
Likewise, don't expect climate models to tell you much about what's happening in the real atmosphere. The models are said to have “no agreement” on the important ocean temperatures that drive temperatures in West Antarctica.
Chris Morrison is daily skepticenvironment editor.
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