A new report on climate over the world’s southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models.
This comes soon after the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that strongly supports the conclusion that the Earth’s climate as a whole is warming, largely due to human activity.
It also follows a similar finding from last summer by the same research group that showed no increase in precipitation over Antarctica in the last 50 years. Most models predict that both precipitation and temperature will increase over Antarctica with a warming of the planet.
David Bromwich, professor of professor of atmospheric sciences in the Department of Geography, and researcher with the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University, reported on this work at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at San Francisco.
Nearer the end of the article, the researcher explains that while incomplete data combined with poorly understood “competing effects” of circumpolar westerlies, ozone depetion and ocean mixing may negate the predictions of computer models for specific regions – that should not lead one to discount the ability of these same models to predict outcomes on the global scale.
Bromwich said the disagreement between climate model predictions and the snowfall and temperature records doesn’t necessarily mean that the models are wrong.
“It isn’t surprising that these models are not doing as well in these remote parts of the world. These are global models and shouldn’t be expected to be equally exact for all locations,”
In the same way that accuracy on the gun range can be expected to improve as distance from the target increases, or that small errors in interest charged disappear when the sums they are applied to go over the million dollar mark.
Yowza.
“LETS ME IN THERE…”
***Newfie Alert***
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The fraud behind Kyoto is finally coming out and the Climate Change Liars are being exposed. Diane Francis pointed out the history about the agreement last week in her Finical Post article. She also cited a certain Maurice Strong – “Uncle Moe” to Buffalo Bob Rae and a good friend of the Chretiens – in scandals and corruption at the UN and how he is doing extensive work in China (as is Chretien who signed the deal with little to no public input).
The tactic of labelling those who question the “pseudo science” behind the accord as “deniers” shows the fear of being exposed. Now we find that the Bug Doctor (who has done no real science in 25 years) and other such Climate Change Liars are refusing to meet and discuss openly with those who question the “Kyoto science”. This display of fear by the moochers and takers of our society shows that the accord cannot stand up to real scientific scrutiny.
There has only been one party that has consistently refused to adhere to the Kyoto fraud – the Conservatives. Their green policies are attacking pollution issues and not the global warming fraud. It is the pollution that is killing us and not the clouds. The Bloc – in the usual Quebec fashion – goes along with Kyoto but expects others to pay for it. The NDP are fighting for relevance and fear about loosing out to the Green party. The Liberals are itching to get back to their graft and rewards mentality.
I suspect that the next fear mongering will center around what the USA had been working on for years at their expense and the UN sees as another opportunity to steal money from the developed countries. The next fear will be – KIILLER ASTEROIDS. Follow the “science” closely that comes from the bureaucrats at the UN and which country will be responsible for implementing the killing of these asteroids and thus protecting the world from extinction. We know it will not be the USA.
Wow. What G&M editor was asleep at the switch when THAT editorial got past the goalie? It usually takes the Sun Media chain to cobble together an editorial that coherent (and critical of the Liberals)