2022-12-16
It seems to have been some time since the panic about drowning polar bears has been mentioned, and maybe this is the reason - the summer arctic ice decline has levelled off (according to investigative climate reporter Tony Heller).
Now as anybody who has followed the fortunes of their favourite stocks can tell you, today's rise can also be tomorrow's fall so maybe it's a little early to draw too fast a conclusion here, but certainly we "could" now be in for a period of higher highs and higher lows which would confirm a new rising temporary trend - nobody knows.
What we do know is that the climate changes - always has, always will - but mother earth has an inordinately long history (left to her own devices) of maintaining herself within reasonable bounds.
"It might not be a surprise to learn that sea ice extent was lower in the 1970s and it peaked in 1979. By starting the graph in 1979 a ‘fake’ linear downward trend is produced". "Fake" is a strong word (I would prefer the unemotive but accurate "temporary") but the implication that the downtrend represented a permanent direction of travel certainly seems unsustainable.
The Daily Sceptic has the story.
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