– the latest date in fifty years of record keeping By Joseph D’Aleo, AMS Fellow, CCM The average arctic temperature is still not above (take your pick) 32°F 0°C 273.15°K–this the latest date in fifty years of record keeping that this has happened. Usually it is beginning to level off now and if it does so, it will stay near freezing on average in the arctic leading to still less melting than last summer which saw a 9% increase in arctic ice than in 2007. |
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Arctic temperature is still not above 0°C
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Interesting day in climate news. We have the dissenting EPA report here:
http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/DOC062509-004.pdf
It points out that there has been much new research on climate change since the last IPPC report. It notes declining world temperatures. It reviews what we know about longer and shorter solar cycles including sunspots, cosmic ray and all that. It also suggests that cycles in ocean currents may perhaps be as influential as the sun. The thrust of its criticism is that much in climate science remains to be explained.
At the same time, the US House of Reps is set to vote on 'Cap and Trade'. The WSJ calls it the largest tax increase in the history of the world. Apparently they junked the old 1200 page version and will vote on a new 300 pager that Representative Waxman pulled out of his butt overnight and no one knows anything about. The debate over this vast trillion dollar boondoggle will be limited to three hours so as not to delay the holiday break.
I was wondering could you lend us Steve Fielding for a few days?
Update: It wasn't a 300 pager subsitituion, it was a 300 admendment. Apparently the whole thing is now 1500 pages.
Update 2: HR 2454 Has passed, 219 to 212. Cap and Trade is United States policy.
Opps, my bad, Cap and Trade has passed the House, but must pass the Senate before it comes US policy.
I actually never thought I'd see the day I'd say this, but sorry, we'll hang onto Fielding!
Though I suspect that the Opposition will still end up doing a deal with Labor unfortunately, and that will give them the numbers they need in the Senate.
The leader of the opposition is damaged goods now, (domestic political stuff), and anyway, he represents a well to do electorate of the type that gives the Greens some of their highest votes.
Turnbull and co are pretty wet on environmental issues.
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