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Curmudgeoness

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3. This would take a dissertation to debunk.
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 08:57 PM
Dec 2013

There is so much crammed into this opinion piece, and checking every line will take a lot of time. First, let's deal with the term "global warming" that is misleading. That is why scientists are using the term "climate change" to describe what we are dealing with. Because of changes brought on by a heating of the earth, there are some areas that may get cold than they have experienced in the past, while others may get warmer. It is not as simple as we will all see warmer weather. But there will be more instances of more violent weather.

To show just how hard it will be to debunk this, I will focus on just that first statement about Antarctic sea ice. I found this:

Here are some of the leading hypotheses currently being explored through a combination of satellite remote sensing, fieldwork in Antarctica and numerical model simulations – to help explain the increasing trend in overall Antarctic sea ice coverage:
•Increased westerly winds around the Southern Ocean, linked to changes in the large-scale atmospheric circulation related to ozone depletion, will see greater northward movement of sea ice, and hence extent, of Antarctic sea ice.
•Increased precipitation, in the form of either rain or snow, will increase the density stratification between the upper and middle layers of the Southern Ocean. This might reduce the oceanic heat transfer from relatively warm waters at below the surface layer, and therefore enhancing conditions at the surface for sea ice.
•Similarly, a freshening of the surface layers from this precipitation would also increase the local freezing point of sea ice formation.
•Another potential source of cooling and freshening in the upper ocean around Antarctica is increased melting of Antarctic continental ice, through ocean/ice shelf interaction and iceberg decay.
•The observed changes in sea ice extent could be influenced by a combination of all these factors and still fall within the bounds of natural variability.


Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-10-antarctic-sea-ice.html#jCp


Things are not as simple as they appear in one line. You will never be able to debunk all of this and have your right wing friend even bother to read it.

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