Bush’s summit takes place in a climate of hysteria, fueled by unsupportable science fictions. James Hansen, NASA’s chief climatologist, has warned us for at least two years now that if we don’t do something substantial about emissions in ten years, much of Greenland’s ice is “likely” to be shed, raising sea levels “at least six meters” (20 feet) as soon as 2100.
Glen MacDonald, a geographer at UCLA, has noted that during much of this period, summer temperatures in the Eurasian arctic were between 4 and 13°F warmer than what he calls “modern.” Greenland’s ice melts only in the summer.
The only way that the Arctic could become this warm, MacDonald wrote, is with an “extreme Arctic penetration of warm North Atlantic waters.” There’s only one route that this water can take to get to the Arctic Ocean — by passing between Greenland and Europe.
Obviously, Greenland’s ice sheets didn’t collapse into the sea. |
By the way, the sea level at New York City has been rising about a foot per century. And even the IPCC's latest projection range for rise by 2100 range is 8-19 inches. Take the average any you have 14.5 inches. Even 19 inches is far from a cause for panic...
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