[EPW Comm Team]

This new NASA study will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters on October 4, 2007. Do not expect much media coverage of to blame 'winds' for reduced Arctic sea ice. Also, do not expect the media to note that Antarctic sea-ice has GROWN to record levels since satellte monitoring began in the 1970's. See: http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere

Also, Southern Hemisphere has been cooling overall in recent years, see: http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/august/13/letter4/&c=1

In addtion, Greenland has COOLED since the 1930's and 1940's. see: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=175B568A-802A-23AD-4C69-9BDD978FB3CD

Plus: Global warming itself has paused since 1998 and new peer-reviewed studies continue to debunk fears of rising CO2. See: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=84e9e44a-802a-23ad-493a-b35d0842fed8

[Red Badger]

Whale farts.............

[Paleo Conservative]

Must not have gotten the memo.

[magslinger]

Gore’s hot air?

[CougarGA7]

NASA blames rapid decline in Arctic sea ice on 'unusual winds' (not greenhouse gases)

Yeah, sorry about that. Too many chimichangas.

[NewHampshireDuo]

This must be the group of NASA scientists who, unlike the pure James Hansen, are funded by BIG OIL.

[michigander]

Anyway, in a news release from NASA Monday, a group of scientists have determined that unusual winds caused the rapid decline (23% loss) in winter perennial ice over the past two years in the northern hemisphere.

It appears that massive surges of hot air have been emanating from the east coast of the United States.

Specific concentrations have been traced back to federal government buildings in Washington D.C. and the United Nations building.

Scientists that have been receiving federal grants can find no explanation for this phenomena but are willing to conduct several studies in an attempt redouble their efforts to pinpoint the cause.

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Let’s not let science get in the way of “global warming”.

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[JustDoItAlways]

I watched the sea ice decline very closely this summer using the MODIS polar orbiting satellites which provide real-time (untouched) visible pictures from space (ie. the global alarmers are not able to play with their software to generate alarmist ice extent maps.)

There was a significant melt this year, particularly in the western Arctic towards Siberia (and in the NorthWest passage area). The rest of the arctic was about normal.

What I noticed was that there was always a storm pushing north from Siberia towards to the North Pole this year. It almost looked like one continuous weather system pushing warm air and pushing ice towards the Pole.

So generally, I think this is a realistic report.

[Tarpon]

I will bet this gets wide circulation in the DNC parrot media and they will likely ask the Goracle for comment.

[chessplayer]

Unfortunately, if the msm does cover this, they and the GW doomsters will view it as more proof of human-caused climate change. AGW`ers have already said changes in wind patterns and atmospheric pressures are caused by human activity.