NYT: Scientists 'Startled' at Great Lakes' Rise; Another Warmist Prediction Is Biting the Dust

NewsBusters.org ^ | June 30, 2014 | Tom Blumer

[Kaslin]

An undated but clearly recent page at the National Wildlife Federation breathlessly warns readers, in a section entitled "Threats from Global Warming," that "Lake Erie water levels, already below average, could drop 4-5 feet by the end of this century, significantly altering shoreline habitat." A Thursday Huffington Post Canada Business entry observed that "the (Great Lakes) basin has experienced the longest extended period of lower water levels since the U.S. and Canada began tracking levels in 1918." Of course, it's because of "climate change."

Friday, Julie Bosman at the New York Times reported (HT Powerline) that "The International Joint Commission, a group with members from the United States and Canada that advises on water resources, completed a five-year study in April 2013 concluding that water levels in the lakes were likely to drop even farther, in part because of the lack of precipitation in recent years brought on by climate change." But the reason Bosman was on the story is because — fortunately for area residents, but unfortunately for "startled" global warming adherents claiming to be "scientists" — Great Lakes sea levels are rising again (bolds are mine throughout this post):

[Ken H]

It was... ...wait for it... ...UNEXPECTED!

[SkyDancer]

It was caused by globul warming .....

[Army Air Corps]

Ping

[Kaslin]

Yup, very much so

[21twelve]

So global warming is supposed to cause oceans to rise, but the Great Lakes to lower? I don’t get it.

[oldbrowser]

Don't you see, global warming is now causing the water to rise. It's all part of the climate change pattern. Sometimes it goes up sometimes it goes down.

We are now going to call it "climate schizophrenia". and it's caused by fossil fuels, greedy corporations, and conservatives. /s

[Army Air Corps]

Receding hairline? Global Warming/Climate Change
Low Bowling score? Global Warming/Climate Change
Ingrown toenail? Global Warming/Climate Change
Dust bunnies? Global Warming/Climate Change
Wash...rinse...repeat

[SandRat]

Al Gore. wet his pants again, because of this.

[SkyDancer]

And globul warming is caused by climate change. Or the other way round. Not sure. Too confusing.

[Mears]

“So global warming is supposed to cause oceans to rise, but the Great Lakes to lower? I don’t get it.”

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Phew!!!

I thought it was me and another senior moment.

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[stboz]

The rebound from continental glaciation continues.

[cripplecreek]

Just about anyone here in the great lake states could have told them the lake levels were going to rise this summer. Excess rain last summer, ice preventing evaporation over the winter, and lots of rain again this summer.



Michigan legislative action thread

[Avid Coug]

Well, I guess the rise in lake levels is caused by man-made climate change. See, they were right all along!

[Army Air Corps]

That all leads to “climatey uppy downyness.”*

*Pardon the technical jargon.

[SkyDancer]

Latin, right?

[Army Air Corps]

Vulgate Latin, I believe... ;-)

[GeronL]

bump

[UCANSEE2]

It appears to be raining over the Great Lakes area right now.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah its going to start raining where I am in about a half hour or so.

Whoa Walk off HR win by Rajay Davis in Detroit.