Greenland ice sheet melted at unprecedented rate during July

(Manchester) Guardian ^ | July 24, 2012 | Suzanne Goldenberg

[Zakeet]

The Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate this month than at any other time in recorded history, with virtually the entire ice sheet showing signs of thaw.

The rapid melting over just four days was captured by three satellites. It has stunned and alarmed scientists, and deepened fears about the pace and future consequences of climate change.

[Zakeet]

I told you Right Wing Nuts that we needed a carbon tax!

[henkster]

So when will they start raising cattle there, as the Vikings did back in the Medieval Warm Period? Last I heard, it was still too cold in Greenland for that.

[G Larry]

“similar rapid melting occurs about every 150 years”

This little fact will be ignored.

[FatherofFive]

"This was so extraordinary that at first I questioned the result: was this real or was it due to a data error?" Son Nghiem of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said in the release.

I do not believe anything this administration says.

[doc11355]

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Lora Koenig, another Goddard glaciologist, told Nasa similar rapid melting occurs about every 150 years. But she warned there were wide-ranging potential implications from this year’s thaw. [blah, blah, blah...]

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In this instance of this month’s extreme melting, Mote said there was evidence of a heat dome over Greenland: or an unusually strong ridge of warm air.

The dome is believed to have moved over Greenland on 8 July, lingering until 16 July.

[mountainlion]

So it might expose my European ancestors that farmed Greenland before the current ice age.

[knarf]

They filled in 'Back Bay" in Boston, and it has survived all manners of natural assault.

THAT'S the thought I use to process all of this gorebull warming boojit.

Major tidal waves taking out NYC and all that ..

boojit !

[w1andsodidwe]

It’s called SUMMER, in the northern hemisphere. Sometimes these things occur, but most likely winter will come again.

[txrefugee]

When the next Ice Age commences, these “experts” will take it as a sign of man-made global warming. True believers do not admit mistakes, particularly when they think science is infallible, in spite of much contrary evidence.

[Nitehawk0325]

It's freaking July, one of the warmest months in the year, in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course, the ice is going to melt. Let's look back in December and see how much ice is there then. I thought Obama was going to stop the rise of the oceans and everyone around the world was supposed to love us when Odummer got into office?

[Nitehawk0325]

It's freaking July, one of the warmest months in the year, in the Northern Hemisphere. Of course, the ice is going to melt. Let's look back in December and see how much ice is there then. I thought Obama was going to stop the rise of the oceans and everyone around the world was supposed to love us when Odummer got into office?

[knarf]

The dome is believed to have moved over Greenland on 8 July, lingering until 16 July.

[ClearCase_guy]

"This is now the seventh summer in a row with this pattern of warm air being lifted up onto the ice sheet on the summer months," he said.

Warm air?? In the summer?
And this warm air is being lifted up? Is that even possible???

I can see why scientists are flabbergasted.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Right.

Clearly the claim of unprecedented is outrageous as we have been able to "look down" for only about 50 of the world's some 4 billion years... we don't actually know the normal rate of melting in these regular intervals.

[C210N]

“similar rapid melting occurs about every 150 years”

This little fact will be ignored.

Who woulda thunk that nature has a natural defrost cycle!?

Anybody think that should the reverse occur, that pictures from just 3 satellites confound and alarm scientists when four intense cold days adds to the Greenland ice sheet at an unprecedented rate, that would be the headline?

[Rummyfan]

WGAS?

[Nervous Tick]

>> So when will they start raising cattle there, as the Vikings did back in the Medieval Warm Period?

I wonder if they’ve bothered to ask the LOCALS how THEY feel about it. After all, THEY’RE the ones that have to live with the weather there!

Dollars to doughnuts, they’re walking around with big smiles on their faces, saying “Lovely weather again today, Thor!” in Greenish or Denmarkish or whateveryoucall the language they speak there...

[pkmaine]

Love this phrase....
“at any other time in recorded history”
How ominous sounding....
Those satellites sure have have been around a lot longer than I thought.

[badgerlandjim]

We need lots more of that since the ocean level dropped four feet because of Obama being elected. Melt faster!

[henkster]

I think it’s mostly Inuit, but I get the point. I look at the melting ice cap as a very good thing. It opens up another place to drill for oil.