Re: Katrina

On 3 Sep 2005 17:08:12 GMT, D Murphy <spamto154@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Cliff <Clhuprich@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:1vtih1tbqjrvlljt58lk950jaa0b19rsug@
>4ax.com:
>
>>>-- likely a
>>>delayed effect of the pre-1940 warming.
>>
>> Gee .. it STOPPED getting warmer but the melting INCREASED
>
>So it's warmer but they just can't see it on the thermometer?
>
>http://www.john-daly.com/stations/amundsen.gif

Surface level CO2 is not a green house gas to speak of.
Nor do you get much solar warming at the poles.

But find the actual data first <VBG>:
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/infodata/

>Oh wait. You say it's warmer in the summer. Ooops guess not.
>
>http://www.john-daly.com/stations/casey.gif

>LOL.

Clue: The RED line is summer.

>Could it be that the water is getting warmer causing the ice shelves to
>melt?

Yep. That global warming stuff heats it up ..... what did you
think was keeping it so cool?
The oceans are a huge heat sink .... and water expands as it
gets warmer too.

But trace the currents & compare them to the melting .....
--
Cliff
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