I just had a discussion here on Free Republic with someone who believes that the arctic is melting and it is going to release massive amounts of methane and we will have runaway global warming because of it. They posted a Google Search with all sorts of stories which “confirmed” their fears.
I mentioned that in the 1930s which unadjusted records from ground based weather recording show was warmer than it is currently... that the arctic ocean became navigable in the summer. It was thought that the “Northern Passage” would soon be the most economical route to get goods from the far east to Europe and the East Coast of the United States.
Somehow it didn’t cause runaway global warming then. And in fact during WWII a flight of airplanes were forced down in Greenland. 50 years later they were found again under hundreds of feet of ice and some were recovered. The ice in Greenland and the Antarctic are both near record levels. The only thing remarkable about today’s climate is that the left have been able to stir up so much misinformation over it.
I won't believe THAT unless you post a link to the conversation..../.....
As a follow up to my prior comment, “gleeaikin” was in agreement with you..........