[2009] Gore: Arctic Ice May Soon Vanish in Summer

CBS ^ | DECEMBER 14, 2009 /

[BenLurkin]

Al Gore has told the U.N. climate conference that new data suggests the Arctic polar ice cap may disappear in the summertime as soon as five to seven years from now.

Clicking through a slide show Monday in a packed side event, the former U.S. vice-president joined the foreign ministers of Norway and Denmark in presenting two new reports on melting Arctic ice.

The Arctic Ocean sea ice has shrunk dramatically, to record low levels, the past several summers. Scientists blame global warming, which has raised temperatures twice as fast in the far north as elsewhere.

Gore said polar scientists told him Sunday that the latest data "suggest a 75 percent chance the entire polar ice cap will melt in summer within the next five to seven years."

Gore won a Nobel Peace prize for his climate change efforts.

[qaz123]

Hasn’t it been expanding?

Wasn’t there a crew on a ice breaking, research ship that needed rescuing when the ship got stuck in the ice?

[Jamestown1630]

I think we heard the same thing years ago. It didn’t happen.

[Sacajaweau]

IIRC...he started this warming cr** way back in 1986.

[Rummyfan]

Al Gore has told the U.N. climate conference that new data suggests the Arctic polar ice cap may disappear in the summertime as soon as five to seven years from now.

LOL! Keep moving those goalposts Al! Of course, I take solace in the fact that Al Gore will probably be gone in five to seven years. He is seventy-five.

[Rummyfan]

And so what if it does?!

[rbmillerjr]

What are the best books out there to refute Climate Change Hocus Pocus?

I need a read.

[ealgeone]

algore should have to give back the nobel and all monies from his nonsense.

[crusty old prospector]

Go to wattsupwiththat.com.

[smokingfrog]

Has he ever been right about anything?

[rbmillerjr]

Nice site. Thanks. I’m also considering buying the Corsi book that came out about 5 months ago.

[Glad2bnuts]

Inconvenient Facts. Short on words, long on facts and charts.

[Songcraft]

"Has he ever been right about anything?"


I think he might have been telling the truth when he bemoaned the sad fact that "everything that should be up is down".

[madison10]

They can have the ice breaking down the trees in Michigan.

[rbmillerjr]

Thanks.

[crz]

This phat lowlife pig is what used to be called a flim flam man.

Tar and feather and ride on a rail.

People think of tar and feather as spreading cold tar and then feathers...NOPE. Hot tar and then feathers..then a ride on a rail.

[lizma2]

I remember back in the late 60’s “The Ice Age Is Coming!!!

About the same time the WEF was forming.

Coincidence????? Not.

Control.

[FlingWingFlyer]

There are a lot of Americans that wish Algore would just disappear during all four seasons. He’s a major pain in the @$$.

[Thommas]

This report is from 2009!

This bombastic twit foretold hysterical gloom and doom that never transpired.

[ChessExpert]

Imagine if the arctic was so warm that it did not freeze in winter. How hot would winter be where you live?

Barrow, Alaska is pretty cold. According to forecasts, upcomming days will have highs and lows of about -5 and -15 degrees F. respectively.

We don’t hear much about mild winter weather. I think one reason is that it would be popular. Nonetheless, warm winter weather would support global warming. Extreemely cold winter weather (not popular) is called climate change. Both are predicted by environmentalists. Whatever happens, they predicted it!