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Ice Returns as Greenland Temps Plummet
ICECAP.US ^ | January 17, 2008 | Icecap.us staff

Posted on 01/17/2008 8:16:09 AM PST by CedarDave

On Disko Bay in western Greenland, where a number of prominent world leaders have visited in recent years to get a first-hand impression of climate change, temperatures have dropped so drastically that the water has frozen over for the first time in a decade. “The ice is up to 50cm thick,” said Henrik Matthiesen, an employee at Denmark’s Meteorological Institute who has also sailed the Greenlandic coastline for the Royal Arctic Line. ‘We’ve had loads of northerly winds since Christmas which has made the area miserably cold.’ Matthiesen suggested the cold weather marked a return to the frigid temperatures common a decade ago.

Temperatures plunged to -25C earlier this month, clogging the bay with ice and making shipping impossible for small crafts, according to Anthon Frederiksen, the mayor of the town of Ilulissat, where Disko Bay is located. The mayor cautioned against thinking that the freezing temperature indicated that global warming claims were overblown. He noted that a nearby glacier had retracted more in the past two decades than in recorded history. But he noted “‘We Greenlanders have acclimated to changing conditions over the past 1100 years,” said Frederiksen. “Temperatures change at regular intervals.”


NASA satellite image of Greenland. You clearly see the ice cap covering almost entire Greenland even in this non-winter photo. Only in summer are the coastal areas free of snow. On the far left you can see Baffin Island.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: agw; globalwarming; greenland; ice
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To: Fiji Hill

I wonder why her highness, Nancy Pelosi is not visiting now, so she can see what the weather in Greenland is like the other 9 months of the year?


21 posted on 01/17/2008 8:40:14 AM PST by milwguy (........)
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To: CedarDave

The globalist warmers better hustle in their emissions schemes before the ice age starts.


22 posted on 01/17/2008 8:40:17 AM PST by pallis
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To: A. Patriot

If we are indeed in a global cooling stage, I see a new industry emerging, CARBON DEBITS!


23 posted on 01/17/2008 8:41:35 AM PST by thepainster
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To: thepainster
Headline

"Sen. Clinton proposes new Global Cooling Tax"
24 posted on 01/17/2008 8:46:04 AM PST by Signalman
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To: CedarDave
BUT, BUT, BUT, (see FR thread) Greenland Ice Sheet Rapidly Melting, Scientists Find

Al Gore Bull warming, will you please make up our mind.

25 posted on 01/17/2008 8:47:16 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 ("It may take another Jimmy Carter to get another Ronald Reagan". Rush Limbaugh Jan. 14, 2008)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
OMG - the penguins are going to freeze! Somebody do something!

If someone does something about the penguins, that would really be headline news as penguins are only found in the Southern Hemisphere.

26 posted on 01/17/2008 8:50:03 AM PST by centurion316 (Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
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To: CedarDave

Um...don’t they call that WINTER?


27 posted on 01/17/2008 8:50:36 AM PST by RockinRight (Huck(abee, not the Freeper Huck) Sucks.)
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To: CedarDave

What happened? Did the Goracle show up to give a speech on global warming?


28 posted on 01/17/2008 8:51:12 AM PST by yuleeyahoo
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To: CedarDave; All

Must.. Have.. Little.. Stick.. Figures.. Running.. Back.. And.. Forth


29 posted on 01/17/2008 8:53:41 AM PST by bmwcyle (McCain Sucks!)
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To: CedarDave
The mayor cautioned against thinking that the freezing temperature indicated that global warming claims were overblown. He noted that a nearby glacier had retracted more in the past two decades than in recorded history.

Friends, let's retire the trophy -- there can be no more willful ignorance of what you can see with your own eyes than this. Apparently it's still "global" warming even when you can see a headline example of the opposite phenomenon from where you're holding the press conference.

30 posted on 01/17/2008 8:55:16 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: CedarDave

I don’t think you’re getting this. The fact of cooling in no way negates warming as a normative continuum external to empirical reality.

Crystal clear?


31 posted on 01/17/2008 8:55:39 AM PST by decimon
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To: yuleeyahoo
What happened? Did the Goracle show up to give a speech on global warming?

If he loses his current gig he can always hire himself out as icemaker for the NHL.

32 posted on 01/17/2008 8:57:44 AM PST by decimon
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To: Fiji Hill
It's interesting how the expression "climate change" is replacing "global warming."

The final piece of the scam. When things are different in any way, it will be "climate change". If we see fewer extremes, it will be proof that we're making progress.

33 posted on 01/17/2008 8:59:17 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: SF Republican
Disko is back!

Yes, Greenland is "cool" in multiple ways. I also noticed this tidbit in the story:

But he noted “‘We Greenlanders have acclimated to changing conditions over the past 1100 years,” said Frederiksen.

I didn't even know there WERE Greenlanders. There's year-round residents there? News to me.

34 posted on 01/17/2008 8:59:22 AM PST by WL-law
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To: bmwcyle

35 posted on 01/17/2008 9:12:15 AM PST by ktw (kakatte koi)
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To: centurion316

The irony was intentional but thanks for pointing it out.


36 posted on 01/17/2008 9:13:53 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: RockinRight
THAT was my FIRST thought.....maybe it's WINTER!
37 posted on 01/17/2008 9:15:45 AM PST by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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To: CedarDave
However, its report acknowledged that temperatures in southern Greenland during the 1930s and 1940s were at least as warm as in recent years.

This is what gets me about the whole "global warming" issue- every single time the media tries to make a story about high temperatures or drought part of global warming there are always previous records of the same or higher temps & drought conditions. I don't think man knows enough about climate to know what is going on- no one has been keeping track long enough to have even a baseline much less trends in weather patterns.

This morning the weather predicted heavy clouds for my area and no mention of snow- guess what? It was really snowing for about three hours earlier. I went to various weather sites and they had all missed the forcast- so no surprise they don't understand trends over time.

I remember when I was growing up the so called "consensus" was an impending ice age. I have no idea if the planet will get cooler or warmer-or exactly what will cause it to happen, but I don't think the "experts" do either.

38 posted on 01/17/2008 9:17:05 AM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: ktw

All is right with the world.


39 posted on 01/17/2008 9:19:34 AM PST by bmwcyle (McCain Sucks!)
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To: jiggyboy
The final piece of the scam. When things are different in any way, it will be "climate change".

While I can't speak for the folks in the south, or you Californians, here in the northern midwest, "Climate Change" is a constant.

40 posted on 01/17/2008 9:23:35 AM PST by AFreeBird (Fred 08)
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