[gdc61]

but nobody mentions that now they can grow corn ;)

[Support Free Republic]

"Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our
wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions,
they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
- John Adams -

Make your statement.

[DWPittelli]

Of some concern if true. However, it ain't.

According to the Alaska Climate Research Center at

http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/News/nytimes.html

"In response to the New York Times Article of 16 June 2002... The article "Alaska, No Longer So Frigid, Starts to Crack, Burn, and Sag" written by Timothy Egan, stated that the average temperature has risen seven degrees in the last 30 years... This statement is incorrect. The correct warming for Alaska is about 1/3 of the quoted amount for the last climatological mean 1971 to 2000."

Further, even that rise depends on "being selective about the time frame and ignoring previous years when climate was warmer," as john-daly.com points out.

[DustyMoment]

'Computer simulations of climate change have long suggested global warming's effects would be most pronounced at the poles. Researchers have tried to gauge the impact of the climate system's natural variations, and see if they can account for change over the last few decades.

However, most of the warming in Alaska is not due to these natural variations, says Michael Wallace, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington. Environmental changes in Alaska "suggest that global warming is playing a role." "

Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!! Computer climate models have been proven to be wrong in the estimates of global warming and weather data from both satellites and weather balloons have not shown any increase in global temperature in the past 20 - 30 years. This information comes from Dr. Sallie Baliunas who has extensive background in climate research and has published numerous papers and testified on the fraid of "global warming" before Congress.

What is most likely the cause of of any warming is solar cycles that correspond exactly with the teamperature increases.

[cogitator]

bump for possible reply

[Truth666]

"There's no greater threat to Alaska's ecosystem and indigenous cultures than global warming. " - this is the key statement

[Truth666]

And this is the reason : Thawing permafrost plagues highway crews and operators of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which depends on supports to avoid sinking into the tundra. The oil industry has

lost half its exploration season to the warmth

, which keeps the tundra soft - and unable to support heavy vehicles or drilling equipment - for longer stretches of time.

[RightWhale]

Large sections of northern forests are collapsing into swamps of melting permafrost

As the ice melts the water drains out and the land subsides. This is happening now, and it was happening 30 years ago. The moose are changing, too. There are more white-legged moose and there seem to be more smaller, alert moose, the really huge stupid moose seem to be gone.