Category Archives: ENSO

Why Has The Ice Been Melting?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by stevengoddard

We have lots of new readers. This is a quick rehash. Satellites which monitor Arctic ice (and earth’s temperature) came on line right after the PDO shift of 1977. Their period of record is coincident with a period of time … Continue reading →

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CO2 Is A Lousy Thermostat

Posted on October 17, 2010 by stevengoddard

NASA claims that CO2 “acts as a thermostat in regulating the temperature of Earth.” This is an easy theory to test by examining historical data. If CO2 was the thermostat, then a larger change in CO2 would necessarily manifest itself … Continue reading →

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Loss Of Old Ice In The Early 1990s – Due To El Niño?

Posted on October 13, 2010 by stevengoddard

According to NSIDC, most of the loss of older ice occurred in the early 1990s. http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2007.html

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