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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

March 20, 2010 04:37 AM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

You've Heard of Light Domes

Posted By Dave Snope
I was wrong to say that they are high school students. They are much worse. They seem to be on a mission to lie about science. Daily.

Here's a new paper published today about arctic wildlife. It presents the first pan-arctic index on wildlife resources.
http://soa.arcus.org/abstracts/tracking-trends-arctic-wildlife-arctic-species-trend-index

It says:
the average population of arctic species rose by 16% between 1970 and 2004. This pattern is very similar to the temperate LPI and is consistent in both the North American and Eurasian Arctic.

How does ScienceDaily report it?

ScienceDaily (Mar. 18, 2010) — A new assessment of the Arctic's biodiversity reports a 26 per cent decline in species populations in the high Arctic.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100317101342.htm

What happened to the 16% increase? The ScienceDaily kidz don't want you to know.

March 20, 2010 09:27 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Alps Glaciers Disappear Due To Abnornal Warmth

Posted By Dave Snope
Here is the same place in this decade:



H/T Hockeyshtick

March 20, 2010 10:41 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Shot Some Ducks

Posted By Dave Snope
Here are some Buffleheads


March 20, 2010 10:42 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Shot Some Ducks

Posted By Dave Snope
An Eared Grebe

March 20, 2010 10:44 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Shot Some Ducks

Posted By Dave Snope
Egret and his pal Willet


March 20, 2010 10:44 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Shot Some Ducks

Posted By Dave Snope
Lesser Scaup


March 20, 2010 10:45 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Shot Some Ducks

Posted By Dave Snope
Some Red Breasted Mergansers keeping in line


March 20, 2010 10:47 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Shot Some Ducks

Posted By Dave Snope
Some kind of Teal?
Blue Winged Teal?

Need a little help with this one.

Help came from Mom. Naturally: these are female Lesser Scaups.


March 29, 2010 07:33 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Island Sunk by GW

Posted By Dave Snope
In October, Dr. Nils Axel Morner wrote the letter below to the President of the Maldives. Dr. Mörner is the past head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics department at Stockholm University in Sweden. He is past president (1999-2003) of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution, leader of the Maldives Sea Level Project. Dr. Mörner been studying the sea level and its effects on coastal areas for over 38 years.


... Let me summarize a few facts (1) In the last 2000 years, sea level has oscillated with 5 peaks reaching 0.6 to 1.2 m above the present sea level. (2) From 1790 to 1970 sea level was about 20 cm higher than today. (3) In the 1970s, sea level fell by about 20 cm to its present level. (4) Sea level has remained stable for the last 30 years, implying that there are no traces of any alarming on-going sea level rise. (5) Therefore, we are able to free the Maldives (and the rest of low-lying coasts and island around the globe) from the condemnation of becoming flooded in the near future.

When I was president for the INQUA commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution (1999-2003), we spent much effort on the question of present-to-future sea level changes. After intensive field studies, deliberation within the commission and discussions at five international meeting, we agreed on a "best estimate" for possible sea level changes by the year 2100. Our figure was +10 cm ±10 cm. This figure was later revised at +5 cm ±15cm. Such changes would imply small to negligible effects. 3 From our sea level curve, we can directly see that such a small rise would pose no threat for the Maldives. Rather, it would be a natural return to the conditions existing from1790 to 1970; i.e. to the position before the sea level fall in the 1970s.

The same non-rising sea level story is recorded for all other areas claimed to be under a flooding already in progress; viz. Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Venice (Mörner, 2007b). Besides, the proposed global trend derived from satellite altimetry have been tampered by a "personal correction" in order to create a rising trend (Mörner, 2008), actually not measured.. Thermal expansion of the water column may affect the ocean level by some centimetres to adecimetre. At the shore, however, the effect is zero (Mörner, 2000, 2005a, 2009a).

http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/maldives_letter.pdf

March 30, 2010 02:48 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Got YOUR check yet?

Posted By Dave Snope
Ooooh, they spent $37.9M lobbying on oil an energy issues". Nefarious! Foul!

Oh wait ... that's a tiny amount of money compared to what other companies spend on lobbying. It's a tiny fraction of the $90 billion dollars spent on AGW research. It's even tiny compared to the union lobbying $ spent in some states.

And it's the fiduciary responsibility of companies to keep politicians aware of their interests.

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