Thursday, January 17, 2008

Manmade Antarctic Melting, Indeed

Here.

Excerpts:
While Rignot did use satellite observations of Antarctica’s coastline to estimate melting, he compared this real-life data to computer model estimates of Antarctic interior snow accumulation. So the western Antarctic appears to losing mass only when compared to computer models that, when it comes to global climate, are of questionable relevance to the real world.

At JunkScience.com, we label these sorts of computer modeling exercises as “PlayStation® climatology.”
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It’s quite possible that the reported Antarctic melting is manmade -- but the “man” may be Eric Rignot, as opposed to the term’s broader connotation.

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