Bad news from NSIDC « Watts Up With That?

In spite of the spectacular failure of Dr. Serreze’s widely quoted prediction, there were no retractions, no apologies for misleading the public, no admissions of error, and inaccurate stories like the one above are still in place. So what could possibly be worse news from NSIDC?

The very man who made that ridiculous statement of “an ice free north pole in 2008″ is set to become the “incoming director” of NSIDC. Apparently alarmism pays, especially if you get press.

Tom Nelson: Check out this 1993 paper--with Mark Serreze's name on it

In particular, we do not observe the large surface warming trends predicted by models; indeed, we detect significant surface cooling trends over the western Arctic Ocean during winter and autumn. This discrepancy suggests that present climate models do not adequately incorporate the physical processes that affect the polar regions.

Ice at the North Pole in 1958 and 1959 - not so thick « Watts Up With That?

The point illustrated here: the North Pole is not static, ice varies significantly. The Arctic is not static either. Variance is the norm.