William M. Briggs, Statistician » Short New York Real Estate Because of Global Warming?

Therefore, those who believe Stevey’s predictions should be willing to bet on it. I am willing to take their Manhattan real estate off their hands at a discount that reflects the direness of global warming predictions. Say that Battery Park will be dunked by rising seas, then apartments down there should be worthless.

I’ll pay that price, and even kick in all associated taxes and transfer fees to anybody who actually believes Cohen’s predictions.

Any takers?

Lawrence Solomon: Arctic Ice at High Point - FP Comment

The Arctic ocean has more ice today that it did last year at this time, more than it had the previous year at this time or the year before that or the year before that. More ice, in fact that at any time since the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, using a sensor launched on a NASA satellite in mid 2002, began tracking the extent of Arctic ice.

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Season Posts Latest Start on Record - BusinessWeek

April 6 (Bloomberg) -- The extent of sea ice over the Arctic Ocean grew until the last day of March, the latest the annual melting season has begun in 31 years of satellite records, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center said.
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In September, the researchers said Arctic sea ice shrank in 2009 to its third-lowest summer minimum on record, remaining “well outside the range of natural variability.”  [What is that range?]

Summers: Energy and climate bill a top White House 2010 priority - The Hill's E2-Wire

National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers on Tuesday said that passage of comprehensive energy legislation is a top White House priority in 2010.
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Summers called energy policy vital to U.S. economic prosperity, while labeling climate change a major global threat.