November 24, 2021
Greenland Melt? What Greenland Melt?
Jim Church
So Antarctica isn’t melting. But what about the other big, though smaller, land-based ice mass at the other end of the planet? Once in a while the news breaks that a massive melt event has occurred over the entire face of Greenland. And it’s all your fault, greenhouse gases, etc. etc. But a recent study has shown that while those big melt events are dramatic when they occur, they are very rare and remarkably insignificant:
About that Big Greenland Melt
Tim adds:
They keep making a big deal about sections of Greenland melting, but what is it really telling us?
We keep finding Viking villages and even WWII aircraft frozen under the ice.
What does that mean? It means there was no ice there prior to the last few decades. In other words, we are getting back to normal after a particularly nasty cold period.
BTW the Vikings grew barley in Greenland, something that could not be done now.
So Antarctica isn’t melting. But what about the other big, though smaller, land-based ice mass at the other end of the planet? Once in a while the news breaks that a massive melt event has occurred over the entire face of Greenland. And it’s all your fault, greenhouse gases, etc. etc. But a recent study has shown that while those big melt events are dramatic when they occur, they are very rare and remarkably insignificant:
About that Big Greenland Melt
Tim adds:
They keep making a big deal about sections of Greenland melting, but what is it really telling us?
We keep finding Viking villages and even WWII aircraft frozen under the ice.
What does that mean? It means there was no ice there prior to the last few decades. In other words, we are getting back to normal after a particularly nasty cold period.
BTW the Vikings grew barley in Greenland, something that could not be done now.
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There was a thriving Viking farming colony in Greenland for years, during the Medieval Warm Period, until the climate turned cold again, the crops wouldn't grow and the farmers -- unable to adapt to any other way of living -- starved to death.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at November 24, 2021 10:29 PM (zjwe/)
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Yes and we should ignore that along with the man behind the curtain.
A little warmth would be greatly appreciated on Greenland's pleasant and sunny shores.
A little warmth would be greatly appreciated on Greenland's pleasant and sunny shores.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at November 25, 2021 12:56 AM (+udfQ)
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