{"id":273795,"date":"2023-08-15T21:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273795"},"modified":"2023-08-15T21:12:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:12:59","slug":"climate-hysteria-ramps-up-in-antarctica-but-recent-data-shows-sea-ice-levels-similar-to-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273795","title":{"rendered":"Climate Hysteria Ramps Up in Antarctica but Recent Data Shows Sea Ice Levels Similar to 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0CHRIS MORRISON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The climate catastrophe caravan is on the move again with the alarmists whipping up fears over a supposed low rate of winter sea ice in Antarctica. In the\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>, science editor Clive Cookson\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Antarctica \u201cfaces a catastrophic cascade of extreme environmental events\u2026 that will affect climate around the world\u201d. Needless to say, there is no mention that Antarctica sea ice was at a record high in 2014, but curiously missing from all the hysteria is the fact that reanalysed early satellite data shows similar levels of winter ice in 1966. Even more curious is that minimal journalist sleuthing is required to uncover this information, since it is\u00a0supplied<\/a>\u00a0by the frequently-consulted National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorado-based NSIDC cited evidence that early Nimbus satellite data revealed winter sea ice extent of around 15 million square kilometres in 1966 \u201cmay have rivalled the very low level seen today\u201d. There are some uncertainties in reanalysing such early satellite data, but the NSIDC says the findings are consistent with observations that Antarctica sea ice extent is \u201chighly variable\u201d. Last year, a group of American geographers and statisticians examined\u00a0historical observations<\/a>\u00a0of Antarctica sea ice extent and found \u201cstatistically significant\u201d positive trends since 1979. Furthermore, these trends across all four seasons compared with \u201cstatistically significant decreases\u201d throughout much of the early and middle 20th Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the\u00a0FT<\/em>\u00a0guff came from a report commissioned by the Net Zero-promoting U.K. Government. Lead author Professor Martin Siegert from the University of Exeter says he is \u201cstaggered by the amount of change we\u2019ve seen already in the past few years\u201d. In fact we only have complete records of Antarctica sea ice since 1979, but it is more than likely that, like ice in the Arctic, it waxes and wanes on a natural cyclical basis. But like the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, the politically-inspired alarmists cry wolf when it falls, but move on to the next cherry pick when it recovers. Even though carbon dioxide is well mixed over the entire southern hemisphere, the small contribution made by humans is somehow held responsible, while cyclical changes offer the opportunity for Greta Thunberg-style contributions to climate science knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antarctica was also in the news last month due to its leading role in promoting the \u201chottest day in 125,000 years\u201d scare. The global claim of 62.6\u00b0F was the guesstimate product of a computer model from Climate Reanalyzer. It was heavily skewed by a \u2018heatwave\u2019 in Antarctica on July 3rd \u2013 4th that saw temperatures soar in parts of the continent from -70\u00b0F to around -30\u00b0F. Without satellites, this localised rise would never have been detected in the past, calling into question the \u201chottest day\u201d claims. Steve Milloy\u00a0examines such claims<\/a>\u00a0every month. He argued that without the Antarctica spike, the global temperature would have been around 57.5\u00b0F, similar to the long-term figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Daily Sceptic has often noted in the past, Antarctica is a difficult place to create climate alarm. Over the last seven decades there has been little or no warming over large areas of the continent. According to a\u00a0recent paper<\/a>\u00a0(Singh and Polvani), Antarctica sea ice has \u201cmodestly expanded\u201d and warming has been \u201cnearly non-existent\u201d in this period. According to NASA figures, the ice loss is 0.0005% a year. Another\u00a0recent paper<\/a>\u00a0found that ice shelves surrounding the continent grew in overall size by 0.4% in the years 2009-2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The above map from Singh and Polvani shows that all the warming in Antarctica is to be found in the west. It is to this area that eco warriors return with tales of collapsing ice shelves and glaciers. But it has always been known that the west side is an area of considerable volcanic activity. The full extent of this has recently been shown by scientists working at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. They provide\u00a0scientific evidence<\/a>\u00a0that shows a \u201cdirect link\u201d between recent western ice loss and geothermal heat flow. Furthermore, they state that it is common to attribute changes in ice dynamics and loss to atmospheric and oceanic influences. \u201cHowever, recent studies suggest a direct link between the origin of ice streams and zones of increased heat flow,\u201d it is noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This map compiled by the German scientists plots the known volcanoes (black triangles) under the ice in Antarctica, and highlights the geothermal heat flows arising from them. As can clearly be seen, the warming shown in the first graph correlates with the heat flows under the ice. The scientists say their work indicates a \u201cdirect connection\u201d of deep lithospheric and surface processes. This is said to be in agreement with elevated geothermal heat found below the Thwaites and Pope glaciers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That would be the Thwaites Glacier, otherwise known in the popular prints as the \u2018Doomsday\u2019 Glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Morrison is the\u00a0<\/em>Daily Sceptic\u2019s Environment Editor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the\u00a0Financial Times, science editor Clive Cookson\u00a0reports\u00a0that Antarctica \u201cfaces a catastrophic cascade of extreme environmental events\u2026 that will affect climate around the world\u201d. Needless to say, there is no mention that Antarctica sea ice was at a record high in 2014, but curiously missing from all the hysteria is the fact that reanalysed early satellite data shows similar levels of winter ice in 1966.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":273803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818326,691818990,691819134,691821865,691819045],"class_list":{"0":"post-273795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-antarctica","9":"tag-arctic-sea-ice","10":"tag-climate-alarmism","11":"tag-financial-times","12":"tag-thwaites-glacier","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00ThwaitesGlacierNewest_Image1.png?fit=1022%2C568&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-19e3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":361503,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=361503","url_meta":{"origin":273795,"position":0},"title":"Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember all that alarmist guff about Antarctica sea ice recording lower levels in winter a couple of years ago? 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