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In the discussion thread: 'Gaia' scientist James Lovelock: I was 'alarmist' about climate change [View all]

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 03:28 AM

ronnie624 (3,692 posts)

20. From your link:

It is not clear why the maximum ice extent would happen later, given that in general, ice extent is decreasing. One possibility is that the lower winter ice extents might make it easier for ice to continue growing later in the season. With lower winter extents, a late cold snap or northerly wind could spread ice southward over ocean that would normally be ice-covered at that point. Researchers do not expect the late maximum ice extent to strongly influence summer melt. The ice that grew late this winter is quite thin, and will melt rapidly as the sun rises higher in the sky and the air and water get warmer.

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20 replies	Author	Time	Post
'Gaia' scientist James Lovelock: I was 'alarmist' about climate change [View all]	bananas	Apr 2012	OP
He may be changing his opinion...	relayerbob	Apr 2012	#1
Chances are	panopeagenerosa	Apr 2012	#2
Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis	FarCenter	Apr 2012	#19
From your link:	ronnie624	Apr 2012	#20
I am a climate change alarmist, and I have no problem admitting it.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#3
This is unfortunate.	DCBob	Apr 2012	#4
He's wrong though. Climate change is not defined simply by temperature.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#5
yes, I think you are right.	DCBob	Apr 2012	#6
Lovelock was wrong in 2004	sulphurdunn	Apr 2012	#7
A picture is worth a thousand words	PSPS	Apr 2012	#8
You should see the then and now pictures of Yosemite before the the Cordilleran Ice Sheet melted.	HotRodTuna	Apr 2012	#12
As Kuhn argued in "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", Lovelock won't change his science	saras	Apr 2012	#9
Joe Romm has responded to the article	bananas	Apr 2012	#10
Thanks for those links. nt	redqueen	Apr 2012	#11
Considered individually, none of the problems we face look catastrophic	GliderGuider	Apr 2012	#13
Glad He is taking This Line	On the Road	Apr 2012	#14
Why is it not helpful? It's probably the truth	NickB79	Apr 2012	#15
Even if it's true?	GliderGuider	Apr 2012	#16
I always considered him a nut	Mosaic	Apr 2012	#17
Finally, Lovelock comes back to Earth......or did he really?	AverageJoe90	Apr 2012	#18

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