Rather than play a broken record again - for the 50 millionth time - those who deny the science underpinning global warming and climate change could actually look at what is happening now in order to start informing themselves.
The following paragraphs are the start of a report written by Jonathan Watts and published in The Guardian on Feb. 27. It reports on a heatwave in Siberia in February that pushed temperatures up there by as much as 35 degrees Celsius above historical averages for that month. And how this is playing out and causing blizzards in Europe.
Why do climate change-deniers insist on repeating the same old stuff again and again? It serves only to emphasise how insignificant is their ‘thinking.’
Here’s the latest from the Arctic Circle....
“Arctic warming: scientists alarmed by 'crazy' temperature rises
Record warmth in the Arctic this month could yet prove to be a freak occurrence, but experts warn the warming event is unprecedented”
“An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change.”
“Although it could yet prove to be a freak event, the primary concern is that global warming is eroding the polar vortex, the powerful winds that once insulated the frozen north.”
“The north pole gets no sunlight until March, but an influx of warm air has pushed temperatures in Siberia up by as much as 35C above historical averages this month. Greenland has already experienced 61 hours above freezing in 2018 - more than three times as many hours as in any previous year.”
