The initial figures are in for the change in surface ice and snow in Greenland through the end of the summer of 2018. These figures are computed annually and they measure the change in the total amount of ice and snow across the island for the previous year. For the year ending in September of 2018, there was an enormous increase of more than 150 billion tons of ice on the surface of Greenland during the preceding year. The prior year (which ended 9/30/17) also saw a gain of about that same amount of ice and snow. To be complete, one would have to adjust these figures for the calving of icebergs that break off into the North Atlantic from glaciers in Greenland. Those figures have to be compiled by satellite data and will not be available for a few months. Nevertheless, the figures which are now available are a dramatic slap in the face of the global warming models and theories. Remember, we've been told for multiple decades now that rising global temperatures would result in major melting of ice in Greenland and a concomitant rise of sea level. Instead of major ice melting, Greenland has just completed two years of major ice formation. So much for the validity of the global warming theory.
But there's more. Detailed satellite observations of Antarctica during this century have shown that there is an annual increase in the ice on that continent which is even more than the increase in ice in Greenland discussed above. Since Greenland and Antarctica are the two principal repositories of ice on Earth, major buildups there mean that sea levels should actually fall rather than rise. It also means that global temperatures are not rising.
For year after year we were told that temperature rise around the globe is inevitable. Now we get the data which should show the results of that temperature rise, and it indicates exactly the opposite is happening.
For what it is worth, this is what one would call actual science. We get data to see if the theory is correct. In this case, it seems that global warming theory is flawed at best and completely wrong at worst.
But there's more. Detailed satellite observations of Antarctica during this century have shown that there is an annual increase in the ice on that continent which is even more than the increase in ice in Greenland discussed above. Since Greenland and Antarctica are the two principal repositories of ice on Earth, major buildups there mean that sea levels should actually fall rather than rise. It also means that global temperatures are not rising.
For year after year we were told that temperature rise around the globe is inevitable. Now we get the data which should show the results of that temperature rise, and it indicates exactly the opposite is happening.
For what it is worth, this is what one would call actual science. We get data to see if the theory is correct. In this case, it seems that global warming theory is flawed at best and completely wrong at worst.
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