Arctic Circle Warming Against Natural Cycle.

[stephendare]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/03/arctic.warmest.temperatures/index.html

This is totally not good.

The Arctic Circle should still be cooling, rather than warming.

The idea that it is acting against script is more alarming than previously thought.

(CNN) -- Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years, new research indicates.
Say hello to warmer temperatures, wave goodbye to ice cover in the Arctic.

Say hello to warmer temperatures, wave goodbye to ice cover in the Arctic.

The study presents new evidence that the Arctic would be cooling if not for greenhouse gas emissions overpowering natural climate patterns.

The report published in Science magazine found that thousands of years of gradual Arctic cooling, related to natural changes in Earth's orbit, would continue today if not for emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

"This result is particularly important because the Arctic, perhaps more than any other region on Earth, is facing dramatic impacts from climate change," NCAR scientist David Schneider, one of the co-authors, said in a statement.

"This study provides us with a long-term record that reveals how greenhouse gases from human activities are overwhelming the Arctic's natural climate system."

[buckethead]

One thing that has always made me skeptical of the theory of man made global warming is this:

How can carbondioxide prevent radiation from leaving the atmosphere without having filtered any form entering?

How is CO2 a one way insulator? I ask this earnestly.

[Lunican]

CO2 does not absorb the light energy coming from the sun, but it does absorb the heat being radiated back from earth.