Unthreaded
Drax to buy Scots hydo and gas power plants
stewgreen
It doesnt add up
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic-zone/essay_untersteiner.html
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic-zone/images/ice_extent.gif
Looking at the 20th century data this paragraph from the essay matches my own inspection.
"During the first half-century, ice extent in all seasons remained essentially constant. Beginning about mid-century, the summer minimum extent began to shrink while the winter maximum remained unchanged. Starting in about 1975, the maximum, too, began to shrink. Ice extent in September 2000 (not shown in the plot) is only about 5x106 km2, the smallest ever observed in this century."
Nowadays 5×10^6 is a cold year. IIRC the current record from 2016 is closer to 3.4 ×10^6 in 2012.
I found no evidence for a cyclic pattern, but others have tried various non-linear fits and found that they give a better match than a linear regression.
http://gergs.net/2013/07/northern-sea-ice-update/piomas2/
Entropic man
Times : double page ad by Exxn for Algae fuel development
stewgreen
2018 Butterfly count Results
Go to bottom of the page and look how huge the swings are in both directions
eg if you saw 10 of species X last year you either saw 3 or 26 this year
Last 2 weeks all the small birds in our neighbourhood disappeared after the huge winds/storm
stewgreen
stewgreen
more BBC eco-pathos coming down the chute then.
tomo
gc 4:32pm
I doubt there's much sales variance in SE Kent - most interested local people will know the less risky times to nip over to Belgium and few travelers in their right minds would want to stop off in Dover.
tomo
Will the BBC documentary be objective or campaigning with the usual poor BBC maths ?
@lizbonnin
‘Drowning in Plastic’ airs on @BBCOne on 1st October.
I really hope it moves and inspires you, the experience of filming it certainly did for me.
#bethechange #PlasticsWatch #saveouroceans 🌎💙🐋
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/film-will-detail-devastation-done-to-oceans-by-plastic-2dnzkfb3r
stewgreen
Christopher the Canadaian skeptical physicist
always says that ice level is NOT a proxy for temperature
cos different winds in different bays can make such a difference
stewgreen
Sep 24, 2018 at 4:01 PM | TinyCO2
I have always been curious about total shop sales of fags and booze in a Port such as Dover, and whether sales go up or down to match the performance of Customs and Excise men.
golf charlie
Another fine plan meets harsh reality.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45620299
France removes toxic tyres from failed reef project