Flashback: John Kerry Said Arctic Would Be ‘Ice-Free’ By 2013

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The predictions of climate "scientists" and their liberal worshipers, has been amazing to watch over the years. These fools would have been believable if they said it will take 1000 years to melt the ice. That would have gotten people to a least wonder about cause and effect of adding CO2 to the atmosphere. Nope. Scare the shit out of people with wild statements and keep them afraid, even in the face of having the predictions fall way short. In 1969 we were told to be terrified of the coming ice age. Now, we're all gonna drown soon, or should have by now. There doesn't seem to be any rationality in the thought process. Someone is pulling the strings, and they're rubbing their hands with glee over all the fear they've pumped into the population.

[–]useless_aether[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

and the polar bears! people are so heartless for not paying all this carbon tax so that the polar bears could be saved!

[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There were a great number of scientists at the time who made less extreme predictions, and who pointed out that there's no community consensus on when the summer arctic ice cover would disappear.

[–]AbeFroman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Don't forget about acid rain and the depleting ozone layer!

[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"A fair statement would be that some scientists have predicted summer ice free Arctic Ocean as soon as 2013, but others expect it to happen a little slower — say 2040-2060," Schmidt wrote.

Differences occur when research focuses on the area of the Arctic — based on aerial satellite photographs — or on thickness and volume of the ice as well as area, according to Maslowski. In both cases, scientists have seen melting, Maslowski said. However, when estimates are based on the latter method, as Maslowski and his team of researchers have done, melting seems to be happening much faster.

"There is no crystal ball, there is no final prediction, just estimates," Maslowski said. "All we are trying to show is that we better start thinking [ice-free summers] could start earlier than 2100 or 2030. We should be prepared for the worst-case scenario."