Originally Posted By: Max
How could last years melting of Greenland or the Arctic explain the cooling of the oceans that started in 2003?
Oh, now I understand the confusion around the "time travel" comment.
....But that level of melting didn't just start last year. It's been approaching that for over a decade now.

Originally Posted By: Canuk
People should take note.
Yes, people should note this shiningly normal example of science, incrementally progressing forward, having to re-examine every step along the way; and never getting it "right" on the first try, learning more from the unexpected results than from confirmation of the expected, etc., etc.

Originally Posted By: paul
thats 32 cu miles of water per year.
or 2,027,520 sq miles 1 inch high.
So that's some fraction of a millimeter (just from melting ice) globally, isn't it?

Paul, I hope you noticed my question about the "missing heat," posted just before your last post.
smile


Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.