Cause and Effect - 04/02/08 02:18 AM
Hi everyone,
I found a video on the homepage from one of Canuk's links. (Thanks, Canuk) I've made a few interesting observations and would like to hear everyone's opinion. This is a 40mb QuickTime compilation of satellite images from a static camera, which shows a different aspect to the circulation patterns of our atmosphere.
Right click and select "save target as" for the fastest way to download.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/multiyear.ice.quikscat.mov
In this video, you can see black clouds of pollution originating from the Middle East. The pollution seem to fill up the atmosphere and spiral towards the Arctic, until (what appears to be) a high pressure system forces the pollution over the Arctic, where it descends and appears to melt the Arctic.
My question...Could soot from the war in Iraq, or increased oil production, be the cause of the record melt last year?
I've made a number of observations in this video, but this one is obvious. Am I seeing a ghost here, or are we seeing the cause of the Arctic melt? It becomes more obvious when you play the video in high speed. I would like some feedback before mentioning my other observations.
Please watch the video before commenting.
Thanks
I found a video on the homepage from one of Canuk's links. (Thanks, Canuk) I've made a few interesting observations and would like to hear everyone's opinion. This is a 40mb QuickTime compilation of satellite images from a static camera, which shows a different aspect to the circulation patterns of our atmosphere.
Right click and select "save target as" for the fastest way to download.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/multiyear.ice.quikscat.mov
In this video, you can see black clouds of pollution originating from the Middle East. The pollution seem to fill up the atmosphere and spiral towards the Arctic, until (what appears to be) a high pressure system forces the pollution over the Arctic, where it descends and appears to melt the Arctic.
My question...Could soot from the war in Iraq, or increased oil production, be the cause of the record melt last year?
I've made a number of observations in this video, but this one is obvious. Am I seeing a ghost here, or are we seeing the cause of the Arctic melt? It becomes more obvious when you play the video in high speed. I would like some feedback before mentioning my other observations.
Please watch the video before commenting.
Thanks