/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9449376
1) Al gore definitely made a mistake on Kilimanjaro, and the reduction in its glaciers has been linked to deforestation surrounding the mountain. Again, this doesn't disprove global warming.

2) I think he was wrong about this too, but there has been a large reduction that has been observed in multi-year sea ice, as well as an overall reduction of sea ice during summers in the Arctic, which has led to positive feedback loops of further reduced ice because open ocean absorbs more heat and thus heats up faster in summer, leading to more ice melting and less multi-year ice.

3) I don't remember him making this claim, cite the source because I can't find information about it, but regardless the general hypothesis that there will be worse heat waves in the future is not inaccurate. Extreme weather will become more extreme because it's all driven by heat, and higher average global temps mean warmer summers, meaning more heat, driving more extreme weather.

4) There have been hurricanes worse. Katrina was a bad storm not because of the damage the storm itself did, it was because of the poor quality of the levee system in New Orleans in particular that led to the flooding which caused billions of dollars in damage and all the deaths from the poor governmental response to the disaster. NOLA didn't even receive a direct hit from the storm, and the levee's breach was caused by massive storm surge from lake pontchartrain.

>>8748160
>There ARE NO LOSSES, DUMBASS
Will you admit you're wrong when presented with actual, scientific evidence?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85246
http://psc.apl.uw.edu/research/projects/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly/
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g00799_arctic_southern_sea_ice/

>THE POLAR ICE CAPS ARE FUCKING GROWING
I don't expect a retarded /pol/tard to understand the difference between the Antarctic and Arctic sea ice, or the difference between sea ice and ice sheets, but again, you're wrong.