Yesterday I found myself in conversation with Nigel and “Steve” on Twitter about NOAA’s recent report on Arctic temperatures and the seemingly unrelated topic of Russian icebreakers. Apparently Nigel has been perusing “Steve’s” recent railing against NOAA’s “Red Hot Arctic” in 2016 on his “Deplorable Client Science” blog. Here’s how my conversation with Nigel went:
It appears that Nigel believes that an image like this:
is far more relevant than an image like this:
when it comes to determining the thickness of “the ice up in the north of Russia”!
Then of course there was my “conversation” with “Steve” after he butted in on my “debate” with Nigel. It went like this:
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/826924807124025345
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/826926389152583682
Shock news! Sea ice forms slowly after a large El Nino! Whoever would have imagined? https://t.co/vKX81jzdxY
— Tony Heller (@Tony__Heller) February 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/826930170439274501
Last week Arctic sea ice was growing very quickly. This week it isn't.
The Navy predicted it would be ice-free by 2012. https://t.co/hg0mmJ3SYw— Tony Heller (@Tony__Heller) February 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/826937934171480064
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/826940688734494721
Yes, the global warming scam is dead now! https://t.co/FyApD2CSX2
— Tony Heller (@Tony__Heller) February 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/826944199840903169
Followed the next morning by:
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/827120539764457472
Just like Nigel, “Steve” still hasn’t got around to commenting on my map of Arctic sea thickness or explaining the significance of 2 Russian icebreakers NOT stuck in the East Siberian Sea.
Some more pertinent facts, courtesy of CryoSat-2:
I’ve just submitted this article to a brand new learned journal. The Journal of Alternative Facts:
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/827458574515318784
According to their article guidelines self references are highly desirable, so I figured I should add some.
Nigel still refuses to provide any more “evidence” about the Russian icebreakers allegedly “stuck in ice”, whilst “Steve” continues to ignore me:
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/827807996331843584
The Journal of Alternative Facts article guidelines insist on peer review by politicians, so I’ve invited a few local, national and international politicians to comment on my draft paper:
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/827823720609746944
White, S. (2016a) – The 11th Key Science Moment of 2016
White, S. (2016b) – Post-Truth Global and Arctic Temperatures
White, S. (2015) – Why It’s So Hard to Convince Pseudo-Skeptics
Please feel free to add your peer reviews in the space provided for that purpose below.