An icy Antarctic paradox:
[Via CEJournal]
The ozone hole is masking the impact of global warming in Antarctica
This image from NASA’s Aura satellite shows the extent of severe ozone depletion over Antarctica in September of 2008. (Image: NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day)
Climate skeptics got their undies all in a bundle this past weekend over publication of an article in [...]
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For some reason, deniers of science think that if they can find one segment of a theory or model that is wrong, then the whole thing is invalidated. Because of this, they often grasp at anything, even something misleading, to provide this inconsitency.
Unfortunately for them, this is not how science works. A single fault does not usually destroy the framework. It often simply results in a modification or a whole new area of research.
Here, the misleading premise – that increasing ice in Antarctica means global warming is wrong – is simply wrong. As the article states, the ozone hole is modifying the effects on warming.
The ozone hole, the first real manifestation of humankind’s effect on the climate, is likely masking effects on another manifestation. That is a very nice explanation that can be easily be examined.
As opposed to simply howling “Wrong!” at the moon. And about as effective.
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