« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: yet another global warming thread.  (Read 263 times)

Offline Angus

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 10057
yet another global warming thread.
« on: May 20, 2011, 06:32:28 AM »
Just stumbled on this one. Somewhat staggering. Looks like that the northern Iecap will be having a baldie in some....5 years
Logged
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2011, 06:41:00 AM »
Basically, were all going to die  :D
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline bozon

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6037
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2011, 06:59:32 AM »
What is the frequency of this sine wave?
Seriously, I hope that they have some physics behind this extrapolation because extrapolating based on a polynomial fitting with no physical model behind it is the worst kind of science. It is easy to prove that to any given set of data I can find a polynomial that will fit all the data and predict an ice sheet heavier than the mass of the sun by 2020.
Logged
Mosquito VI - twice the spitfire, four times the ENY.

Click!>> "So, you want to fly the wooden wonder" - <<click!
the almost incomplete and not entirely inaccurate guide to the AH Mosquito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOWswdzGQs

Offline Penguin

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3089
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2011, 07:00:26 AM »
Wow, math is powerful.

-Penguin
Logged

Offline Yossarian

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2516
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2011, 08:27:40 AM »
This whole global warming debate is completely screwed.
Logged
Afk for a year or so.  The name of a gun turret in game.  Falanx, huh? :banana:
Apparently I'm in the 20th FG 'Loco Busters', or so the legend goes.
O o
/¯________________________
| IMMA FIRIN' MAH 75MM!!!
\_¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Offline Angus

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 10057
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2011, 09:05:43 AM »
Math or no math, these are just monthly measures over a certain period.
Extrapolating as they go will lead you to nil. in about 2016
Logged
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

Offline Cheese

  • Copper Member
  • **
  • Posts: 178
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2011, 09:34:51 AM »
What about before 1979? 
Logged
Pigs on the Wing - Wing II
It's not Easy to be Cheesy!

Offline Shuffler

  • Radioactive Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 26837
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2011, 09:43:46 AM »
Mother Nature
Logged
80th FS "Headhunters"

S.A.P.P.- Secret Association Of P-38 Pilots (Lightning In A Bottle)

Offline Yossarian

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2516
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2011, 09:47:52 AM »
Quote from: Cheese on May 20, 2011, 09:34:51 AM
What about before 1979?  

Haven't pulled up any figures, but searching for "ice cap area over 100 years" gave me this as the first result:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850


And as with any set of data, I'd be interested to know:
-what are the units of the y-axis
-what is the data on the y-axis representing (I guess it's area of ice, but I don't know)
-where/how was it obtained
-is it the entire set of data
-where are the measurements from
-were any of the data defined as outliers and removed

...and so on.

Until these things are known, that chart is essentially meaningless.
Logged
Afk for a year or so.  The name of a gun turret in game.  Falanx, huh? :banana:
Apparently I'm in the 20th FG 'Loco Busters', or so the legend goes.
O o
/¯________________________
| IMMA FIRIN' MAH 75MM!!!
\_¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Offline Lepape2

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 597
      • YouTube musician/video channel
Re: yet another global warming thread.
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2011, 09:49:38 AM »
Quote from: Yossarian on May 20, 2011, 09:47:52 AM
Haven't pulled up any figures, but searching for "ice cap area over 100 years" gave me this as the first result:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850


And as with any set of data, I'd be interested to know:
-what are the units of the y-axis
-what is the data on the y-axis representing (I guess it's area of ice, but I don't know)
-where/how was it obtained
-is it the entire set of data
-where are the measurements from
-were any of the data defined as outliers and removed

...and so on.

Until these things are known, that chart is essentially meaningless.

This is exactly what I was about to ask so...

+1
Logged
Jug Movie 1 - Hunt or Prey
Jug Movie 2 - The Jug's Tail
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »