XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On 2026-01-17 07:04, AlleyCat wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Twenty years ago, Al Gore warned of imminent polar melt. Today however,   
   >> Antarctic sea ice is greater than it was at the time Gore made that claim.   
   >>   
   >> Satellite records show long periods of stability and even overall expansion.   
   >>   
   >> Antarctic wildlife tells the same story.   
   >>   
   >> Penguins populations, for example, have expanded their range and increased   
   in   
   >> number.   
   >>   
   >> Globally too, extinction rates are lower today than a century ago, with most   
   >> losses occurring in the 19th and early 20th centuries due to hunting,   
   habitat   
   >> destruction, and invasive species - not 'climate change'.   
      
       The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth   
       Kolbert is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book that argues humanity   
       is causing a modern mass extinction event, the sixth in   
       Earth's history, through activities like habitat destruction,   
       climate change, and pollution. Kolbert blends scientific   
       research with field reporting, examining past extinctions and   
       the current crisis through the stories of endangered species   
       like the Panamanian golden frog and the Great Auk, making   
       complex science accessible to a general audience. The book   
       explores how human impact is altering ecosystems and forces a   
       reevaluation of our role on the planet.   
      
   > And now...   
   >   
   > ...facts!   
   >   
   > Antarctic sea ice has remained basically the same for the last almost 50   
   > years.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > Got there, select "Antarctic" and just look at the averages for the   
   > decades, and they hardly change up or down.   
   >   
   > Now switch to the Arctic and look how much the average ice levels have   
   > fallen.   
      
   Idiots like "AlleyCat" point to cold weather in some spots as a   
   refutation of global warming, apparently unaware of somewhat   
   localized phenomena such as the (north) polar vortex and the great   
   variability of weather, and apparently incognizant of the meaning   
   of global warming, i.e. the average temperature across the globe.   
      
   AI Overview   
      
       How We Know Today's Climate Change Is Not Natural – State of   
       ...  Climate change is so variable because it's driven by   
       multiple interacting natural and human factors, from long-term   
       orbital shifts and volcanic eruptions to ocean cycles (like El   
       Niño/La Niña) and rapidly increasing human greenhouse gas   
       emissions, creating complex, sometimes sudden, shifts in   
       Earth's energy balance and weather patterns. Natural   
       variability within the Earth's systems (oceans, atmosphere)   
       causes year-to-year fluctuations, while human-caused   
       greenhouse gases are pushing the long-term trend, making   
       current changes unprecedented in speed.   
      
   --   
   The man she had was kind and clean   
   And well enough for every day,   
   But oh, dear friends, you should have seen   
   The one that got away.   
   		-- Dorothy Parker, "The Fisherwoman"   
      
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