Flashback 1923: ‘WINTERS ARE WARMER…extremes of cold in winter no longer occur as they did in years gone by’

The Narracoorte Herald

Friday 4 May 1923

WINTERS ARE WARMER.

Why the World’s Climate is Changing.

Our climate is becoming milder. There are exceptions, of course, but generally speaking, extremes of cold in winter no longer occur as they did in years gone by. Nor does this apply only to our own country. It is the same all over the world. Iceland is no longer what its name implies—the land of ice. During the winter of 1920-21 there was neither snow nor frost there, and for many previous winters there has been very little.

The ice on the Neva River in Russia breaks up three weeks earlier than it did a generation ago. The Alpine glaciers are everywhere retreating, so that cultivation is now possible in valleys which, within the memory of people still alive, were icebound all the year round. In Candace, year by year the area under wheat is being extended northward, sure sign that the weather there is becoming milder. The Governor of the Falkland Islands reported recently that the climate there is not nearly so severe as it was seventy, or eighty years ago. Similar instances could be quoted almost indefinitely, and the combined evidence from so many different sources is irresistible. extremes of cold in winter no longer occur as they did in years gone by

In a book entitled “Warmer Wintersand the Earth’s Tilt,” Major R. A. Marriottsets forth his theory as to the reason for this world-wide phenomenon.

Briefly put, his contention is that the earth is gradually changing its position so as to bring the poles more directly under the sun’s rays, with the result that the ice-caps stored there during; past ages are gradually diminishing in size. ‘We are, in fact, at the tail end of the last great Ice Age, which was at its maximum about 15,000 years ago, when ;the greater part of Europe was shrouded under an ice-cap a mile or more!thick. This was the period when the earth was tilted in such a way; that the heat of the sun was concentrated on the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the globe, the poles getting hardly any.

The process is now being reversed.| So in a time which may not be very far off, large areas near the North Pole will be rendered productive for the requirements of mankind and-capable

Report: ‘Long-lost’ satellite images shed new light on global sea ice…enormous holes found in the Arctic ice back in the 1960′s

NASA launched the first of seven Nimbus spacecraft to study Earth from space in August 1964 and fifty years later experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado are recovering long-lost images from old Nimbus data tapes and black-and-white film. The preliminary findings from long-lost images from the 1960’s have produced some big surprises with respect to global sea ice. In much the same way archeologists dig up artifacts that can rewrite history, these long-lost satellite images have to potential to rewrite our knowledge of ever-changing global sea ice cycles.

Nimbus satellite observations were transmitted as an analog signal and then burned onto film and stored in canisters labeled only by orbit number (i.e., no indication of geography). The only way to retrieve this imagery data into useable format was to scan all of it which meant 250,000 images. Now the satellite imagery data is completely digital and can be managed and manipulated by scientists in order to get a look at the past. Preliminary work with the now-digitized satellite data has been from the period 1964 to 1969 and the year 1970 is now being analyzed.

Indeed, early findings have been quite surprising with respect to both the Arctic and Antarctica sea ice extent. According to NASA scientists, there have been “enormous holes” found in the Arctic ice that “we didn’t expect and can’t explain” in a decade considered to be colder-than-normal (i.e., the 1960’s). The Antarctica sea ice extent findings are perhaps even more amazing. Using these long-lost satellite images, it appears that the Antarctica sea ice extent reached record highs in 1964 only to be followed by record lows just two years later in 1966 and also the earliest maximum sea ice extent was seen in 1969. As is often the case with more data, it often leads to more questions than answers. Video discussion on this by NASA scientists at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvGIE1y3cXA.

Flashback 1919: Scientists Knew droughts and floods occur at regular intervals – ‘How Did Scientists Lose So Much Knowledge In less Than A Century?’

How Did Scientists Lose So Much Knowledge In less Than A Century?

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A century ago, scientists understood that drought and flood occurred in regular cycles. That was before they were paid as propagandists. 10 Jun 1919 – PERIODICITY OF DROUGHT. SOME REMARKABLE FIGURES.…