Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released

An anonymous reader writes "The Obama administration has released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice, following a declassification request by the National Academy of Sciences. The images feature a 1m resolution, and scientists who have had to base climate models on 15m- or 30m-resolution photos are rejoicing. The photos, kept classified by the Bush administration, show the impact of global warming in the Arctic and the retreat of glaciers in Washington and Alaska."

Comments

Re:How long has this been going on?

[techno-vampire]

Reliance on academic authories has its pitfalls of course, but a certain point you need the humility to accept that there is no debate over this particular point among experts.

We're talking about physical science here, not the humanities. Facts are facts, and it doesn't matter how much of a consensus you have if the facts don't support your conclusions. I've looked at the facts and, although I'm no expert on the matter, I'm not convinced. I'm also not convinced that AGW is a bunch of hogwash, but I'm coming closer to that conclusion every day. That doesn't mean that it is any more than your insistence that it's proven means that it's true. It means that to me, the question is still open.

Re:Not necessarily so.

[tjstork]

Actually, no, that's not the question at all. The question is what are you going to do when oil is permanently above 100USD a barrel and climbing, or worse, constantly volatile?

Switch to the production of synthetic fuels using energy from nuclear power plants.

I'm afraid you've just made this connection up. What examples make you feel this three-way relation is universally true as you assert?

Look at the price of different kinds of light bulbs.