Prepare For Even More Volatile Weather in 2017 (engadget.com)

An anonymous shares a report on Engadget: Ice isn't just great for keeping your drinks cool at parties, it also helps keep our planet cool by reflecting some of the sun's heat away. But thanks to our steadfast refusal to address climate change, there's going to be a lot less ice in the Arctic next year. Scientists are observing record high temperatures in the Arctic circle that's likely to lead to record low levels of ice coverage in 2017. Long story short, we're currently melting the wall that's helped stop the seas boiling for all of these years. Normally, by November, the global temperature has dropped sufficiently that ice can form again in the Arctic ready for the following summer. This year, however, climate scientists saw a spike to -7 celsius (19f) -- 15 degrees celsius (27f) warmer than usual. While the readings have fluctuated since November 11, they're expected to rocket up again in the next few days.

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Ridiculous

[Anonymous Coward]

Trump won - get over it. He's going to give us the best weather ever.

Not Worried

[31415926535897]

I'm not worried anymore. Trump said he'll be tough on volatile weather. I know it will be the most serene weather we've ever had.

And if it doesn't cooperate, he'll build the biggest wall you've ever seen on the east border of California. That will kill two birds with one stone. (Not that trump has only one stone...He definitely has two and they're the biggest and best stones you've ever seen).

Re: yeah right

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you positive that those trees fell down due to "wind"? Correlation does not equal causation you know. Maybe those trees were just tired. Or, maybe they got drunk and passed out. Quit blaming everything on this "wind" hocus-pocus.

Re: Anti-science bullshit is the new normal here

[Anonymous Coward]

There are "two sides"??

What is it like, living in a dialectic universe where there are two aides and no truths??

Re:The seas are NOT going to boil.

[PopeRatzo]

I'm just posting this so I can be in the same thread as emil (695), who registered his Slashdot account in 1947, using a stack of punched cards..

Re:The seas are NOT going to boil.

[mce]

Say again? :-)

Re:The seas are NOT going to boil.

[LynnwoodRooster]

Don't tease the old guys. If anything, we should be asking them what it was like to live in the last inter-glacial period a few hundred thousand years ago...