It’s only a small scale regional temperature fluctuation!
Temperatures on the Antarctic continent and the Southern Ocean have been rising for the past 30 years.
These collected temperature data were compared to predictions derived from 20 climate simulations, and well each failed to predict this increase.
Scientist do know that they do not have enough data, that current models aren’t bad at predicting large regional fluctuations but are inadequate at picking up small scale regional fluctuations.
The BBC Article does quote a scientist saying that:
we should not lose faith in the ability of current models to predict worldwide climate change.
Shesh! What is that book called - Don’t sweat the small stuff! Well, dahlins! Those small scale regional fluctuations could mean a 60m sea level rise! Or maybe just 10m. How big was the Tsunami wave!
As expected, looking at the Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise Map of Canada things do not look great for coastal areas but the map metadata oye veig!:
A rising sea level will result in more coastal erosion in this century. However, when compared with Europe and Japan, where expenditures on coastal protection are in the many billions of dollars, Canada is fortunate in having low population densities and small amounts of infrastructure at risk. Awareness of the expected sea-level rise and coastal erosion, which have been occurring for many thousands of years, should ensure that future developments are set back from threatened areas.
I feel better, turn up the heat, dance to King Sunny Ade and drive your heart out! And well ah, take a trip to a pacific Island soon!
So before sleepy time I played with some data, looked at some satellite imagery and clicked on this map.
