Hey Media, Remember in 2017 When an Iceberg in Antarctica Freaked You Out? Science now says: ‘Never Mind’
21 hours ago Anthony Watts
In July 2017, CNN and a number of other media outlets posted stories about iceberg A-68 calving off of Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf, with CNN suggesting we should be “freaked out” about it because of climate change. CNN was wrong. It was based on an incomplete understanding of iceberg formation and calving, driven by a rush to judgement to further the false climate disaster narrative.
For example, CNN’s John D. Sutter wrote in this article: That huge iceberg should freak you out. Here’s why:
This doesn’t NOT look like climate change.
There is no disagreement among climate scientists about whether humans are warming the Earth by burning fossil fuels and polluting the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. We are. And we see the consequences.
The climate chicken littles of the media blamed it on climate change then, but today, it looks like an Emily Litella moment has just occurred, as a new peer-reviewed scientific study says it wasn’t anything abnormal, nor should we worry about it. The new study published in Geophysical Research Letters tosses ice-cold water on those overhyped media claims. The study, MacKie et al. (2024), analyzed 47 years of observational satellite data from Antarctica and found that there has been no trend in annual Antarctic maximum calving size between 1976 and 2023.
The key findings of the study are:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/12/21/hey-media-remember-in-2017-when-an-iceberg-in-antarctica-freaked-you-out-science-now-says-never-mind/
