20-08-2008, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by youcanhandlethetruth
For example, what about the claim in the article "A comparison of these maps (derived from NSIDC data) below shows that Arctic ice extent was 30 per cent greater on August 11, 2008 than it was on the August 12, 2007. (2008 is a leap year, so the dates are offset by one.)"
You constantly dismiss scientific claims like this....
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Is it a scientific claim? Is Steven Goddard a scientist?
Counting pixels to arrive at a conclusion, when neither scale nor meaning of the colour gradation is expressly stated, seems to be a qualitative approach rather than a strictly quantitative one where there would, or should, have been rigorous attention to detail.
Let's assume that Goddard's pixel count is correct and that his conclusion is also correct - that there is more sea ice in the north polar region now than there was a year ago.
That's in one season in one year in one location.
It can't be construed as global. |
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