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Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal... by politician on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @01:38PM (#12798607)
> ... just a ploy ...

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1732/

Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal... by triangleman on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @01:49PM (#12798712)
On the right hand side of that chart, it says he gets his data from both reconstructions and modern temperature measurements. How on earth are you supposed to compare those two? This is essentially just another hockey-stick graph.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal... by nonbel on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:38PM (#12799184)
Usually I like xkcd, but that one is wrong at the end. The data actually matches the "best case scenario" surprisingly well. I was really amazed at how that model has performed when I first saw it, it is really interesting. https://tamino.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/gwpf_nasa-hansen_...
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal... by mzw_mzw on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @01:54PM (#12798783)
I get all my scientific knowledge from comics on the Internet too.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal... by vkou on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:50PM (#12799287)
The comic has citations. Why won't you address them, instead? Or is there any particular conclusion it draws from them that is incorrect?