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Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release by flukus on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @02:36AM (#19795032)
> When you were growing up, did you watch NASA's James Hansen saying in 2008 that we would have NO Arctic sea ice in summer by 2018? Was he correct? No?

Got a full quote in context? You "skeptics" have a tendency to miss things like "as soon as" and "if this trend continues".

Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release by baruchthescribe on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:21PM (#19798622)
No, we tend to take what people say at face value. Even if they're fraudulent hacks like James Hansen: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=20080624&id=...
Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release by flukus on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:17PM (#19804324)
> Hansen, echoing work by other scientests, said that in five to 10 years, the arctic will be free of sea ice in the summer.

That's not even a quote, let alone one in context.

Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release by baruchthescribe on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:37PM (#19804455)
Run along little gamma. He said it in front of Congress. It's in the Congressional record. There is boatloads of coverage of what he said at the time and his prediction, like all of his others before it, is complete bollocks.