Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Reference :- Petulant Sky News weatherboy Rowan Dean isn't much interested in icebergs .

 Reference:-    An iceberg covering more than 4000 square klms  has broken off an Antarctic ice shelf and is melting fast as it drifts north .

That's a big chunk of ice Rowan .  There must be a story there for your Ice Age Watch program .  Ken junior reckons you are avoiding this news item  because it doesn't support your theory that the globe is actually cooling .  But climate science is a rich tapestry from which many a story can be gleaned  , so don't despair. 

Here's a tip.   The gargantuan ice block is drifting towards the South Sandwich Islands , which are British territory .  The pommies have been watching it from sea and air and satellites .   Their scientists are concerned that the melting ice will cool the oceans around the islands and trash the fragile ecosystem .   

And  there is your opportunity  Rowan .   A banner headline could read " Oceans Cooling around the Sandwich Islands " . You could then launch into your usual witty rant about grand solar minimums and the suchlike. 

Ken junior points out that this year the Antarctic recorded temperatures of over 20 degrees centigrade for the first time on record .   I tell the lad that one errant statistic does not an argument make. And what with 4000 square klms of ice melting in their backyard I reckon those Sandwich Islands  might be chillier than usual come winter . 

Your comrade , Ken .


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