Can somebody explain this to me?

Question

I saw a clip called "Global Warming - Doomsday Called Off (4/5) and somewhere close to the end, this man talks about the Arctic growing. Now I am one of those people who believe global warming is real and I am trying to answer this question:

If the Earth is heating up because of large proportions of Carbon Dioxide being put up into the air and thickening the atmosphere, heating the water up, then how could the Arctic be growing when there is warm water thawing the ice?

Here is the link to the clip that explains it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbTJ6mhCqk&feature=related

Answer 1

From a JPL release:

"Our study confirms many changes seen in upper Arctic Ocean circulation in the 1990s were mostly decadal in nature, rather than trends caused by global warming," said (Dr) Morison.

Enough said, but read for yourself.

Answer 2

Last summer saw stunning loss of Arctic sea ice. This sea ice does rebounds each winter, but scientists are reporting the Arctic as being on "Thin Ice." See article below for details:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...

Answer 3

To me, it's not necessarily 'Global Warming'. I'm not a HUGE believer, but I think It's more than that. I'm actually really happy that people are bringing this up (like Al Gore) because it's making people realize that you just can't be wasting. You don't have to believe in global warming to wish that the world was a natural, balanced, place either. The more we have in our lives the easier it is to make us mad.

Look at the Indians, for example. Look how happy they were. They believed in their gods, they didn't waste, they seemed pretty happy.

So whether you believe in global warming or not, you can't change the fact that our world is starting to scare us. Gas supply, for instance, is the biggest mistake in history. Why couldn't we keep our easy, simple way of life?

Answer 4

It's not growing, it's melting to record low levels.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/0...

Unless he's talking about the return of the ice during winter (in which case - it's supposed to freeze during winter!).  While much of the ice has returned, its extent is still below average and it's very thin.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/0...

Answer 5

an invention was created in the late 1800's. this invention was a steam engine, a closed container with water inside, water was boiled. boiling water turns to steam, the steam rises and turns a turbine, when the steam reach the top of the container, it went through some condensors, thus, turning it back to water again to start the process over. it could be possible that the arctic is acting like a very large condensor. you might study what actually creates our winter and what create the weather in arctica. hope this might help.

Answer 6

Global warming is a hoax.

Every government needs a scary monster so people will support the repressive things they do.  

It's a well-worn tactic of government to keep a scary monster at arms length in order to keep the taxes flowing.

Ronald Reagan killed the big red monster, so the Bush-Clinton years have been spent constructing a big scary green monster (Islam).  But the green monster seems only interested in destroying Israel, so it really didn't work.

Al Gore came along and figured out that the threat of global warming is a sufficiently scary monster to keep the taxes flowing and get people to give up more and more freedom for security for protection from the big bad corporate polluters.

After gullible people like yourself pay billions of dollars for the government to "fix" global warming, nothing will happen (it wouldn't have happened anyway) and the government will say "See, we kept the scary global warming monster from killing your children!".  "Just keep paying us protection money."

Don't fall for it . . .  it's a scam.

Answer 7

now here is the thing with global warming and cooling. every 25 years the earth goes through a new cycle. warming to cooling warming to cooling. the government will try and use a scare tactic to get people up in arms that the earth with crumble to its knees every time somthing comes up like global warming....all for money. it will all go back to normal. and in twenty years they will be crying about global cooling just like they were 30 years ago. scientists keep finding evidences that disprove that we are insanely harming the earth by our harmful gases. i am a huge recycler and against pollution hard core. i love the outside and i protect it. this whole global warming thing is a big money maker for the democrats. it will all pass and we will praise them for nothing, and will have given them billions to do nothing. you will keep seeing contradictions in the global warming and cooling controversy. because it is all government talk. hope that helped a little. you can look back  in the history books...look at nebraskas dust bowl....everything dust and dry....we came back.... it is all how the earth works and the cycles it goes through....it is normal....

Answer 8

Actually it's the Antartic that is growing. The Artic is melting.