Remember that time in 2017 when an Iceberg the size of ‘Deleware’ calved from the (A-68 from the Larsen C Ice Shelf)? We reported on the fake news back then.
Climate fraudsters are busy today touting an Antarctic iceberg the size of Delaware. In 1956, an iceberg five times as large broke off, and it was the second one that year
The media handmaidens don’t like history that challenges their chicken-little narratives. It interferes with the Marxist laundromat. But the truth was out there in 2017, and new research from Emma J. MacKie, Joanna Millstein, and Katherine A. Serafin, published at AGU (whose mission is advancing earth and space science) confirms the outrage fraud.
We use 47 years of iceberg size from satellite observations. Our analysis reveals no upward trend in the surface area of the largest annual iceberg over this time frame. This finding suggests that extreme calving events such as the recent 2017 Larsen C iceberg, A68, are statistically unexceptional and that extreme calving events are not necessarily a consequence of climate change. Nevertheless, it is statistically possible for Antarctica to experience a calving event up to several times greater than any in the observational record.
Key Points
- This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Antarctica’s biggest icebergs in the observational record
- There is no upward trend in the surface area of Antarctica’s annual maximum iceberg between 1976 and 2023
- A once in a century calving event would yield an iceberg surface area approximately the size of Switzerland
There is nothing to see here; please move along.
We use EVT (Extreme Value Theory) to statistically analyze the largest Antarctic calving events over the past 47 years; these calving events have been recorded in satellite observations. Our results show that the risk of experiencing a major calving event has not increased over the last 47 years, which suggests that climate change is not necessarily responsible for the calving of these large icebergs. However, it is statistically possible that Antarctica could generate bigger icebergs than any previously recorded. The methods used in this study could be combined with other data sets or physical information to enhance calving models that scientists use to make predictions about ice shelves.
So, the greenwashers need to hang in there. Bigger icebergs are possible. The history and research don’t support the theory that man-made anything is a driver, but that’s never stopped you before.
Here’s the 2017 Fisking if you didn’t bother to click the link.
