fp.

It invalidates the expertise of the people making those claims and predictions, meaning you should deeply interrogate the other things they told you. Or you can continue to believe everything told to you by people who predicted with 100% certainty continuous ice loss and then took 20 years to notice they were wrong.

i7l•5mo ago

No climate scientist ever claimed to be 100% certain.

handsclean•5mo ago

“You scientists think you’re so smart telling me to stop hitting my head with a frying pan, but look, I’m still conscious! Didn’t see that one coming, did you? You know NOTHING!” Bang bang bang bang…

blackbear_•5mo ago

And somebody doesn't know that the Arctic and Antarctica are two different places...

gausswho•5mo ago

If you read more than the headline you'd realize that this article does not support your boffins-know-nothing stance.

qcnguy•5mo ago

Yeah? Which bit do you think turns "we are baffled and surprised by reality" into these people being "boffins"?

southernplaces7•5mo ago

Yawn. Yet another possible, hand wavy, scientifically ambiguous-in-the-context-of-a-deeply-complex-system tipping point for the sake of hammering home a deeply politicized subject. Yes, I understand that we're affecting the global climate in long-term ways, but if any of those who really push these narratives want to actually start convincing the general public to give a shit, they can start by not turning out at least one new dramatic headline per week while most people keep perceiving more or less manageable climates year over year.