Greenland Gaining Gigatons Of Mass In Summer; NOAA's Ghost Stations; + Global CO2 Emissions Tracking Well Below 'Scary' Climate Scenarios

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Greenland Gaining Gigatons Of Mass In Summer

On July 1, 2024, Greenland's ice sheet posted an unprecedented ≈4 Gigaton summer gain. Data from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) show this is the highest daily July gain since records began in 1981.

During a period usually marked by significant summer melt, the charts show extensive snow and ice accumulation, with deep blue areas indicating significant mass gains.

The 1981-2010 averages call for a 4 Gigaton melt at this time of year, what we saw yesterday was a 4 Gigaton gain, adding to the ≈2 Gigaton gain the day before.

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Several factors have contributed to the narrative-defying gains.

1) This summer has seen cooler-than-average temperatures in the Arctic, slowing the melt. 2) Cooler water brought by ocean currents has reduced ice melt. And 3) unusually high summer snowfall has added significantly to the ice sheet's mass.

These gains challenge the simplistic mainstream climate models calling for accelerated melt due to human prosperity.

Frustratingly for the alarmists, this season looks set to be another with above-average SMB for the Greenland Ice Sheet:

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A season that that will further aid the island's fortunes since the turnaround that commenced in 2012:

A representation of TMB from 1986-2022.

Figures are in Gt per year. Chart based on updates to Mankoff et al. (2021). Created by Carbon Brief.

NOAA's Ghost Stations

NOAA's manipulation of climate data through the use of "ghost stations" exposes a systematic effort to fabricate temperature records, so as to fuel the global heating narrative.

In decades past, the number of US Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) temperature stations fluctuated with new ones added and old ones decommissioned.

However, a trend began in the late 1990s, coinciding with the rise of AGW narratives.