The North Pole is warmer now than it has been in the past 2,000 years, a trend that is holding off the next ice age, according to the most extensive study yet on Arctic climate change. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via National Geographic, Google News (Sci/Tech)
This reporter understands the precession of the equinoxes, the so-called "wobble" in the earth's orbit that causes the very long-term climate changes. I read three newspapers this morning, and all of their stories on this study read as if the writer did not understand the phenomenon. The resulting sidestepping leaves the reader unable to understand it either. Where are the science writers of yesteryear?
