Climate doubters should chill

I am continually amazed at the irrelevant information climate change “skeptics” use to support their anti-action agenda.

Robert C. Sprint (Letters, Dec. 9) suggests that warnings of increased numbers of icebergs in the seas around New Zealand argue for advancing glaciers, not receding glaciers as a warming Antarctic would show. The problem with this argument is that in the Antarctic icebergs are spawned primarily by the breakup of expansive floating ice sheets, not the “calfing” of glaciers we see in Greenland or Alaska. If anything, the increase in icebergs in the southern oceans signifies higher Antarctic temperatures.

The growth in skepticism I’ve seen over the fact of global climate change has been in the editorial columns of the media, not among scientists. In fact, many of the climate scientists who worked on identifying the problem have moved on. They now work with agricultural agencies to find crop varieties that will produce in a warmer world. (“Climate scientist warms to work on food supply,” Seattle Times, Dec. 8). They now work with water supply agencies to engineer solutions to emerging supply problems. Scientists have gone beyond haggling over “what ifs” to finding solutions to problems. We in the public should follow suit.

Stan Miller

Spokane