1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zxqTOGrfl6"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/obama-s-apocalyptic-alaskan-scenario-more-fiction-than-fact/">Obama’s apocalyptic Alaskan scenario more fiction than fact</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/obama-s-apocalyptic-alaskan-scenario-more-fiction-than-fact/embed/#?secret=zxqTOGrfl6" width="600" height="338" title="“Obama’s apocalyptic Alaskan scenario more fiction than fact” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="zxqTOGrfl6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> President Obama kicked off his three-day tour of Alaska to highlight global warming by commending the work of GLACIER on Monday, saying world leaders weren't doing enough to "stop global warming." Obama is visiting carefully choreographed areas that appear to show the negative consequences of a warming world. This apocalyptic doom and gloom has been the hallmark of his second term, even as much more tangible threats such as ISIS and Iran are considered far more pressing than climate change. What he didn't discuss was that each of the sites he is visiting was carefully chosen ahead of time to show the apparent effects of global warming. As Steven Goddard of the popular science blog Real Science noted, Alaskan glaciers had lost half their mass before 1950, long before the Industrial revolution took off around the world.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_obama-alaska.jpg