Heat Arctic surface temp water to 30c to a depth of 1000 mm and it would feed a hurricane (however the air needs to be warmed, and humid as well).
The climate has been changing for billions of years. Inland seas ferns in Saskatchewan, and the Siberian Arctic. Miles thick ice cutting Yosemite Valley. etc.
But for the last several decades Reader's Digest and New York Times educated (expert?) scare mongers have been twisting facts to the point where reality is getting a skwereing in the process.
Musn't lose sight of reality. Not only must civilized nations chop CO2 emissions, Brasil and Equatorial Africa must REVERSE the destruction of their rain forest. STOP! And reforest.
I just read a piece that shouts Lake Tahoe has NEVER BEEN SO WARM! Lake Tahoe temps like sea temperatures are measured on the surface and there has been dramatically fewer summer thunderstorms for the last several years. Less wind, less upwelling.
When Jesus captures a 61 F reading on his thermocouple and comes up shivering, it's a lot more relevant than a freak article in the Associated Press.