Shrinking Waves May Save Antarctic Sea Ice

sciencehabit (1205606) writes "It's a nagging thorn in the side of climatologists: Even though the world is warming, the average area of the sea ice around Antarctica is increasing. Climate models haven't explained this seeming contradiction to anyone's satisfaction—and climate change deniers tout that failure early and often. But a new paper suggests a possible explanation: Variability in the heights of ocean waves pounding into the sea ice may help control its advance and retreat."

Comments

Burn the Climate Deniers

[Anonymous Coward]

We should burn the Climate Deniers. If we burn enough of them, it'll create a haze that will block out the Sun, and send the Earth into a multi-years long winter. Just like a meteor strike or super-volcanic eruption. If you disagree, you're obviously a Climate Denier. Into the furnace you go.

and just to drive my point home

[Anonymous Coward]

Just to drive my point home:
in this article titled 'Shrinking Waves May Save Antarctic Sea Ice' we get

" You may like to read:
Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans As Antarctic Ice Melts "

what is it?! How many fingers am I supposed to be seeing here??

Re:salty seawater vs melt ?

[tmosley]

Replace all references to the monolithic concept of "global warming" with "an angry god", and something interesting happens.

PHLOGISTON!

Re:News at 11

[Feyshtey]

Just one problem. "We don't know why this apparent contradiction exists, but we're researching it" is pretty much the exact opposite of "ignoring facts".

Which is fine, as long as this apparent open-minded and scientific approach is not regularly coupled with "The science is settled".

Researching methods to explain away the data that contradicts your forgone conclusion is not good science. Vilifying the science community that continues to probe the validity of that conclusion is even less so.