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Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Levels

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-this-doesn't-mean-global-warming-isn't-real dept.

schwit1 writes Scientists have declared a new record has been set for the extent of Antarctic sea ice since records began. Satellite imagery reveals an area of about 20 million square kilometers covered by sea ice around the Antarctic continent. Jan Lieser from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) said the discovery was made two days ago. "Thirty-five years ago the first satellites went up which were reliably telling us what area, two dimensional area, of sea ice was covered and we've never seen that before, that much area."

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  1. Time for new terminology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of talking about the impending melting of the polar ice caps, we should now talk about polar ice cap change.

    1. Re:Time for new terminology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't be silly. If one cap is melting and the other growing it can only mean a change of tilt of the worlds rotational axis.

      Clearly it is a result of the increasing obesity in America and Europe.

  2. Re:It's getting hotter still! by LoyalOpposition · · Score: 4, Funny

    nutcases very soon who will all claim that this -obviously- does NOT mean global warming isn't happening.

    Your double negatives threw me for a second there, but I think I see what's happening. You're concerned about their opponents. (I'm referring to the opponents of the nutcases who claim that this obviously does not mean that global warming isn't happening.) No doubt, you're familiar with the movement opposing those nutcases, and you with to make sure they don't get a foothold in the media, public perception, or in the legislature. There are a number of groups involved in that, and several of those are politically active. There is a bill in the legislature kowtowing to those groups, and a number of committees are organizing to keep them from making any progress. They aren't sufficiently organized at present, but with enough help they will be able to push forward enough to reach their goals. I think you'll be relieved to learn that I'm thoroughly opposed to the groups seeking to weaken the proponents of the bill making illegal the actions of committees organized to oppose the nutcases who claim that this obviously does not mean global warming isn't happening. At least...so far as it's consistent with the first Amendment.

    ~Loyal

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    I aim to misbehave.
  3. Of course there is more ice in Antarctica. by unixcorn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't everyone remember that heat rises and cold settles. Antarctica is colder and has more ice because it's at the bottom of the world.....

  4. Re: It's getting hotter still! by CycloneGT · · Score: 5, Funny

    No NO NO! Its: Record Ice melts are due to climate change. Record Ice accumulation is due to weather, which has nothing to do with Climate change.