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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. 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.....

  3. 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.