Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Levels

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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You know how hot water freezes faster than cold?

[0xdeadbeef]

That has nothing to do with this. But it does demonstrate how fucking clueless your conventional wisdom is.

Everyone who makes a comment about how this "disproves" global warming is a drooling moron.

What this proves is:

[guibaby]

Global Warming is religion, not science. It is religion because:
  1. Neither side can use a common set of facts to support their opinion.
  2. Neither side can debate without resorting to name calling.
  3. Neither side proffers a theory that can predict or explain the scientific observations.

My OPINION is that long term global warming is happening. I have no idea if that is a bad or a good thing. I have no data to suggest a a simple causation. I have no data but anecdotal evidence to suggest that changes to our actions will slow, stop or reverse global warming.

My OPINION is that we should move away from fossil fuels as fast a economically possible. We should do this for political security and future economic considerations.

My 2 cents.

Lots of anonymous coward deniers

[Nimey]

What's the deal with posting as ACs, deniers? There's an awful lot of posters with those two attributes every time /. posts an article touching on climate change.

Re:It's getting hotter still!

[pastafazou]

citation please

Re:Lets not forget

[crypticedge]

I know the Kochs tried to tell you the tea party was a non partisan movement, but it's still the same Bircher loon pile of rubbish it was in the 70's, and the same loon pile of rubbish it was when they were called robber barons. Fact is, the extremist right wing in America is the only spot that climate denial holds any water. Outside of there, anywhere else in the world, it's not even a question. We know for sure the Earth is warming, because we have decades of data showing it. We know for sure the ice is on a long downward trend, despite the 2 year improvements over the worst year on record that still don't put it above the previous second worse year on record because when you look at the big picture, not the pixel, it all becomes clear.

Big picture thinking is hard though, I don't expect you to understand it, just get out of the way of those of us who do.

Re:It's getting hotter still!

[mi]

If you're not paying enough attention to the science to understand even that simple concept why should I think anything else you have to say is worth listening to.

You can keep looking for an excuse to ignore me — or just close your ears and sing "La-la-la". Truth remains — global warming was "oversold" to the general population by the usual alliance of the dishonest seeking to profit from the implementation of measures proposed to fight it and the stupid, who agreed with them.

The various dire predictions are failing to materialize — and even when they were made, none of his allies have questioned, why Al Gore himself purchased a wonderful piece of real estate on the coast rather than in the mountains somewhere.

To continue to push forward policies based on the same predictions — and the (pseudo-)scientific models that lead to them in the first place, is irresponsible if not outright criminal...