Who says global warming exists in the first place? Government funded "scientists" whose funding would dry up if there were no global warming say it exists.
Antarctica has been cooling so how could there be global warming? Don't the liberals/Socialists say that among the first consequences of global warming is the melting polar ice caps that will drown coastal cities? Antarctica Contradicts The Global Warming Theory:
CHURCHVILLE, VA - In direct contradiction to the global warming theory, a forthcoming study in the prestigious journal Nature says the Antarctic has been cooling for the past 30 years. According to the new Nature paper on Antarctic cooling, “Climate models generally predict amplified warming in the Polar Regions, as observed in Antarctica’s peninsula region over the second half of the 20th century.” However, the researchers found “Antarctic meteorological data demonstrates a new cooling on the Antarctic continent between 1966 and 2000, particularly during summer and autumn.” The researchers say that the McMurdo Dry Valleys, for example, have cooled about 0.7 degrees Celsius per decade during this period. The authors conclude, “Continental Antarctic cooling, especially the seasonality of cooling, poses challenges to models of climate and ecosystem change.” Another new study, in the journal Science, says the Antarctic ice sheet is thickening, rather than thinning as had been previously claimed. Some researcher had even predicted that the Antarctic ice sheet would be completely gone in 4000 years, triggering a major sea level rise.
I agree ... I was just trying to apply some (what I thought was .. ) one plus one equals two logic to the sicheeation.
While I understand your skepticism of global warming, there is no reason to spout of half-truths and lies. The vast bulk of the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland (the only ones that can reasonably affect sea level rise) are far below freezing so increases in planetary temperatures will not suddenly cause them to lose mass. This means you need to look at dynamic processes and precipitation patterns. The IPCC models say that snowfall in Antarctica and Greenland will increase in the short term before planetary temperature rises overwhelm them in the long term. And they were not able to well quantify dynamic processes. This is why the recent report marked sea level increases as 1-3 ft over the next 50 years or so compared to Gore's hyperbole of 30 ft with most of that coming from the melting of glaciers.
Contrary to your view, Antarctica and Greenland are behaving as the climatologist expect due to the warming of the planet.
Note: before you flame me (as I'm sure somebody will), I didn't say that I agreed with or disagreed with the theory of human induced climate change. But I did read the IPCC report which is enough for me to debunk any claims that you had that the global warming supporters said one thing versus another. Ok, commence flaming.