“Sea ice increase was expected” you say…hardly…you expected the opposite: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html You thought snow and ice would be “a thing of the past!” How’s that working out: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/service/global/snowcover-nhland/201001.gif LOL!!! You had to shift to reality by claiming that you “predicted” more ice and snow!! LOL!!! Desperate…you are so desperate…

In the 70′s you guys were all talking about “global cooling”! http://viewfrommidamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/from-global-cooling-to-global-cooling.html Dr. Bill Gray was the only one who correctly predicted that the reverse of ocean temperatures would warm the Earth! And he predicted the warming would stop, which it has! http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/Fig.C.gif

Even Hansen admits that global temperatures have leveled off:

The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade…. – James Hansen et al.

As I said…CO2 emissions are FALLING in the U.S. and are at a 20-YEAR LOW: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/in-a-surprise-co2-emissions-hit-20-year-low/1#.UR7rQ_JS6So You look silly challenging the data!

http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/antarctic-ice-melt

My link is nonsense? Does that mean you don’t understand it? It’s pretty simple science.

“The sea ice-extent is increasing as expected also. Context is important here. While it is warming in the Southern Hemisphere (SH), there are other things happening as well. It remains cold during winter which allows ice extent to grown each winter. Summers are warmer so ice mass loss results from that.

Warmer oceans increase atmospheric moisture which adds to the ice extent around Antarctica.

Models and studies hypothesized in the 70′s and 80′s that this would occur, so the observations are in line with the expectations and the results are reasonable.”

It’s the science that explains an issue you’re obviously confused about.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/S_timeseries.png

Antarctic sea ice extent is at an all-time record estent, a historic maximum! The volume hasn’t shrunk by half…you couldn’t get a 3rd grader to believe that. Special interest climate profiteers that run on government grant money can shell out anything they want. They can call the Jaguars the best pro football team…they can call Bozo a brunette…but people can see that they are nothing but special interests, less interested in facts than in scamming grant money.

The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade… – James Hansen et al.

NASA Global Temperatures: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/Fig.C.gif

Those who follow special interest shills like bigDaddy and the climate profiteers are a shrinking minority. Carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. are falling and are now at a 20-year low:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/in-a-surprise-co2-emissions-hit-20-year-low/1#.UR7rQ_JS6So

It’s about jobs and the economy, not about confiscating large amounts of money from the middle class to fund boondoggles that reward campaign donors and cronies:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-18/news/ct-met-kass-0918-20110918_1_solyndra-loan-guarantee-obama-fundraisers-obama-white-house

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Volt-no-jolt-LG-Chem-employees-idle

http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/antarctic-ice-melt

http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/antarctic-ice-melt

“Antarctica is losing ice mass while gaining ice extent. This is a confusing point to some. There are a few keys that can help us understand what this means in the context of global warming.

Land ice is different than sea ice. Antarctica is losing ice as illustrated below in the ice mass chart from the GRACE satellite.”