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Here's an article pointing out that, rather then the poles melting, Antarctic ice is at record levels...
http://www.dailytech.com/Antarctic+Ice+Levels+Hit+Record+High/article8871.htm

Satellite Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice, showing this year's record high. The sharp spikes are
caused by seasonal variations.  (Source: University of Illinois, Polar Research Group)

Antarctic sea ice coverage at a recorded record high.  (Source: University of Illinois, The Cryosphere
Today)Highest amount seen since record-keeping began

Researchers at the University of Illinois are reporting a sharp increase in the total amount of sea ice in
the Southern Hemisphere. Recent observations show the total ice area now at 16.26 million square
kilometers -- the highest amount seen since record-keeping began, and up more than 8% over the past
five years.

This corresponds with research conducted last year by the Cambridge Centre for Polar Observations,
which found Antarctica ice sheets to be thickening and gaining mass. Global temperature data shows
mainland Antarctica (all but the small Antarctic Peninsula) has cooled by up to 1F during the last fifty
years, countering a warming trend that began at least as early as 1850.

David Bromwich, professor of atmospheric sciences at Ohio State University, says, "It's hard to see a
global warming signal from the mainland of Antarctica right now".

As Antarctica sets historic highs, the Northern ice cap, however, has been on a steady decline, and this
year reached a record low. According to the report, "The [Northern Hemisphere] sea ice area is
currently at its historic minimum (2.92 million sq. km) representing a 27% drop in sea ice coverage
compared to the previous (2005) record NH ice minimum."

Luckily, Arctic ice does not rest upon bedrock, and thus its melting does not affect world sea levels.
However, the discrepancy is a difficult to explain by anthropogenic global warming models, which predict
both polar regions to warm substantially.

The warming Arctic is expected to eventually open up gas and oil resources in the region, as well as a
new sea trade route, saving up to 8,000 miles on cargo shipping between Asia and the rest of the world.



Here's an article citing NASA research that the Earth will most likely cool for the next 20-30 years...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/are_global_warmists_pulling_a.html

Here's an article citing 17,000 scientists who signed a petition circulated by the Oregon Institute of
Science and Medicine, saying, in part, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of
carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause
catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21847

Here's an article demonstrating that the theory of Global Warming is more of a religion than a scientific
consensus...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/08/the_return_of_the_old_gods_a_c.html

Here's a great music video starring Al Gore singing "Hot Summer Nights"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNrGhekg8GI

Another find
http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/nasa-solar-cycle-may-cause-dangerous-global-cooling-
in-a-few-years-time/

Changes in the Sun’s Surface to Bring Next Climate Change

spaceandscience.net | Jan 13, 2008

Today, the Space and Science Research Center, (SSRC) in Orlando, Florida announces that it has
confirmed the recent web announcement of NASA solar physicists that there are substantial changes
occurring in the sun’s surface. The SSRC has further researched these changes and has concluded
they will bring about the next climate change to one of a long lasting cold era.

Today, Director of the SSRC, John Casey has reaffirmed earlier research he led that independently
discovered the sun’s changes are the result of a family of cycles that bring about climate shifts from cold
climate to warm and back again.

“We today confirm the recent announcement by NASA that there are historic and important changes
taking place on the sun’s surface. This will have only one outcome - a new climate change is coming that
will bring an extended period of deep cold to the planet. This is not however a unique event for the
planet although it is critically important news to this and the next generations. It is but the normal
sequence of alternating climate changes that has been going on for thousands of years. Further
according to our research, this series of solar cycles are so predictable that they can be used to roughly
forecast the next series of climate changes many decades in advance. I have verified the accuracy of
these cycles’ behavior over the last 1,100 years relative to temperatures on Earth, to well over 90%.”

As to what these changes are Casey says, “The sun’s surface flows have slowed dramatically as NASA
has indicated. This process of surface movement, what NASA calls the “conveyor belt” essentially
sweeps up old sunspots and deposits new ones. NASA’s studies have found that when the surface
movement slows down, sunspot counts drop significantly. All records of sunspot counts and other
proxies of solar activity going back 6,000 years clearly validates our own findings that when we have
sunspot counts lower then 50 it means only one thing - an intense cold climate, globally. NASA says the
solar cycle 25, the one after the next that starts this spring will be at 50 or lower. The general opinion of
the SSRC scientists is that it could begin even sooner within 3 years with the next solar cycle 24. What
we are saying today is that my own research and that of the other scientists at the SSRC verifies that
NASA is right about one thing – a solar cycle of 50 or lower is headed our way. With this next solar
minimum predicted by NASA, what I call a “solar hibernation,” the SSRC forecasts a much colder Earth
just as it has transpired before for thousands of years. If NASA is the more accurate on the schedule,
then we may see even warmer temperatures before the bottom falls out. If the SSRC and other scientists
around the world are correct then we have only a few years to prepare before 20-30 years of lasting
and possibly dangerous cold arrive.”

When asked about what this will mean to the average person on the street, Casey was firm. “The last
time this particular cycle regenerated was over 200 years ago. I call it the “Bi-Centennial Cycle” solar
cycle. It took place between 1793 and 1830, the so-called Dalton Minimum, a period of extreme cold that
resulted in what historian John D. Post called the ‘last great subsistence crisis.’ With that cold came
massive crops losses, food riots, famine and disease. I believe this next climate change will be much
stronger and has the potential to once more cause widespread crop losses globally with the resultant ill
effects. The key difference for this next Bi-Centennial Cycle’s impact versus the last is that we will have
over 8 billion mouths to feed in the next coldest years where as we had only 1 billion the last time.
Among other effects like social and economic disruption, we are facing the real prospect of the ‘perfect
storm of global food shortages’ in the next climate change. In answer to the question, everyone on the
street will be affected.”

Given the importance of the next climate change Casey was asked whether the government has been
notified. “Yes, as soon as my research revealed these solar cycles and the prediction of the coming cold
era with the next climate change, I notified all the key offices in the Bush administration including both
parties in the Senate and House science committees as well as most of the nation’s media outlets.
Unfortunately, because of the intensity of coverage of the UN IPCC and man made global warming
during 2007, the full story about climate change is very slow in getting told. These changes in the sun
have begun. They are unstoppable. With the word finally starting to get out about the next climate
change, hopefully we will have time to prepare. Right now, the newly organized SSRC is the leading
independent research center in the US and possibly worldwide, that is focused on the next climate
change. Some of the world’s brightest scientists, also experts in solar physics and the next climate
change have joined with me. In the meantime we will do our best to spread the word along with NASA
and others who can see what is about to take place for the Earth’s climate. Soon, I believe this will be
recognized as the most important climate story of this century.”













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