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To: Sully- who wrote (59147)	5/17/2007 8:25:15 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

News by Stereotype--II Best of the Web Today BY JAMES TARANTO Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Another example is a bit of "global warming" alarmism from LiveScience.com. The headline: "California-Sized Area of Ice Melts in Antarctica." The lead paragraph: <<< Warm temperatures melted an area of western Antarctica that adds up to the size of California in January 2005, scientists report. >>> But go a few paragraphs down, and you find that this is much less of a big deal than it sounds: <<< NASA's QuikScat satellite detected snowmelt by radar pulses that bounce off of ice that formed when snowmelt refroze (just as ice cream turns to ice when it is refrozen after being left out on the counter too long.) Maximum high temperatures of 41 degrees Fahrenheit that persisted for about a week in Antarctica caused a melt intense enough to create an extensive ice layer. >>> In other words, a summer heat wave caused snow on the surface to melt for a week or so, but it froze again when the weather cooled down. LiveScience quotes Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado: <<< "Increases in snowmelt, such as this in 2005, definitely could have an impact on larger scale melting of Antarctica's ice sheets if they were severe or sustained over time." >>> Definitely! The only thing is, they weren't. opinionjournal.com livescience.com