[sig226]

"The annual deep freeze that has covered much of the northern seas with ice around the polar regions was once a regular event, but what has been normal for millennia in the High Arctic is no longer the case. As global climate change has warmed the world’s oceans, warmer water has moved into the frigid Arctic, causing changes in the once-regular appearance and disappearance of sea ice over vast areas."

1) Assumes facts not in evidence: ". . .As global climate change has warmed the world’s oceans . . ."

2) North Jersey Newspapers (which suck) once again prove that they've never read Darwin. The earth is not a static system.

[FrogBurger]

Yes, artic ice is growing. Here is a site that compares ice extension between two dates. You can see that there is now more ice coverage than at the same time one year ago.

http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=07&fd=16&fy=2007&sm=07&sd=16&sy=2008

I am really fed up about hearing the “artic ice disappearing” mantra.