This article was written in July of 2007? I ask that because you didn't bother to provide a link. From what it says, it sounds more as though it was written in 2000 or 2001. Which is perhaps why it sounds so jarringly at odds with current reality. Maybe you found it on another of your right-wing denier web sites and no context was provided, so you just assumed it was current. Just for future reference, you may want to consider that providing the link helps clarify little issues like this. Could it be that you're embarrassed where the link is from?
I guess you don't follow this issue much, because you seem to be completely unaware of recent developments in the Arctic. Let me get you up to speed:
Arctic sea ice has now surpassed all previous records for the lowest absolute minimum summer extent. The "stunning record low" of 4.13 million square kilometers was recorded by satellite images on September 16, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The previous record, 5.32 million square kilometers, was measured on September 20-21, 2005.
The minimum for 2007 is smaller by 1.19 million square kilometers (460,000 square miles) than the previous low, roughly the size of Texas and California combined, or nearly five United Kingdoms. This year also saw the extended opening of the Northwest Passage through islands north of Canada for the first time.
On Baffin Island, across from Greenland in Nunavut, Canada, the loss of ice and permafrost is affecting daily life of native Inuits. Winter hunting and fishing is limited severely by loss of ice. In summer, permafrost is thawing, creating more erosion, and ice that once covered the surrounding mountains year long is nearly all melted. Elders in the village of Pangnirtung report that winds have shifted and winters are getting much shorter -- observations that weather records confirm. http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/arctic.html
We're aren't talking about thinning. We're talking about disappearing.
http://nsidc.org/news/press/2007_seaiceminimum/20070810_index.html
Palerider, once again your stumbling attempt to defend the indefensible provided me with an opportunity to demonstrate how large of a problem this is and why. Thanks. Boy, you just don't know when to quit digging holes for yourself. You're about halfway to China, son.
Oh, again with the name-calling, a sure sign of desperation. And this from a guy who yells "ad hominem attack!" at the first sign of lack of courtesy. Such inconsistency...
Yes indeed, no doubt you'd love to move on to other topics, since this one has done nothing but demonstrate over and over how utterly and embarrassingly misinformed you are on it.
