A new study of how satellite data is interpreted shows that one of two views is wrong. Either Antarctic sea ice is growing very rapidly (as interpreted by the latest updated algorithms), or it's growing not quite so rapidly (as interpreted by older antiquated algorithms). The fact that it's "stubbornly" growing at all is viewed by the LA Times and some of their sources as a "problem" that needs to be resolved. It's a "problem" because it conflicts with the warming model as they understand it.
I think it's interesting that when confronted with evidence that doesn't jibe with the theory, even when that evidence should be viewed as good news, warm-earth proponents view it as a problem and cast doubt on the evidence, rather than as an indication that maybe their theory is perhaps a little to bleak.
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I think it's interesting that when confronted with evidence that doesn't jibe with the theory, even when that evidence should be viewed as good news, warm-earth proponents view it as a problem and cast doubt on the evidence, rather than as an indication that maybe their theory is perhaps a little to bleak.
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The paradox of expanding Antarctic sea ice has troubled scientists for many years. Although climate models predict southern sea ice should shrink, it has stubbornly refused to do so.
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But while the study marks “an excellent piece of scientific vigilance,” as Paul Holland of the British Antarctic Survey told Nature, it doesn’t change the overall story of Antarctic sea ice.
“Both datasets say Antarctic sea ice is expanding now at a statistically significant rate,” Eisenman said. At best, it might make the trend a little easier to explain.
“If the error is in the current version, it doesn’t resolve the problem, but it does lessen it,” Eisenman said. “But if the error is in the old dataset, it will not help us resolve that enigma.”