Monday, January 21, 2008

News Flash: It Might Not Be Global Warming...


...that's melting the Antarctic, at any rate.


"Western Antarctica "is losing ice to the oceans, and the volcano could be
contributing to that effect.""

But don't get too excited, kids:


"Global warming is still the main culprit behind the overall
loss of ice from western Antarctica
, researchers say."

Of course, the reality of what is going on in Antarctica is murkier than that, and these news stories seem intended to fan the flames of climate change alarmism. I'll accept that the climate changes (it's an inherently dynamic system, after all), but I'm not convinced that human beings are the cause of it.