Yet another example of just how far off the mark the main stream media is on global warming. How many times have you heard on the news lately that global warming is now melting Antarctica?

The image pretty much speaks for itself, April 2008 had 46% greater Antarctic sea ice extent and 70% greater sea ice concentration compared to April 1980. The penguins are apparently very safe from the effects of global warming despite what the media may lead you to believe.

Antarctic Sea Ice for April 1980 and April 2008 - Click on Image for Larger Version from NSIDC
Image Courtesy of The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado

“The largest iceberg ever spotted was sighted by the USS Glacier on November 12, 1956. It measured 208 miles long by 60 miles wide--the size of Belgium.” - That is long before anthropogenic global warming could have caused it.

• “Giant Antarctic ice shelf breaks into the sea” Guardian.co.uk - Yes, that is called calving and is completely normal. If you look at the satellite images for various years you'll say a lot of variation from year to year. One year the western side is loosing ice, the next year its the northern side. Some years total ice is way down, a year or two later its back to normal.
• “Antarctica's ice melting faster” - The Australian. They're specifically talking about the western Antarctic Peninsula. The rest of Antarctica is gaining ice. The images above show just how (relatively) small of an area they're discussing. It is the are below the peninsula on the left side. But never mind that Antarctica has 50-70% more sea ice, this small area is loosing ice so it must be man's fault. That is a bizarre assumption.
• “New Research Confirms Antarctic Thaw Fears” - Spiegel: "the fact that the Antarctic ice melt is happening at the same time as man-made climate change cannot be dismissed out of hand". What about all of the additional new ice over the rest of Antarctica? Quite amazing that the massive gains in ice over the rest of the continent are ignored while nearly every media outlet runs headlines about the melting on the peninsula. Melting that is quite likely due to cyclic changes in currents and has definitely occurred before.
• “Antarctic glaciers calving faster into the ocean” New Scientist - Turns out they're talking about one relatively small area around West Antarctica

• “Antarctica's ice sheet melting naturally” - "The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been melting naturally and releasing water to the ocean for the last 10,000 years...If the melting continues at its current rate then the WAIS could disappear in 7,000 years, possibly raising worldwide sea levels by five metres..." Did they say "melting naturally"? When is the last time you've heard those words in regards to changes at either pole?  Source