Permafrost: Global Warming’s Kryptonite.
So, researchers in the Yukon find a chunk of permafrost that has been frozen for 700,000 years. It survived much more Global Warmy periods in the earth’s past. No massive escape of carbon, no polar bears were stopped from reproducing in record numbers:
When it melts, some experts fear it will quicken the pace of global warming significantly.
But the discovery of a cone-shaped wedge of subterranean ice near Dawson City, Yukon, that did not melt during balmier times shows that permafrost is more “stubborn” than first believed, researcher Duane Froese of the University of Alberta’s earth and atmospheric science department told AFP.
And so, current climate models that predict “extensive and severe degradation of permafrost in response to global warming, with a potential for release of large volumes of stored carbon” should be revised, the study says.
Commence braying in 3, 2, 1…
Environmental groups immediately lambasted Froese’s conclusions, saying all evidence so far points to a melting permafrost, causing sinkholes to open up, and homes and forests to tilt.
Emphasis mine. It shows that they may need to have their mellons bounced off the permafrost to realize this is called NEW evidence. I swear, for people who claim to be open minded they sure don’t want to open their eyes.