Roger, that is precisely the ice that ISN'T going to melt. The temperature there is far too cold for that to happen. This is simply a case of hitching some research to the AGW paradigm in order to get increased funding for future research. Read Kuhn on this issue for more insight.

James Lynch, London, UK

Crai, Glasgow you mean that every climatologist that wishes to prove the existence of global warming gets a big grant while those who try to discredit the theory are left to fend for themselfs.

who are we to say what causes global warming when we are only a tiny part of earths history.

James, Dunstable , England

Even if it does "destroy" the ground.

Evolution will create different lifeforms to cope with it.

Andy, Frankfurt, Germany

ITs amazing how quickly some are prepared to put down the work of scientists who devote their lives to GW research for modest reward and litte recognition. Sure, they may be exagerating their claims, or could even be wrong. But its done in good faith and what happens if they're right?

geoff, spain,

Desmond, you should have paid more attention in science 101. Floating ice, when it melts, indeed has no effect on sea level (see Archimedes' Principle). However, glacial ice, which is land-based, certainly causes the sea level to rise when it melts, and this is what everyone is concerned about.

Roger, Swindon, UK

Every climatologist says that Global Warming is happening at an unprecedented rate and it is a direct result of our ways, yet people still choose not to believe it....they are idiots....

Crai, Glasgow,

No mention of the interior of Antarctica which has gained sufficient ice mass to balance the loss of ice from both the peninsular and the artic put together.

No mention of the cause of the peninsular ice loss - a change current

I repeat - there is no net ice loss in the north and south poles

Patrick, Manchester, UK

Oh please! Antarctica once had a lot less ice not so long ago , we can see this from the Piri Reis map of 500 years ago. I dont think they had volvo's back then either
Global warming and cooling is a natural phenomenom. Ice caps melt and grow. It's just not as big a deal as envirometalists make out.

Phill, The Wirral, England

david, New York - HeHe! Reminds me of one of the mixed metaphors my crusty old headmaster used to dole out, to which I'll add 5 characters: "You can't stick your head in the sand and watch the world go by"(e bye). Rather apt.

Bob, Kawasaki, Japan

look mum....ostriches...with their heads buried in the sand....but then I guess that ostriches are not the smartest birds.

david, New York, United States

Des Taylor - True, the volume of frozen water is greater than the liquid volume and of course, the ice below sea level has a water dispacement value. However, most of the ice is currently above sea level and does not contribute to the general sea level. When it melts, the sea level will rise.

Bob, Kawasaki, Japan

Good thing that last winter's Antarctic ice extent was the greatest since records began.
Ooops. BAS kept quiet about that one, didn't they ?

Freddy, London,

More drivel from the Eco freaks. St Al is going great guns. Here is an inconvenient truth. During the summer the ice fields usually become smaller. As ice has a larger volume than water, when it melts it actually reduces the water level. Another inconvenient truth.

Desmond Taylor, Houston, USA TX

Another hilarious "if" article from the AGW alarmists. I nearly choked on my coffee when I read it. Bravo. I suppose the BAS are about to pitch for more funding? So it goes.

James Lynch, London, UK