The article says that evidence of past climate variations in Antarctica may invalidate global
warming as a cause for the recent demise of several ice shelves in that area. Isn’t the length of time over which the changes occurred the critical thing?
If the changes are occurring over roughly the same time span as they did in the
past, then the recent changes can’t be used to substantiate global warming.
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