Dennis T. Avery: Incredible Sea Level Rise Is—Not Credible

Ian Allison of the Australian Antarctic Division says a recent meeting of the Antarctic Treaty Nations noted the South Pole had shown “significant cooling in recent decades,” and that recent ice-core drilling and sea ice monitoring show no large-scale ice-melt over most of Antarctica.

Remember Stone's watchword—ice caps take thousands of years to melt because they deflect so much of the sun's heat away. It takes 80 times as much heat to melt a one-inch cube of ice as to raise the temperature of the water one degree C. Based on real-life physics, the Antarctica cannot melt rapidly.

UN's Ban Ki-Moon now suggests that the alleged climate crisis may be only the fifth largest crisis to hit poor countries this year

He added that if the swine flu outbreak becomes a pandemic, global solidarity will be crucial.

"Poorer nations are especially vulnerable," he said. "They have been hit hard by other crises this year -- food, energy, the global economy, climate change. We must ensure that they are not also hit disproportionately hard by a potential health crisis."