Clearest indication yet that polar ice sheets are melting fast

This is what is laughable. The original IPCC report on global warming predicted an average rate of global mean sea level rise of about 6 cm per decade. The reality? 11 mm or less over the last 2 decades! That's over a factor of 100 miss. Nobody seems to notice how the goal posts on this issue are constantly moving. In the end, yes, there is global warming, but it is not even close to what was predicted in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCC_First_Assessment_Report" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCC_First_Assessment_Report</a>

Also permafrost is melting (irreversibly on human time-scales): <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/where-even-the-earth-is-melting-20121127-2a5tp.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/where-even-...</a>

What good does this do? Should I go into bankruptcy insulating my house with aerogel to protect against severe climate change?<p>If the weather gets hot or there is a drought, environmentalist scientists tell the media that problem is global warming caused by humans. If the weather gets colder, environmentalist scientists tell the media that problem is climate change caused by humans.<p>If it gets really damn cold outside, or really damn hot, then we need to make good insulation cheaper. Whining about it doesn't do a damn bit of good.