"if the date on the story at the head of this thread read 2012..."
The date on the story is 2012 because arctic ice is melting. There is not "if" about it snuff. Past climate variability has always needed to be acknowledged and only the denialists are the ones pretending otherwise.
snuff lie number 2.
"...you would be screaming from the rooftops... "
No need to scream from anywhere and if I am ever on a rooftop, my priority is usually holding on.
snuff lie number 3.
"...that it proved that AGW was happening..."
AGW is happening and the unprecedented Arctic melt is one of many indicators supporting AGW.
snuff lie number 4.
"You would not be denying it."
Past climate fluctuations are a scientific fact so who is denying them?
What seems to be confusing to some people is that we didn't cause past fluctuations but we are causing this one.
