Palm Trees 'Grew on Antarctica'

Now who would have guessed that if all the ice melts at the poles that they just might become an inhabitable place to live?

Its almost like nature has back up plans in place for everything.

Unless the poles weren't always the poles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_shift_hypothesis

And sea level wasn't always sea level - like about 2012, + up to ~ 70 M

Surly the sea level is always the sea level no matter where it is.

Bazzer

Yes, but not always when it is.

I'm not the least bit surprised. Antarctica and Australia were the last two chunks of Gondwana to break apart, beginning about 80 million years ago (MYA) and accelerating about 40 MYA, thanks to seafloor spreading.

You can still find Antarctic beech trees thriving in the coastal rainforests of Eastern Australia. Both Australia and Antarctica were covered in rain forests around 80 MYA. As Oz moved northward the interior became arid. Now only select coastal regions still feature the lush growth that once characterised both continents.

"As Oz moved northward the interior became arid. Now only select coastal regions still feature the lush growth that once characterised both continents."

Actually, Oz is suspected to have had a lush interior, until the arrival of man - very 'recently'.

Nah, it is all smoke and mirrors. Computer models do not support any such. So, get it on such good authority, it cannot be.

Now, go away! I have dreams and plans! Go away!

And no, I am no kind of believer. I am all kind of cynic, and skeptic -where I, as in myself pick and chose - the subiect and the degree of well deserved skepticism. And there is no shortage of the subiect for that from obliging true belivers.

Notice how both sides of the AGW debate take comfort in this information.

So 'AGW' and "terraforming Antartica" are two sides of the same coin?