Dr. S. Fred Singer is an atmospheric physicist who studies climatology, he has an extensive biography and many honors. In American Thinker he writes about global cooling - major and minor ice ages - and what if anything can be done about them. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.
Nobody seems to think we're ready for a major ice age which would cover Canada, the northern U.S. and northern Europe and Asia with mile-thick ice sheets. On the other hand, a minor ice age seems a real possibility in the not-distant future.
Singer believes there may be ways to counteract a minor ice age, or soften the impact somewhat. I'm not certain who to believe but Singer makes an unemotional case for cooling.
Meanwhile, AFP reports via Yahoo News the sea ice around Antartica is increasing at a rate nations maintaining bases there find inconvenient and logistically awkward.
