Following years of warnings that melting ice will magnify global warming, perhaps to an irreversible "tipping point," scientists are now crediting melting ice with slowing the very same process.  Really.Remember all the furor over trapped Carbon and Methane in the Arctic permafrost being released into the atmosphere as the planet warmed?  Back in 2006, Seth Borenstein reported the findings of a Nature study on the subject with these characteristically composed words:"New research is raising concerns that global warming may be triggering a self-perpetuating climate time bomb trapped in once-frozen permafrost."Yikes!And just last week, Der Spiegel's Volker Mrasek borrowed a quote from NASA's uber-alarmist, James Hansen, in his article title -- Point of No Return for the Arctic Climate. Mrasek repeated the alarmist warning of "irreversible developments for eco-systems and humanity," brought on by a cycle of disappearing Arctic ice that...(Read Full Post)