Back in 2007, a number of climate 'scientists' were exceedingly confident that the polar ice caps were on their way out. In fact, it was even predicted that the Arctic would be ice-free by 2013. In what has become a pattern, the dire predictions were not just incorrect, but were the opposite of the truth. Leave it to Mark Steyn to put it most succinctly:
Ice Everywhere, But No Hockey Sticks.