In the wake of news that some ice in Antarctica is getting thicker, Fox News is sending… a right-wing comedian to investigate whether that disproves global warming.

Never mind that actual measurements show the earth is warming or that there is overwhelming scientific consensus that it’s the result of human activities. Comedian Dennis Miller and his yardstick apparently are more reliable sources to Fox News and Bill O’Reilly.

Last night, during his regular Wednesday night yuk session with Miller, O’Reilly announced – in seeming seriousness: “Miller is traveling to Antarctica, on assignment for The Factor, to find out why the ice caps there are getting larger if the earth is warming.”

Miller’s reply also seemed sincere.

MILLER: I’m going down there in January, Billy, to give you a mukluk-on-the-ground perspective. But you know, it doesn’t matter if it’s getting thicker, to the left. They’re just going to tell you – they think yardsticks are the devil’s scepter. They’re gonna insist that it’s getting thinner, it doesn’t matter.

The left is the one denying science? Now, that's funny!

According to a CNN report, which relied on scientists, not comedians, as sources, thicker ice in Antarctica only means that the continent is less responsible for rising sea levels than previously thought, not that the earth is not warming:

This net gain in ice would mean that Antarctica would not be contributing to sea level rises, but could help offset some of the major ice losses in places from Greenland and glaciers worldwide.

Scientists suspect that increased snowfall, which began 10,000 years ago, is the reason for the gain in Antarctica. Over the years, the snow has accumulated and compacted to form ice.

Furthermore, other research “suggests the West Antarctic ice sheet is destabilizing, which would more than overcome the ice gains and could result in 3 meters of sea level rise.”

Fox News’ joke climate “science” just got even more laughable.

Watch it below, from the November 4 The O'Reilly Factor.