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re: Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high Saturday, Old but interesting artlicle

Posted on 5/30/14 at 7:01 am to
Posted by NC_Tigah
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Posted on 5/30/14 at 7:01 am to
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Melting glaciers is where tbe drop in salinity comes from
Melting glaciers certainly could cause a drop in salinity. That impact would of course be EASILY calculable.

Couple of questions.
(1) Is the decline of the WAIS (Western Antarctic Ice Sheet) actually attributed to "melting"?
(2) Are you familiar with the EAIS?
(3) Are you familiar with status of EAIS ice content and its comparative importance to the WAIS?
(4) Can you cite rationale for salinity changes based on EAIS vs WAIS changes?
(5) In fact can you cite any data at all, scientifically explicative of actual measured salinity decline as causative of actual measured Antarctic sea ice growth?

Before you engage an argument (or buy into it) it is important to know the facts.





This post was edited on 5/30/14 at 7:06 am
Posted by Pectus
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Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 5/30/14 at 8:04 am to
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NC_Tigah


I take it you've never seen my posts here?

I am all for getting the right science out there. My reply in this therad was trying to explain a model to one poster who had issues with why ice would form in warming environments when they assumed water would be more saline.

It's actually less saline in warm periods (I use period loosely here, I mean on the order of 10,000 years) because there is more moisture. Salt water is more saline in cold periods because 1) more fresh water is trapped in ice, and 2) increased aridity, meaning increased evaporation of those constituents that leave the seawater and cause the remaining minerals to add to the salinity.

I am all for good science, and that's a problem I have with climate alarmists and some data and interpretations put out by science today.

I think your list here of evidence you need to show aspects of what the AGC proponents are raving about is a good one. One where if pursued would bring about good discussion. I will be happy to try my best to look for these answers even though we seem to be on the same side of the aisle. Do you already happen to have these answers?
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