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Antarctica is actually adding ice- NASA
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:17 pm
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hat buzz you're hearing, coursing through the ether and inexorably gaining in volume, is the sound of the global-warming debate heating up again.
Antarctica, our planet's southernmost continent, is gaining ice, a NASA study has concluded. The paper, published in the Journal of Glaciology, presents a new analysis of satellite data. NASA says the study found that Antarctica saw a net gain of some 112 billion tons of ice a year between 1992 and 2001, falling to an 82-billion-tons-of-ice-per-year increase from 2003 to 2008.
The increase "is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh the increased losses from its thinning glaciers," NASA said in a press release. "The research challenges the conclusions of other studies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2013 report, which says that Antarctica is overall losing land ice."
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Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:25 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Global Warming...frick Yea!!
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:27 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Penguins rejoice!
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:31 pm to LSUTANGERINE
while I get very tired of the pissing match of political rhetoric that this has become, I can't say that it is not a bad idea for us to cut back on the use of fossil fuels where it makes sense....
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:34 pm to LSUTANGERINE
NASA about to get their budget cut even more.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:35 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I'm not sure what they think the right temperature is for an ever changing world in which we live,
And how much money they'll need to achieve that.
And how much money they'll need to achieve that.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 8:41 pm to LSUTANGERINE
But here was a perfectly timed article released by the Washington Post linked via Google News that was verified by "some research groups" from a year and a half ago.
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In 2014, several research groups suggested that the oceanfront glaciers in the Amundsen Sea region of West Antarctica may have reached a point of “unstoppable” retreat due to warm ocean waters melting them from below. There’s a great deal at stake — West Antarctica is estimated to contain enough ice to raise global sea levels by 3.3 meters, or well over 10 feet, were it all to melt. The urgency may now increase further in light of just published research suggesting that destabilization of the Amundsen sea’s glaciers would indeed undermine the entirety of West Antarctica, as has long been feared.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 9:02 pm to LSUTANGERINE
We are entering a new ice age in Earth's normal cycles.
The sun's output is like a beating heart and we are heading to the time period between beats.
Human activity has not too much, if any thing to do with "climate change".
The sun's output is like a beating heart and we are heading to the time period between beats.
Human activity has not too much, if any thing to do with "climate change".
This post was edited on 11/2/15 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 11/2/15 at 9:30 pm to Bullfrog
Does that include sea ice? Just curious as sea ice is on the thin side and can melt away pretty quickly, no matter how many billions of tons of it. If that doesn't include sea ice, then.that's a game changer.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 9:35 pm to Spankum
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I can't say that it is not a bad idea for us to cut back on the use of fossil fuels where it makes sense....
Well, there is a very specific comment...
Posted on 11/2/15 at 9:39 pm to fr33manator
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m not sure what they think the right temperature is for an ever changing world which we live in,
Makes you give in and cry...
Say live and let die
FIFY
This post was edited on 11/2/15 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 11/2/15 at 10:06 pm to Bullfrog
quote:no, its just that Winter is coming...
We are entering a new ice age in Earth's normal cycles.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 10:09 pm to jeff5891
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no, its just that Winter is coming...
Typical Stark
Posted on 11/2/15 at 10:31 pm to jimmy the leg
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Does that include sea ice?
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The proof, according to NASA, is Antarctica's inland snowfall. Jay Zwally, the agency's lead cryosphere researcher
Posted on 11/3/15 at 12:05 am to fr33manator
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And how much money they'll need to achieve that
In order to bring the world to the right temperature, the government must take over ever larger portions of the economy.
That's basically what this is all about anyways.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 12:07 am to LSUTANGERINE
Lies. Lies. Lies. Al Gore save us.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 12:23 am to LSUTANGERINE
this is why global warming is crap
science knows what it knows, and knows what it doesnt. You can have your own beliefs, but you cant have your own facts...from today:
The Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Heading Towards Irreversible Collapse
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....blah, blah, blah, bullshite
pseudo-scientist massaging real data to fit their agenda
science knows what it knows, and knows what it doesnt. You can have your own beliefs, but you cant have your own facts...from today:
The Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Heading Towards Irreversible Collapse
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Computer models suggest that the melting West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is melting at a rapidly accelerating rate. A new computer simulation shows that at current melting rates, the ice sheet will hit a critical point in about 60 years, and could result in a sea level rise of as much as 10 feet over the next several centuries.
....blah, blah, blah, bullshite
pseudo-scientist massaging real data to fit their agenda
Posted on 11/3/15 at 12:42 am to LSUTANGERINE
If you look at history, ice ages happen about once every 100,000 years or so. History tends to repeat itself. By the time the next one happens I'll be dead and gone, so who cares.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 6:35 am to Spankum
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while I get very tired of the pissing match of political rhetoric that this has become, I can't say that it is not a bad idea for us to cut back on the use of fossil fuels where it makes sense..
This is where it's mind-numbing from both sides. I can't stand some liberal trying to force a smart car on me and thinking I'm evil for having an SUV. But the redneck hick who has no use for an F250, yet drives one because his dick's too small to drive a sensible car annoys me just as much.
I bought a 4x4 truck out of college. When I was looking for a new car, realized I didn't really utilize the truck much and had an SUV to tow things. I now drive a car to commute. I have had relatives and coworkers poke fun that I'm a man in a car
. I'm of the opinion that if there's not a decent reason to produce a carbon footpit, cut back and be nice to the environment. But also, don't request that someone change their lifestyle for "iffy" science at best.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 6:37 am to jeff5891
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No, it's just that winter is coming
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Antarctica
I keep on forgetting they moved winter in the Southern Hemisphere to match ours...
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