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re: Myth of arctic meltdown: Satellite images show summer ice cap growing
Posted on 8/31/14 at 5:49 pm to Tigah in the ATL
Posted on 8/31/14 at 5:49 pm to Tigah in the ATL
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A series of maps published this week show Greenland and Antarctica are losing more ice than at any time since satellite records began.
Scientists found the two vast ice sheets are losing a total of 500 cubic kilometers of ice per year, contributing to rising global sea levels.
Ice loss
The researchers used data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat -- a satellite that passes over the earth at 700km above the surface and measures the thickness of polar ice.
The satellite was launched in 2010 and has been collecting data on sea ice and ice sheets ever since. By comparing data with other satellite missions, scientists can see how quickly the ice sheets are changing.
The study, just published in the journal The Cryosphere, reveals that since 2009, the volume of ice loss has tripled in West Antarctica and more than doubled in Greenland. This is the highest rate of ice loss since satellite records began 20 years ago.
Regional differences
The maps show that Greenland is losing around three times more ice than Antarctica, including thinning of the entire western ice sheet and further losses in the southeast and northwest ice sheets. You can see where the greatest losses of ice are occurring in the red areas in the maps below.
In Antarctica, the maps show thinning of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Peninsula. East Antarctica shows some increases in thickness (shown in blue in the maps), though this doesn't outweigh the losses elsewhere. Overall, more ice is being lost than gained.
Posted on 9/1/14 at 6:57 am to Jim Rockford
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500 cubic kilometers of ice per year,
Interesting they would throw a large number out there without showing the proportion to the total? Is it safe to assume this is on the order of a 1% loss or less?
This post was edited on 9/1/14 at 7:27 am
Posted on 9/1/14 at 6:14 pm to Jim Rockford
Renouned German meteorologist destroys and lampoons reports of Antarctic and Greenland ice loss.
Okay? Where is the big rise in sea levels?
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Numerous evaluations of coastal tide gauges over 200 years as well as the gravity measurements of the GRACE satellite deliver again and again a sea level rise of about 1.6 mm/yr. … Here…the trends are in agreement: The sea level rise has been linear for at least the last 100 years; there is no acceleration in sea level rise. A signal indicating man-made CO2 (AGW) is nowhere to be seen. This stands in stark contradiction to the claims and especially the alarmist prognoses of the IPCC and some climate institutes.” - See more at: https://notrickszone.com/2014/08/27/senior-meteorologist-demolishes-mocks-alfred-wegener-institute-claims-of-unprecedented-antarctica-ice-loss/#sthash.sZRGUpig.dpuf
Okay? Where is the big rise in sea levels?
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