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Re: Antarctica is losing land ice at an accelerating rate.

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On 11/6/15, 10:33 AM, in article Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.6{9.33A.Seattle.2015},
"Jeff-Relf.Me" <@.> wrote:

> ?
> Quoting 
> http://www.wunderground.com/climate/facts/antarctica_is_losing_ice_sheet.asp
> ＜＜
>   Satellites measure Antarctica is gaining sea ice
>   but losing land ice at an accelerating rate,
>   which has implications for sea level rise.
> 
>   Skeptic arguments that Antarctica is gaining ice
>   frequently hinge on an error of omission, namely
>   ignoring the difference between land ice and sea ice.  ＞＞
> 
> Sea Ice is seasonal, and doesn't affect the sea level.
> 
> ＜＜
>   Estimates of recent changes in Antarctic land ice
>   (see above) range from losing 100 gigatons/year to
>   over 300 gigatons/year.  Because 360 gigatons/year
>   represents an annual sea level rise of 1 mm/year,
>   recent estimates indicate a contribution of between
>   0.27 mm/year and 0.83 mm/year coming from Antarctica.  ＞＞
> 
I have not read the full article but pretty sure Ars Technica posted about
them finding *increased* ice which surprised me. Need to double check it
though. Ars Technica is not a science-denial site... so really do need to
get back to that article. :)


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Is Antarctica Losing Ice or Gaining It? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 13:19 -0600
  Re: Is Antarctica Losing Ice or Gaining It? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-05 20:00 +0000
    Re: Is Antarctica Losing Ice or Gaining It? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 17:02 -0600
      Re: Is Antarctica Losing Ice or Gaining It? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-05 23:22 +0000
  Re: Is Antarctica Losing Ice or Gaining It? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-11-05 15:27 -0800
    there ya go, p.b.s in the 'tudes, again noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-05 19:29 -0800
    Re: Antarctica is losing land ice at an accelerating rate. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-06 11:39 -0700
      Re: Antarctica is losing land ice at an accelerating rate. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-11-06 19:04 +0000
      Re: Antarctica is losing _land_ ice at an accelerating rate. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-06 12:15 -0700
        Re: Ars Technica's Antarctica study is an outlier. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-06 17:02 -0700
    Re: Antarctica is losing land ice at an accelerating rate. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 12:34 -0700
      Re: Antarctica is losing land ice at an accelerating rate. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-06 14:47 -0500
      Seas near humans are losing ice. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-11-06 14:49 -0800
        Re: Seas near humans are losing ice. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-06 18:48 -0500
          DumpsterDiver(tm) linux boxen are eco-friendly. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-11-06 16:37 -0800
        Re: Seas near humans are losing ice. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 19:45 -0700
        Re: Seas near humans are losing ice. benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 00:43 -0500
        eh noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 18:10 -0800
      Re: Antarctica is losing _land_ ice at an accelerating rate. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 19:44 -0700
  Re: Is Antarctica Losing Ice or Gaining It? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-06 15:07 -0800

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