NASA Study Shows Antarctic Ice Sheet Shrinking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 3, 2006 @02:53PM from the that's-polar-bear-country dept.

deman1985 writes "A recently released NASA study has shown that the Antarctic ice shelf is shrinking at an alarming rate of 36 cubic miles per year. The study, run from April 2002 to August 2005, indicates that the melting accounted for 1.2 millimeters of global sea level rise for the period. From the article: 'That is about how much water the United States consumes in three months and represents a change of about 0.4 millimeter (0.01575 inch) per year to global sea level rise, the study concluded. The study claims the majority of the melting to have occurred in the West Antarctic ice sheet."

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Re:Stop Whining by Doc+Ruby · 2006-03-03 15:59 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Our climate records go back hundreds of thousands of years, in icecores and other samples.

So you're talking out of your ass. You're quoting Greenhouse denial nonsense. Personally I'm just a little annoyed that the adults are saving your worthless ass while we cope with the climate catastrophe underway. But if I can get you to stop braying like a FoxNews mule, it will at least make our jobs just a little easier.

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Re:0.4mm a year.... by Frostalicious · 2006-03-03 18:20 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Are you sure what you're carrying on about has anything at all to do with science?

No. It has to do with public policy.