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NASA Study Shows Antarctic Ice Sheet Shrinking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. failziors?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:Stop Whining by Doc+Ruby · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't see you whining about "indirect measurements" to save the "endangered blue iguana" in your .sig.

    I don't debate people who start off only pretending to debate me. My points are already made, so it's just candy for me to settle down to some justified namecalling. If that's your excuse for ignoring my valid arguments, that's your problem. Which you're drowning in.

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  3. Re:Stop Whining by Gulthek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We must resort to name-calling when debating with idiots or those who find trivial reasons to ignore valid arguments, lest we go mad.