Chilling Secrets: Rocks Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet Reveal Surprising Past

Scitech Daily ^ | June 1, 2023 | British Antarctic Survey

[SunkenCiv]

The study used rock samples to show that ice near Thwaites Glacier was at least 35 meters thinner in the last 5000 years and took a minimum of 3000 years to reach its current size... The team discovered that the rocks they collected were not always covered by ice. Their measurements showed that, during the past 5000 years, ice near Thwaites Glacier was at least 35 meters thinner than it is now. Furthermore, their models demonstrated that its growth since then – making the ice sheet the size it is today – took at least 3000 years. This discovery reveals that ice sheet retreat in the Thwaites Glacier region can be reversed. The challenge for scientists now is to understand the conditions required to make that possible.

[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the article was just more AGW agitprop. Thwaites Glacier keyword, sorted:

• West Antarctica 'Doomsday glacier' hanging on 'by its fingernails': say scientists [09/09/2022]
• Antarctica glacier’s collapse could raise sea levels by 10 feet [03/01/2022]
• Giant iceberg blocks scientists' study of 'Doomsday Glacier' [02/02/2022]
• Latest warmist doomsday fantasy: Massive Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica will 'fall apart overnight' and raise sea levels by ten feet [01/03/2022]
• Scientists warn Antarctic glacier could collapse, raise sea levels at least a foot [12/19/2021]
• The 'doomsday' glacier is on the brink of collapse [12/18/2021]
• 'World's most dangerous glacier' could cause catastrophic sea level rise, study warns [07/09/2019]
• "Disturbing" discovery: Giant hole found under Antarctica glacier [01/31/2019]
• Volcanic Rift Valley Under Antarctica Hotter than Expected [06/13/2014]
• Study: West Antarctic Glacier Melt Due to Volcanoes, Not Global Warming [06/13/2014]
• ABC, CBS, and NBC Freak Out Over Melting Antarctic Ice [05/13/2014]
• Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg jumps the shark again -- gets called out by NYT (Antarctic "collapse") [05/13/2014]
• West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Collapse Triggers Sea Level Warning (15 foot rise) [05/12/2014]
• Deciphering Contradictory Antarctic Climate Patterns [04/03/2002]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger, another two-fer.

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[AmericanMermaid]

Btt

[No name given]

This article just proves that those who push global warming are conning the public into believing lies.

[riverrunner]

Models are only as good as the information they use.

[rktman]

We all gonna drown notice!

[ComputerGuy]

Doesn’t fit the narrative. Must be suppressed.

[ealgeone]

Models are only as good as the information they use.

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OR, which variables are given more weight.

[KarlInOhio]

I blame the thin ice 5000 years ago on Egyptian sport utility chariots.

[Reeses]

This discovery reveals that ice sheet retreat in the Thwaites Glacier region can be reversed. The challenge for scientists now is to understand the conditions required to make that possible.

The only condition is a freezing temperature. The average temperature there is always far below freezing. Saltwater pumped from the ocean freezes at anything below 28F, and is a cheap desalination method. The salt gets pushed out. How much ice do the penguins need?

[50sDad]

The REALscarry thing is that we NEED TO TRACK DOWN the people who invented the time machine that let EVIL WHITE GUYS go back 5000 years and drive around STARTING GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!

[himno hero]

Let’s look at the other end of the critter, the north pole.
You can walk the beaches in Grise Fiord and find the same coral as what you find in Hawaii. It requires ambient waters of 80 degrees. Also, go look up Coral Harbour, nunavit. Same there.

[bgill]

Global cooling is going to kill us all!!!!!!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"The challenge for scientists now is to understand the conditions required to make that (i.e. Thwaites Glacier ice sheet thicker) possible."

Simple. Eliminate all human beings from earth. Well, maybe leave 100 million to 500 million elites around.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Five thousand years ago would be in the Minoan warm period IIRC. Or what is also known as the Late Bronze Age. A time of great human achievement that laid the foundation for what we are today.

[Rlsau1]

First it was Global Warming, then Climate Change, and now it’s a Climate Crisis all based on a trace gas that makes up about .04% of our atmosphere.

Something to ponder: Have these glaciers (worldwide) always been present? Have they been larger, smaller, or about the same during that time? Aren’t they remnants of the last ice age of which the earth has had several that we know about?

The climate has changed, is changing, and always will be in a state of change as long as there is an atmosphere.

[FarCenter]

>>The challenge for scientists now is to understand the conditions required to make that possible.

Glaciers grow when more snow falls than melts.

Either heavier snowfalls or colder temperatures will do the job.

[smokingfrog]

https://www.science20.com/news_releases/why_did_ice_antarctica_suddenly_appear_35_million_years_ago_co2_says_study

[dsrtsage]

If we lived in a world where the poles were mostly ice free and it appeared that in the future the ice sheets would grow and wipe out all of those ice free forests and eco systems, do you think these same people would be screeching end of the world global freezing doom stories at volume 11?

[Tupelo]

I think a onetime very important politician called this, “An Inconvenient Truth”.
If memory serves, he was very high in the government. Maybe only one breath away from the highest office in the land.