[clearcarbon]

"The fact is that Thwaites and other Antarctic glaciers cannot speed up because it is too cold for them to speed up. To claim otherwise is to ignore the ice sheet models. But not only will there be no additional loss, but Antarctica, including Thwaites will gain ice once it starts to warm up down there. "

I wonder how many people know that the Antarctic ice cover is due to compressed fallen snow and that warmer temperatures would likely lead to more precipitation and therefore more snow/ice accumulation.

[palmer]

Yep, it’s a desert with average precipitation of 6 inches with 2 inches in most of the interior. Yet the ice has built up to 1000’s of feet. The papers I have read show ice building up for 1000’s of years even if there is warming down there (which is questionable).