Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds

WP ^ | 1 14 2019 | Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis

[yesthatjallen]

Antarctic glaciers have been melting at an accelerating pace over the past four decades thanks to an influx of warm ocean water — a startling new finding that researchers say could mean sea levels are poised to rise more quickly than predicted in coming decades.

The Antarctic lost 40 billion tons of melting ice to the ocean each year from 1979 to 1989. That figure rose to 252 billion tons lost per year beginning in 2009, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That means the region is losing six times as much ice as it was four decades ago, an unprecedented pace in the era of modern measurements. (It takes about 360 billion tons of ice to produce one millimeter of global sea-level rise.)

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[yesthatjallen]

OMG! Coming soon! Antarctica beach-front property!

[Dilbert San Diego]

And it must be global warming. Buy your carbon credits with Al Gore, and this crisis goes away.

[Regulator]

All that new water and...the shoreline a mile from my house is still right where it was 20 years ago

Darn, was hoping to get closer to the beach

[goldstategop]

Penguin extinction. Film at 11.

[bigbob]

Meltage before Algore invented gorebal warning doesn’t count

[an amused spectator]

Isn’t this an article from the BozoPost? Hmmmmm...

[beebuster2000]

the ice is melting in my lemonade drink but the lemonade level is staying the same. what gives?

[tomkat]

.. and yet with all that 'expertise' they still can't manage to give us accurate forecasts a week ahead of time.

Pardon me while I remain utterly skeptical of 99% of these watermelon hysterics.

[Yo-Yo]

That figure rose to 252 billion tons lost per year beginning in 2009, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

(It takes about 360 billion tons of ice to produce one millimeter of global sea-level rise.)

[WellyP]

More bull s-it and LIES! https://earthsky.org/earth/volcano-under-pine-island-glacier-worlds-fastest-melting

“...The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), which includes the PIG, sits on top of the West Antarctic Rift System that includes 138 known volcanoes. It is difficult, however, for scientists to pinpoint the exact location of these volcanoes or the extent of the rift system, because most of the volcanic activity occurs below kilometers of ice...”

[Still Thinking]

PLEASE believe us and panic while there’s still time! (before our lies are even more obvious)

[max americana]

Good. I needed ice cubes for our party during the summer time..

[SecondAmendment]

It’s not scientific without measurment error ...

[an amused spectator]

We're going to be changing all the names of the jerbilists that blog for the BozoPost.

These guys are Chris MooneyBozo and Brady DennisBozo.

[dowcaet]

I believe global warming is happening, but naturally. There have been numerous cooling and warming trends in the long history of Earth, long before man ever inhabited the planet. This is about a power grab and money for the left. Fat Algore certainly played global warming as his own personal Ponzi scheme!

[House Atreides]

The Antarctic lost 40 billion tons of melting ice to the ocean each year from 1979 to 1989.
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And how much NEW ICE was made elsewhere in Antarctica during this time.

[Defiant]

Yeah, but the ice gain has octupled.

[Openurmind]

Actually. this is opposite of what I have been reading lately. It’s building up.

[Leaning Right]

> It’s not scientific without measurement error ... <

You beat me to it. The article says that “That figure rose to 252 billion tons lost per year beginning in 2009...”.

Well, what’s the uncertainty here? It could be something like +/- 300 billion tons. Then the above quote would be meaningless.

[oldasrocks]

It’ll melt a lot faste when the earth tips over with the magnetic North changes