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Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds
WP ^ | 1 14 2019 | Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis

Posted on 01/14/2019 5:11:28 PM PST by 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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antarctica; chatforum; climatechange; climatechangehoax; fakemedia; fakenews; fakescience; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; propaganda; weather
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OMG! Coming soon! Antarctica beach-front property!
1 posted on 01/14/2019 5:11:28 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

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


2 posted on 01/14/2019 5:12:32 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: yesthatjallen

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


3 posted on 01/14/2019 5:13:48 PM PST by Regulator
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To: yesthatjallen

Penguin extinction. Film at 11.


4 posted on 01/14/2019 5:14:15 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: yesthatjallen

Meltage before Algore invented gorebal warning doesn’t count


5 posted on 01/14/2019 5:14:56 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: yesthatjallen

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


6 posted on 01/14/2019 5:16:04 PM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: yesthatjallen

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


7 posted on 01/14/2019 5:16:43 PM PST by beebuster2000
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.. 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.

8 posted on 01/14/2019 5:16:58 PM PST by tomkat
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To: yesthatjallen
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.)


9 posted on 01/14/2019 5:17:41 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: yesthatjallen

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...”


10 posted on 01/14/2019 5:17:51 PM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: yesthatjallen

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


11 posted on 01/14/2019 5:17:52 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: yesthatjallen

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


12 posted on 01/14/2019 5:17:53 PM PST by max americana (Happily Fired every stupid liberal at every election since 08' at work. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s not scientific without measurment error ...


13 posted on 01/14/2019 5:18:45 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LIBERALS RUIN EVERYTHING!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
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.

14 posted on 01/14/2019 5:18:48 PM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: yesthatjallen

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!


15 posted on 01/14/2019 5:20:27 PM PST by dowcaet
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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.


16 posted on 01/14/2019 5:21:17 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: yesthatjallen

Yeah, but the ice gain has octupled.


17 posted on 01/14/2019 5:21:56 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: yesthatjallen

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


18 posted on 01/14/2019 5:24:16 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: SecondAmendment

> 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.


19 posted on 01/14/2019 5:25:23 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Openurmind

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


20 posted on 01/14/2019 5:25:43 PM PST by oldasrocks
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