Not exact matches
Since IPCC (2001) the cryosphere has undergone significant changes, such as the substantial retreat of arctic sea
ice, especially in summer; the continued shrinking of mountain glaciers; the decrease in the extent of snow cover and seasonally frozen ground, particularly in spring; the earlier breakup of river and lake
ice; and widespread thinning of
antarctic ice shelves along the Amundsen Sea coast, indicating
increased basal melting due to
increased ocean heat fluxes in the cavities below the
ice shelves.
Also, it appears by looking at the
antarctic ice graphs that the
antarctic is doing well and has if anything slightly
increased over the last 30 years or so.
Yes I am, i know it's strange to some people but I like to read and digest information from all sources and then make up my own mind about things.I think it's a sensible question to ask why
antarctic ice is
increasing when arctic
ice is decreasing but I understand that might be a topic for another post as it will probably, as Gavin indicated, involve many different areas for discussion.
So what did you base your contention @ 223 on that:»... geological studies clearly show that the tectonic plates between the eastern and western
antarctic ice sheets have been moving (away from each other causing volcanic emission) at an
increasing rate.»
All the skeptics are saying the
antarctic sea
ice is
increasing because it's getting colder down there, and there is no AGW.
I would say its not, especially since the effects that are causing
antarctic sea
ice to
increase have little to do with CO2 at the present time.
Ove Hoegh - Guldberg appeared to be your typical, alarmist cherry - picker who wanted to stress one particular point (arctic
ice reduction), ignore the
antarctic increase but still make comments that the interviewer was not looking at things globally when it suited his (Ove's) purpose.
As you can see in the article above, there are theories on why
antarctic sea
ice has
increased that are compatible with a generally warming climate.
A loss of
antarctic ice extent is inconsistent with the premise of this article, which is that the
increase has been underestimated.
A visit to the impressive
antarctic centre in Christchurch NZ in 2005 drew my attention to the
increasing ice, the AGW scam and I have closely followed your web site since then.
The slight decrease in the SH is now greater then the 17 yr period, which in essence removes the global context.In addition the
increase in sea
ice in the
antarctic around 1 % per decade since 1970 is problematic at least,