Skeptic Argument: Ice Sheet losses are overestimated Response: Wu et al (2010) use a new method to
calculate ice sheet mass balance.
Not exact matches
This allowed them to
calculate the redistribution of
mass on Earth's surface due to the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic
ice sheets and mountain glaciers, and model the shift in Earth's axis.
The data allowed them to
calculate the redistribution of
mass on Earth's surface due to the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic
ice sheets and mountain glaciers, and the resulting rise in sea level.
DMI says, The surface
mass balance is
calculated over a year from September 1st to August 31st (the end of the melt season) For the 2016 - 17 SMB year, which ended yesterday, the
ice sheet had gained 544bn tonnes of
ice, compared to an average for 1981 - 2010 of 368bn tonnes.
The data allowed them to
calculate the redistribution of
mass on Earth's surface due to the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic
ice sheets and mountain glaciers, and the resulting rise in sea level.