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A recent study by NASA seems to contradict some of the currently accepted knowledge about global warming and glaciers. It found that increased ice melting in Antarctica is offset by increased snowfall, meaning that the continent's glaciers are posting a net gain in mass, and are not contributing to rising sea levels.
Contrary to some sensationalist headlines about the "end of global warming", the study's authors urged caution.
"We're essentially in agreement with other studies that show an increase in ice discharge," in other parts of the continent, [Jay] Zwally said.
"Our main disagreement is for East Antarctica and the interior of West Antarctica; there, we see an ice gain that exceeds the losses in the other areas," he explained in a NASA announcement.
Editors Note: As best as I can tell, this is the NASA study referenced in the article above. Note that it is from October, 2014.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2015, @08:42PM
No, it proves we are screwing up the planet in ways we don't fully understand.
Skeptics will say, "I'm not doing anything about it until you prove we know EXACTLY how we are screwing it up."
I imagine network and security administrators deal with this kind of thing all the time.
PHB: "Can you install my doohickey on the network? It makes sales presentations shinier."
IT: "I'd like to study it first to know if it's safe."
PHB: "But I need it in 1 hour; clients are coming. Until you prove it's bad, I insist you install it now! We need shiny sales presentations or the company will die! Gartner told me so."
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Wednesday November 04 2015, @12:55AM
Skeptics will say, "I'm not doing anything about it until you prove we know EXACTLY how we are screwing it up."
Let's face it, your stereotype of "skeptics" makes more sense than you do. The huge problem here is that we don't know that "not screwing up" the planet is better. After all, there are more than seven billion people. The world will be screwed up no matter what. We need to figure which ways are better, not just for the world, but ourselves as well.