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: 4, Interesting) by Gravis on Tuesday November 03 2015, @11:42PM
listen to the scientists, not the editorialized bullshit: https://youtu.be/J_WWXGGWZBE?t=1m7s [youtu.be]
Some people have looked at the Antarctic increasing tread and used that to suggest that global warming isn't happening or that the increase in the Antarctic is offsetting the decrease in the Arctic and that's simply not true. If you look at simply the magnitudes of the changes we're seeing, in the winter time the Arctic is decreasing about twice as fast as what the Antarctic is increasing.
(Score: 1) by pinchy on Wednesday November 04 2015, @01:08AM
From what ive read the increasing antarctic ice just confirms a warming trend in that the surface ice over the land is melting and when it gets to the sea it refreezes.