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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @03:55AM
If it's not easy, you can bet it's the right course of action!
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 04 2015, @05:03AM
Leaving a room by running at full speed toward a solid wall is also difficult. (Mandatory Reference" "Men Who Stare at Goats", 2009, dir. Grant Heslov) Probably not the right action.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @06:09AM
It COULD be the right action.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 04 2015, @07:57AM
And it could NOT be the right action, since it requires such finely honed deception in order to be possible at all.