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But in the mean while, the ice mass of the Antarctic is growing: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains-of-antarctic-ice-sheet-greater-than-

But in the mean while, the ice mass of the Antarctic is growing: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains-of-antarctic-ice-sheet-greater-than-losses https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains-o...

eggoa 10y ago
But it's not really balancing out if you look at the global totals. https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/sea-ice-extent-area/grf/nsidc_global_area_byyear_b.png https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/sea-ice-...
yabatopia 10y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right. The Arctic and Antarctic are two seperate ecosystems, it's not a balance.
kbart 10y ago
What do you want to say by that? There was snow in Hawaii recently, but it doesn't make climate change any better.
IanDrake 10y ago
Haha, don't try to pull that one here. When there's less ice it's global warming, when there's more ice it's climate change. Get on board.
codecamper 10y ago
Pretty sure that this little mini trend has reversed. I just read an article on it. Go google it if you care.
sharemywin 10y ago
Here's a nice little graph of the last 12 years. The trend doesn't look good. http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/land-ice/ http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/land-ice/
KirinDave 10y ago
"If global warming is real why is it cold right now?" asks the fake skeptic.
Thnboi666 10y ago
Hudson's Bay has literally no ice on it for a major portion of the year. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/polar-bears-climate-change-canada-hudson-bay https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/polar-be...
mturmon 10y ago
I responded to this naive comment upthread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177599), but the interpretation you give is simplistic -- see the q-and-a at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/11/05/a-controversial-nasa-study-says-antarctica-is-gaining-ice-heres-why-you-should-stay-skeptical/?utm_term=.86898c732394 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20... That q-and-a is a great reason why one should not seize on one obvious interpretation of a press release, out of context, as some kind of gotcha. You have to know the context about the limitations of the data, what it's really measuring, and what the dominant physics are.

eggoa 10y ago

But it's not really balancing out if you look at the global totals. https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/sea-ice-extent-area/grf/nsidc_global_area_byyear_b.png https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/sea-ice-...

yabatopia 10y ago

Two wrongs don't make a right. The Arctic and Antarctic are two seperate ecosystems, it's not a balance.

kbart 10y ago

What do you want to say by that? There was snow in Hawaii recently, but it doesn't make climate change any better.

IanDrake 10y ago

Haha, don't try to pull that one here. When there's less ice it's global warming, when there's more ice it's climate change. Get on board.

codecamper 10y ago

Pretty sure that this little mini trend has reversed. I just read an article on it. Go google it if you care.

sharemywin 10y ago

Here's a nice little graph of the last 12 years. The trend doesn't look good. http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/land-ice/ http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/land-ice/

KirinDave 10y ago

"If global warming is real why is it cold right now?" asks the fake skeptic.

Thnboi666 10y ago

Hudson's Bay has literally no ice on it for a major portion of the year. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/polar-bears-climate-change-canada-hudson-bay https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/polar-be...

mturmon 10y ago

I responded to this naive comment upthread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13177599), but the interpretation you give is simplistic -- see the q-and-a at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/11/05/a-controversial-nasa-study-says-antarctica-is-gaining-ice-heres-why-you-should-stay-skeptical/?utm_term=.86898c732394 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20... That q-and-a is a great reason why one should not seize on one obvious interpretation of a press release, out of context, as some kind of gotcha. You have to know the context about the limitations of the data, what it's really measuring, and what the dominant physics are.