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Your previous post was stated as a fact..

• 0xbear 9y ago
  So was the reply. I didn't know about that other study. I also have no reason to believe it is more (or less) authoritative than the NASA study. Most people don't actually know that the Antarctic (unlike the Arctic) ice sheet is not rapidly receding.
  • heisenbit 9y ago
    Right, it is not receding. The breaking up of Larsen-C last month did not happen. Antarctica is much thicker. Of course it recedes slower.
    • mercer 9y ago
      Well thanks for clearing that up for us!
    • credit_guy 9y ago
      Just to put things in perspective: both those studies talk about gains/losses of less than about 100 GT/year, while the total mass of the Antarctic ice sheet is about 25 million GT. http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica/east-antarctic-ice-sheet/ http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica/east-antarctic-i...