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"When the Glaciers Disappear" 90 Percent Of The World’s Glaciers Are GROWING - https://principia-scientific.org/climate-shock-90-percent-worlds-glaciers-growin

"When the Glaciers Disappear" 90 Percent Of The World’s Glaciers Are GROWING - https://principia-scientific.org/climate-shock-90-percent-worlds-glaciers-growing/ https://principia-scientific.org/climate-shock-90-percent-wo... The source for the link isn't some crackpot either. It's NASA.

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imgabe 8y ago
If you read the NASA source, it is talking only about Antarctica. NASA doesn't say anything about this being "90% of the world's glaciers". That is inserted by the author who is commenting on the NASA study, and is unsupported. It is entirely possible that the Antarctic ice is growing while the Arctic is shrinking. That doesn't mean that there is no consequence to the loss of Arctic ice, or that it won't cause extinctions and a shift in climate in the Arctic.
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- leftyted 8y ago
  It's still interesting that Antarctic ice is growing (according to this study at least). I've certainly never heard that before. In fact I've heard lots about Antarctic ice melting. From the NASA press release: > “The good news is that Antarctica is not currently contributing to sea level rise, but is taking 0.23 millimeters per year away,” Zwally said. “But this is also bad news. If the 0.27 millimeters per year of sea level rise attributed to Antarctica in the IPCC report is not really coming from Antarctica, there must be some other contribution to sea level rise that is not accounted for.” Apparently the study contradicts the IPCC report in a pretty significant way. The press release does mention that the trend is not good, but the idea that Antarctica is gaining ice is news to me.
iamcurious 8y ago
“The good news is that Antarctica is not currently contributing to sea level rise, but is taking 0.23 millimeters per year away,” Zwally said. “But this is also bad news. If the 0.27 millimeters per year of sea level rise attributed to Antarctica in the IPCC report is not really coming from Antarctica, there must be some other contribution to sea level rise that is not accounted for.” 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...
wil421 8y ago
You could’ve linked to the NASA study[1] instead of a dubious sounding website with an arictle written by “iceagenow.com”. >according to Zwally. “If the losses of the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of West Antarctica continue to increase at the same rate they’ve been increasing for the last two decades, the losses will catch up with the long-term gain in East Antarctica in 20 or 30 years -- I don’t think there will be enough snowfall increase to offset these losses.” [1]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...
SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southern-sea-ice-intermediate.htm https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southe... Just because something is happening in one location isn't evidence of something else happening in another. It's also not evidence against global warming, to quote your article even: >“That is what is SUPPOSED to happen when there is global warming,” says @Smaulgld. “Glaciers get bigger unless they melt -that’s global warming too.”

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imgabe 8y ago

If you read the NASA source, it is talking only about Antarctica. NASA doesn't say anything about this being "90% of the world's glaciers". That is inserted by the author who is commenting on the NASA study, and is unsupported. It is entirely possible that the Antarctic ice is growing while the Arctic is shrinking. That doesn't mean that there is no consequence to the loss of Arctic ice, or that it won't cause extinctions and a shift in climate in the Arctic.

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leftyted 8y ago
It's still interesting that Antarctic ice is growing (according to this study at least). I've certainly never heard that before. In fact I've heard lots about Antarctic ice melting. From the NASA press release: > “The good news is that Antarctica is not currently contributing to sea level rise, but is taking 0.23 millimeters per year away,” Zwally said. “But this is also bad news. If the 0.27 millimeters per year of sea level rise attributed to Antarctica in the IPCC report is not really coming from Antarctica, there must be some other contribution to sea level rise that is not accounted for.” Apparently the study contradicts the IPCC report in a pretty significant way. The press release does mention that the trend is not good, but the idea that Antarctica is gaining ice is news to me.

iamcurious 8y ago

“The good news is that Antarctica is not currently contributing to sea level rise, but is taking 0.23 millimeters per year away,” Zwally said. “But this is also bad news. If the 0.27 millimeters per year of sea level rise attributed to Antarctica in the IPCC report is not really coming from Antarctica, there must be some other contribution to sea level rise that is not accounted for.” 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...

wil421 8y ago

You could’ve linked to the NASA study[1] instead of a dubious sounding website with an arictle written by “iceagenow.com”. >according to Zwally. “If the losses of the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of West Antarctica continue to increase at the same rate they’ve been increasing for the last two decades, the losses will catch up with the long-term gain in East Antarctica in 20 or 30 years -- I don’t think there will be enough snowfall increase to offset these losses.” [1]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...

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago

https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southern-sea-ice-intermediate.htm https://www.skepticalscience.com/increasing-Antarctic-Southe... Just because something is happening in one location isn't evidence of something else happening in another. It's also not evidence against global warming, to quote your article even: >“That is what is SUPPOSED to happen when there is global warming,” says @Smaulgld. “Glaciers get bigger unless they melt -that’s global warming too.”