The melting of Antarctica just got worse, study finds.

Washington ComPost ^ | 3/16/2015 | Chris Mooney

[EagleUSA]

A hundred years from now, humans may remember 2014 as the year that we first learned that we may have irreversibly destabilized the great ice sheet of West Antarctica, and thus set in motion more than 10 feet of sea level rise.

Meanwhile, 2015 could be the year of the double whammy — when we learned the same about one gigantic glacier of East Antarctica, which could set in motion roughly the same amount all over again. Northern hemisphere residents and Americans in particular should take note — when the bottom of the world loses vast amounts of ice, those of us living closer to its top get more sea level rise than the rest of the planet....

[Tenacious 1]

I thought the “other” polar cap was growing at a much faster pace over the same time perior. The article doesn’t seem to mention that.

So only melting ice in the southern hemisphere makes ocean levels rise. And freezing water in the norhtern hemisphere also makes ocean levels rise, right?

[hinckley buzzard]

Shhh. You are not supposed to know that beneath the Western Antarctic ice shelf there is a volcanically active region. Nor are you permitted to know that the eastern ice shelf has been increasing and will most likely continue to increase.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It was much warmer during the Medieval warm period and the world didn’t end. This is all lies to scare the sheeple into giving up their money and freedom to the government.

[bgill]

more than 10 feet of sea level rise

Lets see, San Francisco on one side and D.C. on the other. The big melt sounds like a good thing.

[tanknetter]

Ok, so 10’ of sea rise from the West Antarctic glacier, and another 10’ from the East Antarctic one. Plus, thanks to gravity the water flows to the Northern Hemispehere* adding an additional 20%. So 24’ of sea rise.

How many feet above sea level is the beachfront pad Al Gore paid millions for again?

(* so, if the gravitational impacts of the melting Antarctic ice are enough to send most of the water to the Northern Hemisphere, why isn’t this counteracted by the melting Arctic icepack and Greenland glaciers?)

[GodAndCountryFirst]

Glo-BULL warming actually started as a misinformation campaign during Mao’s Cultural Revolution — an attempt to discredit the west, capitalism and industrialism.

China eventually learned to love capitalism and industrialization, but the radical fringe of the Enviro-NUT movement took up the idea. A generation later, after BILLIONS of dollars were spread around to lapdog scientists looking to score a few bucks, the myth is now part of the liberal canon. The only problem: There is ZERO actual science to back it up.

[colorado tanker]

“With warming oceans, it’s difficult to see how a process that starts now would be reversed, or reversible, in a warming world,” Siegert says.

So, why worry about something we can't control?

[Martin Tell]

we may have irreversibly destabilized...

Good. If it is irreversible, they can shut up about it at last.

[davius]

May, may, could, could, crap, crap.

This is all Frankie Costello's fault. I TOLD him to compost his leaves instead of burning them, but would he listen?

[Raycpa]

I would like to see two words banned. If and may.

[a fool in paradise]

The world is on fire? < /3-year old snarky reply >

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American Thinker ^ | 3/17/15 | Rick Moran

[1010RD]

It’s summer down there and the use of West Antarctica makes me think, “What’s happening in East Antarctica that they’re not telling us?”

[who_would_fardels_bear]

They call the Midwest "flyover country".

Maybe soon we'll be able to say that people in SF and DC are living in "sailover country".

[a fool in paradise]

“HE played on OUR FEARS!” - Al Gore Jr.

[21twelve]

Reminds me of a kid in 2nd grade. Explained how he lost our ice-skating race because we were going up-hill. IIRC it was ‘cuz we went from the deep end to the shallow end of the pond. Even then I knew he was wrong. I think he might be a liberal politcian now - seriously. Same name and about the same age.

And probably still comes up with stupid reasons for make believe problems. (That needs lots of money to fix).

[Interesting Times]

If the melting is getting worse, why is there more ice?

[Army Air Corps]

We’re all gonna die!
Film at 11.

[Southern_Republican]

Just checked the temperature was -50*. How much ice melting at that temp.

[redpoll]

The ocean level rose more than 300 feet at the end of the last ice about ten centuries ago.

People moved to higher ground.

There was some pretty severe environmental disruption. The Pacific Ocean mixed with the Arctic Ocean. The Sea of Japan linked up with the Pacific Ocean. The Black Sea, which was a brackish freshwater lake, became filled with salt water. The Falklands became islands. Florida lost huge amounts of land. And so on and so on.

Even if the scenarios painted by these people are spot on, it isn’t the end of the world. It’s stuff that happens. Sea levels fluctuate. So that resort beach is now great clamming beds. It’s not a big deal.

[21twelve]

Of course it will be “worse”. If I drop an ice cube on the floor and leave it, I have to use a napkin to wipe it up. If I dump the entire bucket and leave it.....