Posted on 06/06/2007 6:36:25 PM PDT by nypokerface
http://www.iceagenow.com/Antarctic_Ice_Cap_Growing_Thicker.htm
Ice and snow piling up over a large area of Antarctica
- 19 May 2005 - According to a new study published in the online edition of Science, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet gained about 45 billion tons of ice between 1992 and 2003. The ice sheets are several kilometers thick in places, and contain about 90% of the world’s ice.
Using data from the European Space Agency’s radar satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2, a research team from the University of Missouri, Columbia, measured changes in altitude over about 70% of Antarctica’s interior. East Antarctica thickened at an average rate of about 1.8 centimeters per year over the time period studied, the researchers discovered.
The region comprises about 75% of Antarctica ‘s total land area and about 85% of the total ice volume. The area in question covers more than 2.75 million square miles - roughly the same size as the United States.
(This means that more than 90 percent of the world’s glaciers are growing thicker … while the media keeps yelling about the ones that are melting.)
When the volcanic soot falls on the glaciers, it is then in play. In Alaska’s glaciers, they point out the eruptions’ deposits.
:’) WiC, pp 22-23, EiU 131-2, 134-5
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