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18 Apr 09 – “Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to
the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the
continental ice cap,” says this article in The Australian.
“The results of ice-core drilling and sea ice monitoring indicate
there is no large-scale melting of ice over most of Antarctica,
although experts are concerned at ice losses on the continent's
western coast.
“East Antarctica is four times the size of west
Antarctica and parts of it are cooling. The Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research report prepared for last week's meeting of Antarctic
Treaty nations in Washington noted the South Pole had shown "significant
cooling in recent decades".
“Australian Antarctic Division glaciology program
head Ian Allison said sea ice losses in west Antarctica over the past 30
years had been more than offset by increases in the Ross Sea region,
just one sector of east Antarctica.
“Dr Allison said there was not any evidence of
significant change in the mass of ice shelves in east Antarctica nor any
indication that its ice cap was melting. "The only significant calvings
in Antarctica have been in the west," he said. And he cautioned that
calvings of the magnitude seen recently in west Antarctica might not be
unusual..............” “Antarctica has 90 per cent of the Earth's ice and 80 per cent of
its fresh water."
If Antarctica contains 90 percent of the earth’s ice –
and the amount
is increasing – wouldn’t
that mean that more than 90 percent of the
world’s glaciers are
growing? (As I've been saying all along.)
See entire article by Greg Roberts
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25348657-401,00.html
Thanks to snowyman in Australia for this link |
