Quote:
Originally Posted by Xist
The last time that I read about the poles, Arctica was melting, but Antarctica was growing, although not as fast as the north pole was shrinking. However, they expected the south pole to calve, although it was unrelated to global warming.
Now supposedly the ice in Antartica has been melting three times as fast since 2012 and 70% of that is in West Antarctica.
It changed six years ago and they just realized?
I need a neck brace. I am getting whiplash!
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/melting-antarctica-speeding-worrying-scientists-55867624 |
Antarctica was/is growing... but the growth itself was slowing, last I heard.
-
It takes a while to interpret all the data, so figuring out the rate of growth/shrinkage isn't clear cut.
Haven't read the links you've posted yet, but my understanding is part is shrinking, but the overall ice cover is increasing. (but again, with a slowing rate of growth... but if that's reversed... welp... yikes)