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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Last winter the antartic was only a few percent off its 1980 base line.
I wait to see what will happen after this winter.
The way it was sold to me is that it would get warmer and warmer, there would be less and less ice, once it was gone it wasn't coming back.
I'm so glad carbon cap and tax didn't pass in 2010.
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How are your numbers being reported?
*'extent' or 'volume'? there's a world of difference between the two.
*There is snowfall because of so much evaporated water vapor from the warmer ocean.
But stronger foehn winds are blowing some snow off the continent before it ever has a chance to accumulate and form new ice.
*There may be new ice,but it's not ancient ice,and its not thick,and it won't last next southern hemispheric 'summer.'
*The loss is occurring underwater where the ice interfaces with the submerged continent,called the grounding line.