Impact of Climate Warming on Polar Ice Sheets Confirmed

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/ice_sheets.html



In the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica, NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's largest storehouse of ice and snow.

Other recent studies have shown increasing losses of ice in parts of these ice sheets. This new survey is the first to inventory the losses of ice and the addition of new snow on both continents in a consistent way throughout an entire decade.

The survey shows that there was a net loss of ice from the combined polar ice sheets between 1992 and 2002 and a corresponding rise in sea level. The survey documents for the first time extensive thinning of the West Antarctic ice shelves and an increase in snowfall in the interior of Greenland, as well as thinning at the edges. All are signs of a warming climate predicted by computer models.

[central scrutinizer]

1. Bullshit, there are differences of opinion within the scientific community

<sarcasm off> at least among the bought and paid for shills that Bushco trots out on a regular basis - you know, those "scientists" who work for oil companies and have the same level of credibility as the tobacco industry "scientists"

[BlueEyedSon]

3. That's their MO: reduce everything to an OPINION

[Lisa]

10. exactly -- and deride the "reality-based community"

... by accusing everyone who makes measurements and analyzes evidence, of not living in "the real world" (i.e. the one that exists in Bush's imagination).

[Gman]

2. Crazy enviro-whackos

must be because of the Clenis.

[oneold1-4u]

4. Into the atmosphere

and back to earth in the form of storms!
OR has been getting it in the form of massive rainfall, some snow, out of season T storms, and high wind. Been around a few score years and something has sure changed!

[Rex]

5. Winter here in south texas lasted all of two weeks.

But no...don't say global warming...nope, blame it on the Lockness Monster, Bigfoot and his cousin the Yeti. Studies show (haha) that all the flatulence from mythical creatures is the REAL cause of global warming!

[stubtoe]

6. Those are some seriously cool images!

(no pun intended) Thanks for the link

[mom cat]

7. The information on Antarctica is scary.

[OKNancy]

8. Kick

[TechBear_Seattle]

9. Polar ice sheets show net loss

But don't worry! The Current Regime says global warming is a myth; that should be proof this is all a lie of the Liberal Media. :thumbsup:

Polar ice sheets show net loss
By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter

There is a net loss of ice to the ocean from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, a study has found.

In one of the most comprehensive studies of its type, satellite data was used to plot changes in the height of the ice sheets between 1992 and 2002.

Writing in the Journal of Glaciology, a US team says that 20 billion tonnes of water are added to oceans each year.

Mass changes in the ice sheets match predictions from computer models of global climate change, they say.

The article continues at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4790238.stm