Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrating
 

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:30:19 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, Lew
Hartswick quickly quoth:

mariposas rand mair fheal wrote:
You do realize that the melting of floating ice does not raise the
water level? And that the recent estimates of the amount the ocean
will raise due to global warming is done in inches, not feet.

is all of the antarctic ice floating ice?


OH! Is all of Antartic ice melting? (not)

No, 10% (an ice shelf) shows signs of melting while the other 90% puts
on more ice depth. Meanwhile, since they started keeping accurate data
on it (130 years now), the temp in Punta Arenas (city closest to
Antarctica) has varied a wee bit, DOWN 0.6 degree C between 1880 and
2003. See the chart in _State of Fear_, page 190. (The source
reference, niss.nasa.gov, is no longer valid.)


...lew... (cross posting deleted)

Ditto.

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