we could send the Deadliest Catch guys down to put a stop to this
Why Antarctica Isn't Melting Much --
Yet
Scientists Explain Complex Climate Patterns
86 comments By FRED PEARCE ABC
Jan. 9, 2010
Antarctica is warming, but not melting anything like as much as expected. In fact, during the continent's summer this time last year, there was less melting than at any time in the 30 years that we have had reliable satellite measurements of the region.
The apparent contradiction is explained by the seasonal pattern of warming, say two glaciologists writing in Eos, the weekly newspaper of the American Geophysical Union.
The continent's winters and springs have warmed most, but it is still too cold in these seasons for anything to melt. Melting in Antarctica happens almost entirely in the summers, which have warmed very little, say Andrew Monaghan of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and Marco Tedesco of the City College of New York.
John King of the British Antarctic Survey, based in Cambridge, warned against misinterpreting the lack of summer warming.
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Climate change denialists will use this work as evidence that Antarctica is not warming, despite the authors saying their works show no such thing," he said.
I love that..."climate change denialists"
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