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1/21/2009
5:29:36 pm EST
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Antarctica Is Warming, Not Cooling: Study
Author: Alister Doyle Source: Reuters
Title: ANTARCTICA IS WARMING, NOT COOLING: STUDY
Antarctica is getting warmer rather than cooling as widely believed, according to a study that fits the icy continent into a trend of global warming.
A review by U.S. scientists of satellite and weather records for Antarctica, which contains 90 percent of the world's ice and would raise world sea levels if it thaws, showed that freezing temperatures had risen by about 0.5 Celsius (0.8 Fahrenheit) since the 1950s.
"The thing you hear all the time is that Antarctica is cooling and that's not the case," said Eric Steig of the University of Washington in Seattle, lead author of the study in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature.
The average temperature rise was "very comparable to the global average," he told a telephone news briefing.
Skeptics about man-made global warming have in the past used reports of a cooling of Antarctica as evidence to back their view that warming is a myth.
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| Ice Age | Jan 22nd. at 11:14:19 am EST
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Kamrusepas (Southampton, England) - Email Me
Let's face it, we've all heard about how ten thousand years ago half of Europe was covered in ice etc. and we (the planet) were in an ice age... while there is still ice at the poles permanently we are in an ice age. We are coming out of one and for that to happen the ice has to melt. Now don't get me wrong, i am worried about species dying out and how humanity is probably making it go faster and we are poisoning the atmosphere but it will happen even if we dive back into the dark ages and give electricity, cars and hairspray.
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| Addendum | Jan 22nd. at 7:22:29 am EST
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Eran Rathan (Old Town, Maine) - Email Me
it was warmer in Antarctica this week than it was in Bangor, Maine.
:- (
...even if it is their summer.
Eran Rathan
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| "global Warming" Is A Bad Label. | Jan 22nd. at 7:20:12 am EST
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Eran Rathan (Old Town, Maine) - Email Me
A more appropriate (but less sensational) is 'rapid climate change'.
And yes, with the current models, it is expected that certain areas will get colder (most noticably the Upper Midwest, New England, the Maritimes, Britain and Ireland) while most others get considerably hotter (The Deep South, California, Continental Europe) ...The overall effect is thus (the short version) :
Temperature climbs to a point where the North Atlantic Downwelling (an area near Iceland where the Gulf Stream goes from warm surface water to cold deep water, because of changes in temperature and salinity) for all intents and purposes turns off, either from too warm temperatures or from too little salinity (from icemelt in the Arctic) . The Gulf Stream warms most of northern Europe, as well as the entire East Coast of the US. If that stream diminishes too far, a new ice age can start...and judging by the oxygen 16/18 ratios ( a measure of historic temperatures) , we're well on the way to the next one.
On a happier note, that means that the Saraha would be habitable again...
Eran Rathan
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| Same Thing Happening Here | Jan 21st. at 9:10:24 pm EST
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Opus the Poet (Garland, Texas) - Email Me - Web
As in Antarctica. We have had the 4 warmest years on record since 1998. The weird thing is we haven't had a really hot summer in a while, just warm dry winters.
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| If The Winters... | Jan 21st. at 7:57:31 pm EST
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
remain as cold as this one, we may have to open immigration offices for both Penguins and Polar Bears in the MidWest.
Seriously, I do worry about those disappearing ice sheets. Especially when one sees icebergs the size of Rhode Island floating around in the ocean after breaking off. What scares me is when the ice isn't there anymore.
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| COME HERE TO NY.... | Jan 21st. at 5:56:09 pm EST
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Whitewolf (Schenectady, New York) - Email Me
you would begin to doubt all this "global warming" stuff. As my sister says, "what globe are they on?" This is one of the coldest winters I've seen since I was a kid! Right now I'd LOVE some warmth!
Love to all
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