Isn't the mass of Antarctica growing? How does that fit into global warming?

Question

www.nature.com/news/2005/050516/full/050516-10.html

www.iceagenow.com/Antarctica_Growing_Colder.htm

Answer 1

I know what your trying g to say, but you worded the question wrong so the global warmers have jumped all over you.
During the Cretaceous period there were no ice caps so how can the global warmers answer that. You cannot blame the dinosaurs for producing too much CO2. Must have been dino farts then.

Answer 2

NO-ithe ice- bergs are melting but did read some heartening new that the Major Ice MASS that had scientists concerned what the dire consequences would be when it broke loose because of the warming waters is being kept in place because at the ground level in the ocean the water is still cold enough to keep it frozen to the ocean floor for now.Global Warming is no myth it is real and it is here -are you not aware of the world wide weather changes that are happening right now.One example-the winter ski resorts had a very bad year last winter -Why? NO SNOW Or so little Not Enough to ski or any winter sport activities.Europe even Northern Europe, I used to go to school with walls of snow on either side of me, is having hotter than ever in the history of Europe not summers BUT WINTERS.

Answer 3

No, 99 (sorry, 23) the Antarctic mass is static, and the ice shelves around it are breaking away as the planet warms. There was a very large iceberg, measured in square kilometres, recently seen 250 kilometres off New Zealand - to the East, not the South. This has never happened before, so rest assured, the climate change is progressing at an increasing rate, and all's right with the world.

Answer 4

Global warming doesn't happen evenly. Overall, the world gets warmer, but in some places it might even get cooler.

Warmer ocean waters around Antarctica may cause more snow. In the Arctic, it's getting warmer so fast that doesn't help. In Antarctica, which is getting warmer much more slowly, it may increase snow/ice mass.

Some nice pictures of projected changes in temperatures all around the world here:

http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

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Answer 5

it isn't so it doesn't
if it did it would be from seismic activity with is totally independent of global warming.

if your talking about the ice cover no it is retreating at an alarming rate and huge ice burges are breaking off and not reforming. the Antarctic ice cover is in serious trouble ane is , not will, is releasing millions of litres of water into the ocean

Answer 6

how is the mass of antarctica growing? i can't figure how they can weigh a continent.

Answer 7

No, the ice shelf is melting away faster than the glaciers can replace it.