Read my signature, HenFesterXXX... It's a quote from an 0zombie, just like youDid you actually READ the NASA report???
Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB
First, the gain slowed from one decade to the next, and the data does not take into account the last 9 years.
"According to the new analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tons of ice a year from 1992 to 2001. That net gain slowed to 82 billion tons of ice per year between 2003 and 2008."
Second, some areas are gaining and some are losing. And long-term, over the next few decades, the losses will be greater than the gains according to the report.
"But it might only take a few decades for Antarctica’s growth to reverse, according to Zwally. “If the losses of the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of West Antarctica continue to increase at the same rate they’ve been increasing for the last two decades, the losses will catch up with the long-term gain in East Antarctica in 20 or 30 years -- I don’t think there will be enough snowfall increase to offset these losses.”"