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 |  Subject: Antarctica Sensation: Ice Shelves Surrounding the Continent Grew in Overall Size From 2009-2019  Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:38 pm | |
| Antarctica Sensation: Ice Shelves Surrounding the Continent Grew in Overall Size From 2009-2019 The ice shelves surrounding Antarctica grew in overall size during the 11 years to 2019, according to dramatic new evidence published by three climate scientists from the University of Leeds. The growth was significant with overall shelf area increasing by 5,305 km2, adding 0.4% to the total shelf area in the 11 years under review. The paper has just been published by the influential European Geosciences Union, but it raises questions within the ‘settled’ climate science narrative, so it is highly unlikely to be covered by mainstream media The Leeds researchers looked at satellite data to measure the annual calving position and area of 34 ice sheets accounting for 80% of the Antarctica coastline. They found reductions in the area on the Antarctica Peninsula and West Antarctica of 6,693 km2and 5,563 km2 respectively were outweighed by growth in East Antarctica of 3,532 km2and 14,028 km2 in the large Ross and Ronne-Filchner ice shelves. The largest retreat occurred on the Larsen C shelf when 5,917 km2 was lost in a single calving event that made alarmist headlines around the world. The largest increase, noted in slightly less media detail, was the 5,889 km2 advance on the Ronne platform. Read more: Antarctica Sensation: Ice Shelves Surrounding the Continent Grew in Overall Size From 2009-2019 Ice shelves around the coast of Antarctica play an important role in the cycle of ice production since they often buttress the glaciers behind them. Remove the plug and glaciers can move at a faster rate towards the coast. The shelves show considerable natural variation allowing alarmists to cherry-pick significant collapses into the sea to promote a hypothesis that the overall climate is breaking down. Typical of this coverage was an article by BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos in 2021 under a ‘climate change’ heading, noting, “The Antarctic ice shelf in the line of fire.” In 2017, i News reported comments broadcast by Sir David Attenborough said to warn that “Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could flood London by end of century” read full article here- https://dailysceptic.org/2023/06/04/antarctica-sensation-ice-shelves-surrounding-the-continent-grew-in-overall-size-from-2009-2019/ |
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