On Apr 20, 1:13 pm, "oonbz" wrote:
April 19 2009

Wow, have we reached a tipping point in the Australian media?

I could hardly keep up with all the climate realist articles which appeared in the
Australian media yesterday:

Revealed: Antarctic ice growing

The Australian, April 18, 2009

ICE is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that
global warming is melting the continental ice cap..


Of course the claim is wrong. Antarctica's ice mass is shrinking. The
larger part -- East Antrarctica is either stable or (possibly) grwoing
marginally, but West Antarctica is shrinking as a result of warming.

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Ian Allison, head of the Australian Antarctic Division's ice, ocean,
atmosphere and climate program, says outside of western Antarctica,
ice levels are remaining steady or possibly increasing.

"Over most of Antarctica the surface temperatures are very well below
the freezing point," he said.

"So it requires more than a slight warming before you start getting
significant melt.

"In east Antarctica there may be a slight increase due to increased
snow fall."

But Dr Allison says overall, ice levels are still falling.

"In west Antarctica, the smaller bit that hangs off the tail going up
towards the Antarctic peninsula, some of the very large glaciers have
increased their speed and are discharging more ice into the
atmosphere," he said.

"On average, west Antarctica is losing more ice than the east is
gaining."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...20/2547067.htm
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Fran