Antartic Glaciers surge to ocean

[Xn. Habitat]

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Throughout the 1990s, according to satellite measurements, the glacier was accelerating by around 1% a year. Julian Scott's sensational finding this season is that it now seems to have accelerated by 7% in a single season, sending more and more ice into the ocean.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7261171.stm

[moosejive]

Looks like another thing to keep an eye on......:thinking

[HisAlways]

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=36232

:lol2 Amazing !!

[Xn. Habitat]

In this case there is another suspect.

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Much higher up the course of the glacier there is evidence of a volcano that erupted through the ice about 2,000 years ago and the whole region could be volcanically active, releasing geothermal heat to melt the base of the ice and help its slide towards the sea.
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[heybales219]

Forget global warming: Welcome to the New Ice Age (http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=332289)

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling (http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+Cooli ng/article10866.htm)

[Xn. Habitat]

Posted from other thread;

I see the irony between the 2 articles. :)

However, I do believe in the geothermal activity we seem to be experiencing beneith the plate lines of the world. Why would the antartic be excluded?

We will see. :idunno

[heybales219]

:nod