"Ice loss spreads up Antarctic glaciers" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Dec 2016 10:44 a.m. PST |
"The scale and pace of change now taking place in West Antarctica is captured in a new, long-term satellite record. Scientists have combined nearly a quarter of a century of observations to show how the region's great glaciers are losing height by up to 7m per year. The satellite data also traces the way this thinning behaviour has spread up the length of the ice streams. The glaciers concerned all terminate in the Amundsen Sea and are significant contributors to global ocean rise. Their names are Pine Island, Thwaites, Pope, Smith, and Kohler…"
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Shagnasty  | 12 Dec 2016 7:35 p.m. PST |
The Old Ones are ready to come forth. Or, alternately, the underground UFO base is firing up. |
 Nashville | 12 Dec 2016 9:02 p.m. PST |
the onset and spread of thinning could apply to my hairline |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 13 Dec 2016 3:44 p.m. PST |
Actually rising sea levels due to global warming are really a government plot to flood the underground bases. Only three more feet to go. The Old Ones came forth a long time ago. Personally I'm more concerned about the ones that came first, second and third. |
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tells something about herself.