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Polar Ice Cap is Growing

by Steve
5/24/2005 10:51:00 AM

And now for a different kind of meltdown being averted.

Data published in a report on Nature.com shows that ice on the Eastern portion of Antarctica is growing, instead of melting, suggesting that the rise of ocean levels is going to take a lot longer than most activists previously thought:
The team used data from the European Space Agency's radar satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2, which measured changes in altitude over about 70% of Antarctica's interior - more than 8.5 million square kilometres, roughly the same size as the United States.

East Antarctica thickened at an average rate of about 1.8 centimetres per year over the time period studied, the researchers discovered. The region comprises about 75% of Antarctica's total land area - but as its ice is thicker, it carries about 85% of the total ice volume. "It is the only large terrestrial ice body that is gaining mass rather than losing it," says Davis.
I learned about this report after reading a thread about global warming on another forum.

One thing that caught my eye, is that a poster going by the name of "Vapor Trails" responded by saying that he earned a degree in Environmental Science, and pretty much discounted the threat of global warming as pop-science. I quote him as follows:
I've worked with two types of scientists. One type is simply interested in finding truth; hypothesize, then test the hypothesis. That's it. The other is an activist and will do nearly anything to draw conclusions that fit that scientists pre-conceived notions. It's a shame, really.

And while I did not specifically study the issue of global warming, the other studies I did were complimentary and I have concluded that:

1. Global warming - and cooling- is simply built in to the geography of our planet.

2. Only human arrogance could possibly think we are significant enough to have any effect on global warming/cooling.

Of course many would dispute my claim, but I can cite just as much research data to support my position as they can theirs; perhaps more.

As you well know, researchers must justify their budgets and they will not get any grant money if they conclude, "Nothing's wrong. And we couldn't affect it if it were." It's money and politics that drive these so-called conclusions, not science.
The money part is interesting. In order for scientists to get big budget grants, they have to make conclusions that satisfy the agendas of political groups. So how do we really know if global warming exists, if greed and power is the root of such scientific studies?

3 Comments:

  • Precisely!

    This is why that fellow Landsea quit the UN program. They were publishing reports with incorrect conclusions like: hurricanes are going to get much worse due to global warming. The reality is that global warming would have little impact on the intensity of any given hurricane season or even many of them. Landsea is one of the leading experts on tropical cyclones. The "scientists" in the UN program were trying to lend credence to their wrong conclusions by including him in their work. He resigned. Maybe a few other "good scientists" should do likewise.

    The old saying about telling the truth vs. telling lies is as applicable in this global warming thing as anywhere else. Somebody told a lie and then, to hide it, he had to tell another one. Now there is this whole complex collection of lies which have to be created to hide previous lies. It takes a lot of effort to keep the lie going. It takes a lot of people to keep the lie going. Unfortunately it takes a lot of money to keep the lie going.

    We are living in dangerous times when scientists say what they say merely to keep themselves in research grants.

    By Blogger Dave, at 7:58 AM, May 25, 2005  

  • to stay honest and consistent with this line of thought one must also realize that Darwinian evolution is also a myth that has become part of the establishment of "science," while the scientific evidence of a Creator abounds.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:39 AM, July 22, 2007  

  • I agree with Mr.Anonymous above. Evidence of our creator, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is abound.

    By Anonymous Ben, at 4:01 AM, December 14, 2007  

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