| Bad Reporting, Southern Hemisphere Ice, & Polar Bears |
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| Written by Craig James, WOOD-TV Blog | |
| Wednesday, 16 January 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 2 NBC did a story the other day on a new study that shows the
Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be melting at a dramatically increased
rate over the past 10 years. You can find an article about the study here. The abstract is here.
There seems to be some confusion over how this could be since we’ve all
heard that the ice in the Southern Hemisphere was at a record high in
2007.
There have been other studies that refute the idea of a reduced mass of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. See here and here. Even the IPCC says the trend in the Antarctic is inconclusive and it is a shame, but not unexpected, that NBC would not mention this. I should also note that it would not be correct to say that the Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice coverage being at a record maximum in 2007 refutes the study about a shrinking of the Antarctic Ice Sheet mass up to 2006, since that would be comparing apples to oranges. |
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