From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 18:45:22 MDT
On Thursday 25 July 2002 14:33, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> --- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 11:33 am, Charles
> >
> > Hixson wrote:
> > > spike66 wrote:
> > >> ...
> > >> Scientists seem to agree on at least one aspect
> >...
>
> THe fact is that Antarctica's ice cap is highly stable
> (it's been totally stable for the last 14 million
> years) and will continue to become more stable and
> colder as long as the continent is tectonically....
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Try it this way. Some parts of the ice cap were measured to have been stable
for the last 14 million years. Then I'll agree with you. OTOH, other parts
of the ice cap have increased the speed with which they flow toward the
ocean. This is to be expected, as with every degree which the temperature of
the ice increases, the structural strength decreases.
The catastrophy may be wrong, but that doesn't mean that nothing is changing.
In fact changes have been measured. The disagreements are about how
significant this is. I consider my estimate of a foot or two to be
moderately conservative, though not extremely so. Of course, I'm no expert
in this area, so if someone who is an expert will refer me to reasons for
believing that I'm wrong, I'll probably be properly abashed.
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