How NASA Is Tracking Antarctica's Sea Ice

Mother Nature Network:

It's no secret that the planet’s glaciers are melting. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that sea levels have risen from 6 to 8 inches in the past 100 years. Some experts estimate that sea levels will rise as much as 20 inches by the year 2100, which could wreck havoc on coastal cities.

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[politicaltimes]

05:48 PM on 03/18/2012

Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage An amazing book review!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKY7HJ2RMgU

[palindrom]

08:38 PM on 03/01/2012

I glanced at the article and didn't see any mention of the amazing GRACE (heh heh) satellites.

http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/

[ThinkCreeps]

05:54 PM on 03/02/2012

Grace doesn't tell anything about floating ice - just about ice resting on the ground.

[palindrom]

06:09 PM on 03/02/2012

That's got to be right, thanks.

Of course, Rush Limbaugh tells us that it doesn't matter if ice melts, because the water level doesn't rise in a glass if the ice melts.

His science is nearly on par with his basic human decency.

[artleads]

03:01 PM on 03/01/2012

Deniers have a hard time denying the correlation between global warming and ice melt, so they've turned to the most bizarre ploy of all: claiming that pictures of Arctic ice loss is no more than trick photography!