Timothy Birdnow

I can hear it now "oh, uh, uh, it's because of global warming elsewhere; the Earth is trying to move the heat around!"

Antarctica is almost entirely below freezing year round. Only a few isolated spots ever get above freezing. How is global warming causing ice to melt in a place that cold? They try to say it's the water, but the Antarctic is surrounded by a wide, deep, cold current which traps the cold water in and keeps the warmer water out. It's patently ridiculous.

New Melting Hotspot Found in East Antarctica

From the article:

The sub-glacier melting hotspot was identified by a team of Hokkaido University scie8th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. The icebreaker ship was able to make its way into Lützow-Holm Bay after a serendipitous breakup of heavy sea ice.

"Our data suggests that the ice directly beneath the Shirase Glacier Tongue is melting at a rate of 7 to 16 meters per year," study co-author Daisuke Hirano, said in a news release.

Over the course of the 2017 expedition to East Antarctica and the Shirase Glacier Tongue, Hokkaido researchers recorded data on water temperature, salinity and oxygen levels at 31 different locations. Scientists combined their measurements with data on the area's currents and wind, as well as ice radar measurements.

When researchers fed their data into a model designed to simulate coastal ocean currents near the inland base of Shirase Glacier Tongue, the simulations revealed the melting effects an ongoing influx of deep, warm water.

Simulations showed the warm water moves through a deep ocean trough and melts the base of Shirase Glacier Tongue. As the warm water rises up and away from the base, it mixes with the glacial meltwater.

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