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GliderGuider

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11. I expect we'll find this to be the case.

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 09:48 PM

Dec 2013

We can measure the volume of Arctic ice much more easily by using satellite instruments to measure the height of the ice surface above the water it's floating on.

We are only now getting a reasonable one-time estimate of the volume of Antarctic ice. We don't have a time series of it yet. Extent changes in Antarctic sea ice are insignificant when it comes to global warming. Pointing to its behavior is a classic denier hallmark.

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I expect we'll find this to be the case. GliderGuider Dec 2013 #11

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