What does it mean now that the South Polar Ice Field is going and thickening?

2014-11-26T14:37:32-05:00

We have all heard the debate about Man-Made Climate Change and melting polar caps. Well a robotic sub has shown that sea thickness in the Antarctic is increasing. This according to New Science Magazine in it's Nov. 24th, 2014 article.

The change suggests that this ice is an all-time record and really a surprise to the scientists involved. The yearly increase is estimated at 19,000 to 20,000 sq miles of accretion.

The questions are why and what is causing this increase? Global temperatures? Perhaps, because the nature of the ice seems to indicate ice bunching up and refreezing. More to come. Oh and the ice is much thicker and sampling way up as well using 3-D techniques.

Response by 1LT Nick Kidwell made Nov 26 at 2014 2:52 PM

2014-11-26T14:52:52-05:00

I think that our ecosystem is far more resilient than we give it credit for, and is far too complex for us to fully understand.

After all, isn't meteorology just fortune-telling with numbers? ;)

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2014 2:50 PM

2014-11-26T14:50:27-05:00

Not much, really. There will be those that say thickening ice is a result of "climate change". There will be others that will say it is a continuance of a natural cycle.

Let the spin begin.
Debate will continue.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2014 3:04 PM

2014-11-26T15:04:26-05:00

It's mean Al Gore got rich peddling a bag of BS and as usual, politicans, liberals, and movie stars bought it, hook line and sinker! Current Administration included! And they will try to come up with a way to tax it as Global Freezing now....or maybe be by executive order if the Congress can not agree on it as well.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2014 4:33 PM

2014-11-26T16:33:28-05:00

That the majority of people will believe most anything without question when someone with the least bit of influence says it is so.

Response by SSG V. Michelle Woods made Nov 27 at 2014 8:00 AM

2014-11-27T08:00:00-05:00

I try to look at this objectively instead of taking it so personal like so many others.

I do not believe every one of the many Nobel Prize winning scientists and supporters of global warming theories, actually did it all as a grand scheme to screw with us.

SOME people had ulterior monetary motives, but could it be that the majority of these people who dedicated their entire careers to this theory sincerely believed our planet was in extreme and immediate danger due to the effects of greenhouse gases? Could it be most of them were sincere in trying to save us? Be fair, it's not like they had ZERO scientific backing.

I tell ya what, if I knew an asteroid was going to destroy half the world, I don't think I'd warn anyone because Lord knows if I got it wrong, despite my sincerity, I'd be crucified by the millions of google scientists on this planet.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 27 at 2014 8:39 AM

2014-11-27T08:39:36-05:00

I've been saying it for a decade, the earth's climate is cyclic and Mother Earth has an incredible way of healing itself. I believe this is evident by two obvious things; first during this recent warming period we discovered villages (presumably Viking) previously covered in ice and snow in Greenland; secondly, look at the fashion trends threw the centuries. Some periods people wore thick heavy cloths and robes, in other periods people wore light fabrics exposing more of themselves.

Could man destroy the earth? Yes, I think we have the capability to create harm to our environment faster than it can repair itself. But even areas of massive destruction such as Hiroshima and Chernobyl the ecosystem has either returned or is returning and is safe for humans to enter. This has happened fairly quickly compared to the life of this old rock.

Will humans destroy this world? If my children taught me anything when they were young it is that we just cant have nice things. We have become a disposable society; how many TV and small appliance repair shops do you have in your town? We have designed a society where it is almost cheaper to trash the old and buy a new whatever it was. It is almost cheaper to buy a printer than it is to get ink for the darn things. I for one miss the days of going to Great Granny's house and helping my Dad change the blown bulb fuse in her console TV.

Response by PO1 Walter Duncan made Nov 27 at 2014 10:28 AM

2014-11-27T10:28:32-05:00

On the Northern Pole , if they would stop using the ice breakers they might find the ice sheets will not recede as much every year. But, every year the Russians and Canadians break up the ice. They need to stop and the ice will not recede as much and year after year it will increase. The only reason they call for the Global stuff is to tax Carbon emissions. But, it is for the larger free countries. China is not, Russia is not. Only the Democratic countries are really abiding by any emission control as a way to tax and control carbon emissions which are OOC in other countries that ignore emission standards, look at China, WOW! It is all about taxing for countries and the UN. The data they have is corrupted, some may be valid but some is corrupted. If any corrupted data were brought for a research program the research would be immediately thrown out and invalidated, but not true with Climate Change. Come to Arkansas the Climate Changes here every day. Check the history of the planet, how many ice ages has it been though? Thought so.