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New study reveals
Antarctic ice shelf area has grown by 5305 km2 from 2009-2019
by the European Geosciences Union reveals that the Antarctic ice shelf area has
grown by 5305 km2 from 2009-2019, gaining 661 Gt of ice
mass over the past decade.
The new observations
confirm the findings of eminent meteorologist Professor J. Ray Bates whose
research has shown that trends in polar sea-ice levels give little cause for
alarm.
In a paper published just over a year ago by
the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Professor Bates contrasted climate
model simulations – which predict significantly decreasing sea ice levels in
both hemispheres – with empirical data and observed trends in Arctic and
Antarctic sea ice.
Professor Bates said:
"In 2007, Al Gore
told us that Arctic sea ice levels were ‘falling off a cliff’. It’s clear now
that he was completely wrong. In fact, the trends in sea-ice are an antidote to
climate alarm.”
Professor Bates also says that little reliance should be placed on model
simulations of future sea-ice decline:
"Climate models
failed to predict the growth in Antarctic sea ice, and they missed the recent
marked slowdown of sea-ice decline in the Arctic. It would be unwarranted to
think they are going to get things right over the next 30 years.”
Professor Bates’ paper
can be downloaded here (pdf)
via climate science
June 4, 2023 at 01:58AM
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