Antarctica Isn’t Melting – A New Study Finds It’s Actually Gaining Ice

Antarctica isn’t the reason sea levels are rising

by Silvia Ascarelli
Market Watch

Antarctica is gaining ice, unlike the North Pole, where the polar caps are melting, according to a new scientific report.

But it doesn’t change those scientists’ belief that the planet is getting warmer and the weather is changing.

The thickening ice in parts on Antarctica means the continent isn’t contributing to rising sea levels, contrary to the conclusion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2013 study. Rather, it is taking water out of the ocean at the rate of a quarter of a millimeter per year, said H. Jay Zwally, a glaciologist at the University of Maryland and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center who led the study.

But that little bit of good news doesn’t dent the case for global warming, he said. Climate-change deniers “should not take comfort in this, and they should not use this as proof that their denials are correct.”

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