Antarctica 2.0 - 4

Fig. 1a

Fig. 1b

Fig. 1c

This series has pointed out that the story the textbooks told, inspired no doubt by Oil-Qaeda (Climate Change Court Hearing) is not accurate.

Antarctica has been melting longer than the textbooks inform us (Antarctica 2.0, 2, 3).

 The graphics at Fig. 1a - Fig. 1c show tidewater glaciers at the termini of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (Newsweek, The Cryosphere).

The original color scheme is shown in Fig. 1b, but I added some different color schemes to give it contrast.

The State of the Cryosphere (SOTC) is that acceleration is visible, and that a small percentage of melt is a threat to civilization (The 1.14% vs. The 100%, 2, 3).

Now, the Totten Glacier in Wilkes Land is not the only game in town (Recent high-resolution Antarctic ice velocity maps reveal increased mass loss in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica).

That paper in the journal Nature does an analysis of tidewater glaciers in six areas of Antarctica (West Indian Ocean, East Indian Ocean, Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, and the Weddell Sea).

Those areas are shown in Fig. 2a.

Fig. 2a

Fig. 2b

I graphed the water temperatures of those six areas in Fig. 2b - Fig. 2g at all depths where in situ measurements have been taken.

Fig. 2c

Fig. 2d

The story that they tell is about the same for areas I covered previously in terms of the temperature of the water that is melting all these tidewater glaciers (Hot, Warm, & Cold Thermal Facts: Tidewater-Glaciers, 2, 3, 4).

Fig. 2e

Fig. 2f

Fig. 2g

The water that is melting the glaciers is just barely less cold than the ice, and less cold at deeper areas.

As I pointed out in the "Hot, Warm, & Cold Thermal Facts: Tidewater-Glaciers" series, that water is so cold it would literally kill us to be in it more than a short span of time (see Hot, Warm, & Cold Thermal Facts: Tidewater-Glaciers - 3).

Less than two percent of the ice in the Cryosphere has melted so far.

We are in for a rough ride because when we get to two or three percent melted there will be hell to pay:

The Extinction of Robust Sea Ports, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

• The Extinction of Charleston
• The Extinction of Philadelphia
• The Extinction of Washington, D.C.
• The Extinction of Boston
• The Extinction of Miami
• The Extinction of Manzanillo
• The Extinction of Houston
• The Extinction of Providence
• The Extinction of Chesapeake Bay Islands

On The More Robust Sea Level Computation Techniques, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

On Thermal Expansion & Thermal Contraction, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32

SLC Fingerprints R Us, 2

New Type of SLC Detection Model, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

The Evolution of Models, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Proxymetry³, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Questionable "Scientific" Papers, 2, 3, 4, 5

The Ghost-Water Constant, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

The Gravity of Sea Level Change, 2, 3, 4

NASA Busts The Ghost

Don't Believe In Abrupt Sea Level Change - Know About It, 2, 3

Proof of Concept, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8


Why Sea Level Rise May Be The Greatest Threat To Civilization, 2, 3, 4, 5

• Zone In On Sea Level Change
• Late Early Warning System For Sea Ports
• Flailing In a Sea of Panic and Propaganda
• Top 100 Sea Ports
• The 1% May Face The Wrath of Sea Level Rise First
• Why The Military Can't Defend Against The Invasion
• Weekend Rebel Science Excursion - 44

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