Re: OT: is the AGW bubble about to burst?

In article <46C032C5.C227FFCA@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Eeyore wrote:

bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

And why are(n't) the Maldives under water ?

There's a lot of argument about the speed with which the Antarctic and
Greenland ice sheets are going to slide off into the ocean. I'm not
planning any investments in waterfront property.

Neither are 'sliding' anywhere. The calfing of icebergs is NORMAL !

Sure, it's just that there is more of them these days.

The production of icebergs varies from year to year. The AGWists pick the years when
production's higher to make their invalid point.


Neither are likely to melt either. The average temp in Antarctica is
-20C ! It's pure catastrophism (and junk science) to suggest they're
melting.

They don't have to melt - at least not in the Antarctic - to raise the
water level. The floating ice shelves around the Anarctic are already
breaking up,

The melting of floating ice doesn't increase sea level (other than
minutely).

They don't raise sea level when they melt; the ice raises the sea level
as soon as it starts being supported by buoyancy rather than by land.

Sea level rises if the amount of land-supported ice mass decreases.
This will occur if the icecaps actually shrink at their edges without
growing thicker.

- Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)
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