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Originally Posted by The Fonz
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Not exactly, you have a known sea level rise that isn’t being called into question. The leading theory which was supported by the preponderance of evidence is being challenged by new evidence. If this new evidence holds up to scrutiny and repeatability the new theory will be adopted and the old one discarded. And this new evidence doesn’t really challenge the underlying concept of Antarctica losing ice. It’s just saying that snowfall is currently offsetting those losses
It’s called science, this isn’t a failure of it. It’s how it’s supposed to work.
Also this from the article.
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But it might only take a few decades for Antarctica’s growth to reverse, according to Zwally. “If the losses of the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of West Antarctica continue to increase at the same rate they’ve been increasing for the last two decades, the losses will catch up with the long-term gain in East Antarctica in 20 or 30 years -- I don’t think there will be enough snowfall increase to offset these losses.”
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