Monday 25 February 2008

"Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean"

This article is only mildly hysterical and moderately informative - especially the likely explanation that the ice is melting because of volcanic activity. Best of all are the closing sentences ...

"If the glacier does continue to surge and discharge most of it [sic] ice into the sea, say the researchers, the Pine Island Glacier alone could raise global sea level by 25cm. That might take decades or a century, but neighbouring glaciers are accelerating too and if the entire region were to lose its ice, the sea would rise by 1.5m worldwide."

Wot? A rise of five feet over a century? That's what we're supposed to be panicking about? That does it, you've cried wolf once too often now and I can sleep easily again.

2 comments:

Scott Freeman said...

Isn't surging towards the ocean what glaciers are meant to do???

The Remittance Man said...

Dash it! Mr Clark gets there ahead of me.