{"id":260928,"date":"2023-06-06T14:14:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260928"},"modified":"2023-06-06T14:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:14:09","slug":"scientists-caught-inflating-antarctic-ice-losses-3000-more-than-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260928","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Caught Inflating Antarctic Ice Losses 3000% More Than Observations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By\u00a0Kenneth Richard<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>5. June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A new study utilizing satellite\u00a0observations\u00a0determines Antarctic-wide ice shelves\u00a0gained\u00a0661 Gt of mass from 2009 to 2019. An approach relying on\u00a0assumptions\u00a0of an unrealistic \u201csteady state\u201d or fixed calving flux (instead of real-world time-variable observations) estimates a net Antarctic ice shelf loss of -20,028 Gt over this same 11-year period \u2013 a more than 30-fold distortion of observed ice loss.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New research (Andreasen et al., 2023<\/a><\/strong>) uses observational evidence from MODIS to assess net ice losses, gains for 34 ice shelves across Antarctica from 2009-2019. These observed data show the mass gains from East Antarctica and the Ross and Ronne-Filchner ice shelves were larger on net than the mass losses in West Antarctica and the Peninsula. Consequently, Antarctica as a whole has been gaining<\/em> mass since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOverall, the Antarctic ice shelf area has grown by 5,305\u2009km\u00b2 since 2009, with 18 ice shelves retreating and 16 larger shelves growing in area.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most studies utilize an alarmism-friendly \u201csteady-state assumption\u201d approach to estimate ice losses \u201cin the absence of observations.\u201d This allows the agenda-driven facilitators of ice loss estimates to \u201coverestimate ice loss on ice shelves that are advancing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, using the \u201csteady-state assumption\u201d method, a net loss of\u00a0-20,028 Gt<\/strong><\/mark>\u00a0could be alleged for Antarctic ice shelves from 2009-2019. Satellite observations, in contrast, assess a\u00a0+661 Gt<\/strong><\/mark>\u00a0mass\u00a0gain<\/em>\u00a0during this same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, assumption-based ice losses are artificially inflated over 3,000% more than observations, flagrantly misrepresenting ice shelf behavior across Antarctica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The practice of distorting the numbers to drive a narrative<\/em> has infiltrated another aspect of climate science.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A new study utilizing satellite\u00a0observations\u00a0determines Antarctic-wide ice shelves\u00a0gained\u00a0661 Gt of mass from 2009 to 2019. 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