Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill14564
Wrong equation. It isn't a loss of 5*.13=.65%, it is a maintenance of (1-.13)^5=50%. So that statement says Antarctica has lost an amount of mass equivalent to 50%.
Other papers agree that Antarctica is losing mass and that the rate is increasing.
However, still other papers counter that while the loss of mass is significant, there is also a gain of mass due to snowfall. Some of those papers claim the gain of mass is larger than the loss of mass which would mean the mass of the ice cover on Antarctica is increasing, not decreasing.
|
Thank you, I'm aware of the math but I was being lazy. Nonetheless, the claim that Antarctica has lost 50% of its ice since 1970 is completely idiotic. Start moving the decimal point about 2 places.