From: The Australian
• Ice expanding in much of Antarctica
• Eastern coast getting colder
• Western section remains a concern
ICE is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap.
The results of ice-core drilling and sea ice monitoring indicate there is no large-scale melting of ice over most of Antarctica, although experts are concerned at ice losses on the continent’s western coast.
For a complete picture of what’s happening on Antarctica, satellite gravity measurements of the entire continent find that East Antarctica is in approximate rough balance while West Antarctica is losing ice. Eg – the net result is Antarctica is losing land ice.