ESA's Cryosat Mission Sees Antarctic Ice Losses Double 162
An anonymous reader writes in with news that seems to confirm the alarming reports last week about Antarctic ice melting. "The new assessment comes from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft, which has a radar instrument specifically designed to measure the shape of the ice sheet. The melt loss from the White Continent is sufficient to push up global sea levels by around 0.43mm per year. Scientists report the data in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (abstract). The new study incorporates three years of measurements from 2010 to 2013, and updates a synthesis of observations made by other satellites over the period 2005 to 2010. Cryosat has been using its altimeter to trace changes in the height of the ice sheet — as it gains mass through snowfall, and loses mass through melting."
I REMEMBER FLORIDA (Score:4, Funny)
Not fondly, of course...
Re:Death By Millimeters (Score:2, Funny)
The narrative requires that you use appropriate units and derivatives.
In 100 years the oceans will rise 43 000 microns! That's a 2300% increase over the previous 100 years!
Carry on.
Re:0.43 mm per year, eh? (Score:5, Funny)
No, see, only government intervention can harm an economy. It's right there in their political philosophy, so it must be a true.