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Originally Posted by NewOldGuy
I quoted directly from NASA that only 11% of the glaciers in Antarctica are shrinking. What you posted about doesn't address that or dispute it. You'll also note I agreed with post #542. Further, I haven't made any claims. I started by quoting a news headline from a couple days ago, and then quoted and linked some facts from NASA about glaciers and about the artic ice. Nothing there to dispute.
Which post # did you cite the NASA Antarctica data in? I can't find it.
Anyways, the whole point of the article I linked was to look further in depth into your exact gotcha fact!
Antarctica made of three areas: Eastern Ice Sheet (massive, most of the continent), Western Ice Sheet (considerable chunk), Peninsula (small part).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
Your claim is ostensibly that the eastern sheet is growing, ie your "only 11% of the glaciers are shrinking" data. So wouldn't it be nice if we had a study that attempt to look at the magnitude of losses elsewhere versus the gains in the Eastern Ice Sheet, as well as the certainty of the data collected in the two different places? Wouldn't that be a lot more relevant to the central question here than "x% of glaciers are shrinking!"?
That's the study I linked. Your whole gotcha about Antarctic glacial ice gain seems to be something that is being studied closely by the scientific community and the results of this studying run against your entire narrative on the point.