CompositeBeing t1_jabyvsw wrote
Sea ice = floating ice. Its melting does not increase the average sea level. The southern hemisphere has summer right now and it is perfectly normal for an ice to melt during summer.
Bergensis t1_jaca90w wrote
> Sea ice = floating ice. Its melting does not increase the average sea level.
As the article states:
"...the sea ice rings Antarctica's massive ice shelves, the extensions of the freshwater glaciers that threaten catastrophic sea level rise over centuries if they continue melting as global temperatures rise."
I might also add that ice reflects more sunshine than sea, and a reduction of ice, whether it is on land or sea, reduces the amount of solar energy that is reflected back into space:
Zeustitandog t1_jae86zh wrote
Your literally describing why it’s gonna start makeing levels rise soon
But saying see since it isn’t rising yet we’re okay
beaucoupBothans t1_jaeskb3 wrote
They are measuring year over year so summer is irrelevant to the study.
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