Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology, Western Wa****ngton
University, author of 8 books, 150 journal publications with focus on
geomorphology; glacial geology; Pleistocene geochronology; environmental
and engineering geology.
CBS-TV, 60 Minutes, Burlington, Wa****ngton
March 30, 2008
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/DonEasterbrookInterviewTranscript.pdf
As an aside, you know the big news from the Antarctic about the Wilkins
Ice Shelf breaking up? The headlines in some news media was something
like 'Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapses'. It's not the ice sheet, which is
15,000 feet thick. What we're talking about is really thin shelf ice
along the margin which has been warmed by ocean water. We've had thirty
years of global warming, and the water has gotten getting warmer. So
what? The truth is, the main Antarctic ice sheet is getting colder. The
snow records show the same thing. The ice is not shrinking, it's
growing. Al Gore says it's 40 degrees down there and everything is going
to melt and the sea level will rise. Hansen has said the sea level could
rise as much as 250 feet. It's insane! Absurd!
KLC: They love talking about the area that sticks out into the
Pacific-Atlantic intersection.
DJE: The shelf ice is really thin. In terms of total volume, it's
nothing, a fraction of one-percent. It doesn't mean anything. It's what
you'd expect if you have warm ocean water. It's impressive because it
has a broad area, but it is really thin. The climate is not warmer down
there, the surrounding ocean is warmer. Al Gore was quoted as saying
something about talking to somebody who said it was thawing in
Antarctica where it was something like 40 degrees. Someone bothered to
look up the temperature. At that point on the ice cap it was 47 below
zero. The caller was down on the coast someplace by the nice warm ocean
water.
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"America in Longest Warm Spell Since 1776; Temperature Line Records a
25-year Rise" New York Times, March 27, 1933
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