WRITTEN BY H. STERLING BURNETT ON MAR 5, 2024. POSTED IN NEWS AND OPINION
No, CNN, Climate Change Is Not Driving Doomsday Glacier’s Decline
thwaites ice shelfA CNN story implies that supposed human-caused climate change is causing the Thwaites Glacier to melt, causing sea level rise. This is false.
Data show that Antarctica has not been warming. Also, the study CNN cited itself shows the glacier has declined dramatically and recovered repeatedly in the past, all without human contribution, suggesting the present decline is part of a natural cycle. [emphasis, links added]
At approximately the size of Florida, the Thwaites Glacier is the broadest glacier on Earth. The Thwaites Glacier is often referred to as the “Doomsday Glacier,” based on the belief that a complete collapse would cause as much as two feet of sea level rise over time.
The CNN story, “The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why,” discusses a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which determined when the present decline began.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/no-cnn-climate-change-is-not-driving-doomsday-glaciers-decline/
