By Andrew Bolt
Fifty per cent of hype deducted:
Glaciologists at the Laboratory for Space Studies in Geophysics and Oceanography (LEGOS – CNRS/CNES/IRD/Université Toulouse 3) and their US and Canadian colleagues (1) have shown that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. Recent data from the SPOT 5 and ASTER satellites have enabled researchers to extensively map mass loss in these glaciers, which contributed 0.12 mm/year to sea-level rise between 1962 and 2006, rather than 0.17 mm/year as previously estimated.
(Via Watts Up With That.)
TonyfromOz adds …..
Man, I don’t think I recall a time when I’ve ever been more relieved upon hearing some news. I can breathe so much easier now. Oh! By the way that sea level rise of 0.12mm is four thousandths of an inch, the same as for the thickness of one sheet of paper.
Andrew Bolt is a journalist and columnist writing for The Herald Sun in Melbourne Victoria Australia.
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