Experts say that record heat causes record ice
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It is one of the greatest puzzles in the science of climate change, and has been used by skeptics to cast doubt on global warming: Why, when the world is getting hotter, is the Antarctic getting colder?
Now, a scientist thinks she may have uncovered the answer.
Cecilia Bitz, an atmospheric scientist from the University of Washington in Seattle, believes that oceanic currents are taking heat away from Antarctica and carrying it north, reports the Sunday Times.
Yesterday, experts said that hot ocean currents around Antarctica are melting the glaciers, and today they say that ocean currents are making the water cold around Antarctica.
Another study has been published, concluding that warmer ocean waters are melting Antarctic glaciers and contributing to sea level rise. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet has enough land ice to raise sea level by 16 feet alone. Meanwhile, 2014 is making the record books as the hottest year in recorded meteorological history.
In summary, global warming makes the water around Antarctica both hot and cold, and causes both record ice and record melt.
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