Days are getting long in Antarctica, and the meteorological summer starts in just three weeks. The interior of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (which is reported to be losing mass by top notch University of Texas researchers) is starting to feel the heat.
Temperatures this month have been averaging a balmy -57F, up almost 40 degrees since August. Sure sign of an imminent meltdown.
http://www.wunderground.com/history/station/89606/2010/11/7/MonthlyHistory.html
Sorry, Aggies and Horns. I’m an Owl.
The ice and snow are melting so bad they have to dig their equipment out from under the snow and have the buildings on jacks to lift them up from time to time to keep them from being buried.
Ice melts really fast at -57f! During the winter I have trouble getting the ice to melt off my pond with temperatures in the 40s. It is only when the night temperatures go over freezing for more than a week will the ice be gone if there is sun during the day. Warm air usually does not melt the ice.
“Warm air usually does not melt the ice”
Of course it doesn’t. It’s CO2 that does it.