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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7366)4/20/2009 9:18:41 AM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86356
 
Hawk, the reason the ice is getting thicker in a part of East Antarctica is that it is getting warmer not cooler, and there is more precipitation, leading to more snow, hence more ice.

But the thickening of the ice there in no way makes up for the loss of ice elsewhere in the world.