The Western side of Antarctica has gained some mass but not enough to counteract the much more massive amount the Eastern side has lost. So, a much larger net negative.
What I find most amazing is this: 97% of the best climate scientists we have on earth have concluded that we have a problem. The insurance companies [
"How The Insurance Industry Sees Climate Change",
"For Insurers, No Doubts on Climate Change",
"Rift Widening Between Energy and Insurance on Climate Change",
"Insurer's Message: Prepare for Climate Change or Get Sued",
"On Climate Change: Get Ready or Get Sued" have concluded we have a problem. But, in the interest of sticking with their political druthers, a significant fraction of the American population has decided that 97% of the climate scientists and the
insurance companies must be wrong. These people--Conservatives, essentially--are willing to take a risk that 3% of climate scientists are correct and that the insurance companies and 97% of climate scientists are wrong--merely because it serves their political persuasion.
Do you think that Liberals would be successful at convincing 97% of climate scientists to take our point of view and
the insurance companies too if this were bullshit? Yet, all these wiseass Conservatives are willing to take a risk with our frickin' planet just so they can jam a finger in the eye of their political rivals--ignoring the reality that has the potential to end life on the damned planet. In short, WTF is going on in the mind of Conservatives? How do you look at all these insurance companies and think: "It's a Liberal plot!" Can you be so stupid?