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Originally Posted by cbacba
I do like the way spot states that there is ice loss except where it is being built up by snowfall - evidently without realizing that this is the way the ice builds up and without sufficient snowfall, ice will dissappear regardless of temperature because of sublimation.
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Global warming increases evaporation so it increases precipitation. In some areas there is therefore an increase in ice. I other areas the increased melt rate more than compensates for this and there is a decrease in ice.
As temperatures continue to increase the net effect is a melting.
Does that make spot's point any clearer?