Overall, however, the observed changes have little impact on the mass balance of the region. We therefore conclude that in contrast with their counterparts in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas (Rignot et al., 2008) the ice streams and ice shelves in the broad region under investigation herein have not been changed in a significant way in the past 12 yr, which suggests that the ice dynamics of the entire region does not have a strong impact on the mass budget of the Antarctic continent.











Yeah well, it's established the West Antarctic Ice Shelf has a dirty great vulcano under it and ice don't melt at -30C otherwise.
Those celebrated Antarctic shelf collapses(periodic tidal and storm action) all occured on the Palmer( Antarctic)Penisula north of the Antarctic circle.
Oh Kate you missed the best part of the quote...
'That’s quite a statement compared to the news headlines. To paraphrase NSIDC’s Dr. Mark Serreze famous “The Arctic is screaming” quote, I suggest that from the perspective of the data presented in this paper, I’ll say “The Antarctic is snoring”.'
Well if the Antarctic is snoring, Rip Van Winkle could use some "Snore No More" should he wake the sleeping populace.
Hardly, the kind of stuff to launch into a hysterical case of the vapours...
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”