Oops! Antarctic ice shelves not melting at all, new field data show — 21-year-old models compared with reality for first time – and found to be wrong’
'Previous ocean models ... have predicted temperatures and melt rates that are too high, suggesting a significant mass loss that is actually not taking place,' says Tore Hattermann of Norwegian Polar Institute...It turns out that past studies based on computer models without any direct data for comparison or guidance, overestimate water temps and extent of melting...Published in journal Geophysical Research Letters. This is good news indeed'
