Seems it is not just Antarctic sea ice that is shrinking, land ice is too
and can be expected to melt faster once the ozone hole closes more:
Key finding 1:
Quote:Antarctica is warming,
although changes in
atmospheric circulation
brought about by the
Antarctic ozone hole have
been a temporary mitigating
factor that has reduced the
overall amount of warming,
primarily in summer
Explanatory text:
Quote:During the past half-century, western Antarctic surface temperatures have shown general warming trends, with significant regional patterns. Cooling of the lower stratosphere because of ozone depletion in spring and early summer has helped to mitigate the amount of warming during the past 20–30 years, particularly during
the summer across East Antarctica. For the remainder of the century, the effects of global climate change because of increased greenhouse gas concentrations are likely to overcome the mitigating effects of ozone depletion as the ozone layer recovers.
So Western Antarctica is warming while East Antarctica has been protected to some degree from warming but as the ozone hole is reduced it too will be warming.
Key Finding 2
Quote:In contrast to the West
Antarctic Ice Sheet, the East
Antarctic Ice Sheet is not
losing mass overall but may
be gaining mass. In some
places at the coastal
margins, the ice sheet is
showing variability in
response to changes in
ocean heat. Antarctic glacier
discharge shows high
variability, while glacier
retreat continues on Heard
Island
Explanatory text:
Quote:Although the Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass overall, this is occurring in West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula. Various studies show that East Antarctica, as a whole, is close to neutral or possibly gaining mass. This aggregate conceals regional patterns of ice gain and loss in East Antarctica. In particular, coastal ice discharge from the Totten Glacier shows high variability that is related to changes in ocean heat. Recent research shows that the Totten Glacier drains a large region that rests on bedrock below sea level. This makes the ice sheet potentially vulnerable to ice retreat and ice losses, as is currently seen in parts of West Antarctica. Glacier retreat continues to be observed on Heard Island.
Well, this is different to what I have read before: the Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass overall even if East Antarctica is neutral to gaining mass.
The warmer seas, especially in the southern hemisphere (BuMet State of the Climate Report) will continue melting ice shelves to reach the land based glaciers which will them melt faster. On Greenland this resulted in 6 times faster melt.
https://soe.environment.gov.au/sites/g/files/net806/f/soe2016-antarctic-launch14... When the so called weather scientists started talking about detrimental affects of increased carbon dioxide and other atmospheric pollutants the predicted outcome was that .....
the hole in the ozone was getting bigger and that's what was warming up the planet.
Your hypothesis/statement is the exact opposite of what the weather doomsayers were espousing about the hole in the ozone.
Is it any wonder that people are skeptical about the agenda of all the so called AGW scientists/experts.