Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 24
th, 2017 at 10:26am:
It is melting. Good, at least you agree.
It has melted further than in the past and shows no sign of slowing.
Temperatures are increasing and they are increasing due to greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide and methane.
1°C of heating but the heating has gone on past the 1°C.
Sea level rises, due to the warming of the oceans and the massive ice loss from Greenland will accelerate once Antarctica starts losing ice too: it is gaining mass ATM but at slower and slower rates.
For a gas like CO2 or methane (CH4) to have any significant effect on the atmosphere it must total at least 1% of the atmospheric volume.
CO2 is at the moment 0.04%.......400ppm
CH4 is at the moment 0.000183%.......1.834ppm
Water Vapour...................4%............40,000ppm
Water vapour accounts for 95% of the greenhouse house effect here on Earth.
BTW 1% = 10,000ppm (ppm = parts per million)