1 Of 3 Ain't Bad: Ice Sheet Stable

Unlike Greenland and W. Antarctic ice sheet, world's largest is holding fast The world's largest ice sheet -- an 1,875-mile expanse of ice on the Eastern edge of Antarctica -- is stable, good news for anyone who doesn't want to see sea level rise as much as 200 feet. That's what might happen if the South Pole ice sheet disintegrated. As good as this news sounds, it stands, unfortunately, alone among findings related to global warming and ice. Around the world, mountain glaciers are disappearing, and the East Antarctic Ice Sheet's cousins -- the West Antarctic and Greenland sheets -- have shown worrying signs of rapid decline. For more on this, see this Associated Press story. Related Stories And Blog Posts Greenland Melting Faster Than Previously Thought Melting Ice Caps Slow Global Warming Snowless Kilimanjaro Should Not Be Fodder For Climate Skeptics World's Largest Lake Drying Up Oil Rush At World's End