1) This is going to be used, fast, by the climate change denial camp to show "everything is OK", sad but true.
2) Increased snow and ice build up in the interior, while the ice shelves surrounding the continent disappear, will have unpredictable consequences. It's not necessarily a good thing. The increased mass in the interior will increase the rate of flow out of the centre - which could ultimately hasten thinning.
3) This article doesn't mention it, but the paper itself does - they do compensate for bedrock motion.
1) This is going to be used, fast, by the climate change denial camp to show "everything is OK", sad but true.
2) Increased snow and ice build up in the interior, while the ice shelves surrounding the continent disappear, will have unpredictable consequences. It's not necessarily a good thing. The increased mass in the interior will increase the rate of flow out of the centre - which could ultimately hasten thinning.
3) This article doesn't mention it, but the paper itself does - they do compensate for bedrock motion.
Nice science.