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Yeah Oh okay Next up here we go The way

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of things The loss of ice in the West Haven't

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you think about that A lot of things like that

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Which side explains that quantifying changes in Antarctica's ice is

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come flex All right well let's think about this side

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A thinks that melting sea ice and increasing land ice

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can basically be thought about in relation to one another

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right It's all the same difference because well the ice

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loss and new ice average average out to about the

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same amount of ice overall Kind of Yeah that's how

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he talked All right Well side B in contrast has

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set the Facebook status for this relationship to It's complicated

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now were so intrigued Side B tell us more well

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side be mentions how complex it is to study and

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understand the factors affecting Antarctica Land ice has its own

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melting and freezing thing going on Sometimes it's got a

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net zero loss of ice because all its melting and

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freezing ultimately balances out But well since two thousand six

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it's been having more of a meltdown Yeah we're not

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so sure This so called relationship is good for your

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mental health their land ice well Meanwhile sea ice has

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been showing growth even though the Southern Ocean is getting

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warmer We'll putting land and sea ice together in one

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bucket and concluding everything is hunky Dorey Well side B 00:01:34.68 --> [endTime] thinks not So you have The answer is B

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