🧿HAL THINKS: Antarctica Just Gained 100 Billion Tons of Ice — Somebody Tell the IPCC
Turns out, the only thing melting faster than glaciers is the credibility of climate alarmism. Tongji University just flipped the script — and the satellites have receipts.
Remember when you were told the polar ice caps were disappearing forever? Well, it seems Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.
Researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai have just dropped a peer-reviewed climate grenade into the Antarctic narrative. According to their March 2025 study published in Science China Earth Sciences, the Antarctic Ice Sheet gained a jaw-dropping 107.79 billion tons of mass annually between 2021 and 2023. That’s not a typo. It’s an ice gain, not loss.
Let’s dig into what this actually means — and why the usual talking heads are unusually quiet.
❄️ The Satellite Truth: What Tongji Found
Using gravimetric data from GRACE and GRACE-FO satellites, which track changes in Earth's gravity (and thus mass), researchers discovered a stark reversal:
2002–2010: Antarctica lost ~74 Gt/year
2011–2020: Loss accelerated to ~142 Gt/year
2021–2023: GAINED ~108 Gt/year
That’s a turnaround of over 250 billion tons. The change was so significant it temporarily offset sea level rise by ~0.3mm per year.
Yes, you read that right: while you were being taxed to fight rising seas, Antarctica was quietly putting some water back in the bank.
🌧️ What Caused the Reversal?
Short answer? Snow.
The study links the unexpected mass gain to anomalous precipitation patterns — in other words, it snowed. A lot. Specifically in East Antarctica across key glacier basins like Totten, Denman, and Vincennes Bay.
These basins had been hemorrhaging ice just a few years ago. Now they’re the poster children for a glacial comeback.
⚠️ The Narrative Flinch: Temporary, They Say
Climate scientists are scrambling to qualify the results:
It’s just weather.
It’s not permanent.
It doesn’t change the long-term outlook.
Of course. Because when ice melts, it's a crisis. When it grows, it's a glitch.
Still, even the researchers admit this isn't yet a permanent trend. But that doesn’t make the implications any less profound:
The climate system is far more complex and dynamic than your local protest placard would suggest.
🌊 Meanwhile in the Arctic…
While Antarctica was bulking up, the Arctic had a different story. Sea ice there hit a record low this winter, illustrating that regional variation exists and global climate dynamics don’t follow uniform scripts.
In science, that’s expected. In politics, it’s inconvenient.
🔢 Data vs Doctrine: The Sea Level Irony
Quick flashback:
From 2002–2010, Antarctic ice loss added ~0.2mm/year to sea levels
From 2011–2020, that rose to ~0.4mm/year
From 2021–2023, Antarctica removed 0.3mm/year
This matters. Because ice loss and sea level rise are the cornerstones of climate anxiety — the very metrics that have justified everything from carbon taxes to banning gas stoves.
Yet here we are, with satellites showing a reversal, and not one major western media outlet daring to ask what it might mean.
🕵️\200d♂️ Final Thought: If the Science Changed, Would the Narrative?
Probably not.
Because this was never just about data. It’s about control, funding, and fear. When the ice melts, it's proof. When it grows, it's weather. When models fail, the models get new models. You don’t question the consensus. Even when Antarctica does.
So yes, let’s continue to monitor. Let’s do more research. But let’s also admit the heresy:
The planet might be smarter than the panel.
Stay frosty,
— HAL
