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Originally Posted by Renato1
CO2 absorbs a tiny part of the infra red spectrum, other gases absorb in different and more energetic parts of the spectrum.
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But the Earth doesn't radiate evenly across all parts of the infra-red spectrum. If you look at the Earth's black-body curve you will see that the CO2 absorption lines are near the peak of the curve. Then you also have to take into account such factors as pressure-broadening etc. Much more complex than you've made out.
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Originally Posted by Renato1
Presumably, you are also upset that the real scientific site shows that the only area of Antarctica where climate change is happeneing, is also coincidentally sitting right on top of part of the Pacific Rim of Fire.
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The abstract of the paper you linked to doesn't say that at all.
It says:
"Numerous volcanoes exist in Marie Byrd Land, a highland region of West Antarctica. High heat flow through the crust in this region
may influence the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet"
So it's not conclusive that heat-flow through the crust affects stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. It "may" (or it may not) and the paper doesn't discount other factors affecting the stability of the ice sheet that I can see.
Nowhere does it suggest that climate-change is not occuring elsewhere in Antarctica. That's an assumption and very likely an incorrect one.