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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:28 PM Original message |
Antarctic ice shelf 'hanging by thread': European scientists |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. If it's floating, that is good... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. A lot of this ice started on land |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. the salinity at the south pole is not as big an issue |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. If it's hanging, it's already in the sea so melting will not raise the sea level, right? n/t |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. IT can melt and change the salinity change the currents and radically alter the climate |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. In this instance I asked about sea level since I did not know whether the shelf was partially on |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Hey, for those of us who just bought future beach front property in Kansas it is! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Some pics |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. What's that blue stuff on the ice? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. They're color-enhanced satellite pics |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not in this quantity. The Arctic is almost gone. This shelf has never broken off before. |
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RenuldusMagnus (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Really? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. R.I.P. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That had to be a record. n/t |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's all a matter of degrees |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Contrary to everything the scientists are telling us . . . |
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jbane (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ice shelf breaks just in time for... |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. please tell me you are kidding? |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Oh, Jeebus H... It's True. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. more like a one finger "salute" - the middle finger..... |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. IceRoad Truckers next to get lay off notices! |
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