T. Homer-Dixon: Satellite Animation Shows "Flushing" Of Old Sea Ice From Arctic Basin 10/07 -3/08

[hatrack]

This is well worth checking out.

http://www.homerdixon.com/download/arctic_flushing.html

[ensho]

1. thanks for posting this - very interesting and worrisome

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[Zachstar]

2. Now I am no Ice Scientist. But the movement in that video looks very bad.

The ice looks to be very poor quality as well.

I guess we will only know what this effectively means once the refreeze starts again.

[pscot]

3. Is this a new phenomenon?

an acceleration of an existing process? Normal activity? (Not likely, I know.)

[Zachstar]

4. The whole pole looks unstable.

Now the chances of it going Ice free in 08 are limited but it is setting up to do serious damage to the multi year ice this summer.

And that flushing is quite worrysome.

[Dead_Parrot]

5. Grr.

"Error: You've already recommended that thread."

oh well.

Is it possible to staple an animated gif to POTUS? with a nail gun?

[Nihil]

6. That would make him look intelligent for the first time in his life!

(BTW, there's a chap called Mike who's wearing sunglasses
and a hearing aid ... he said he's looking for you ...
something about the words "gun" and "POTUS" ...)
:yoiks: