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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 07:21 PM Original message |
70% chance that the North Pole will be melted by end of summer???? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Swim Santa! Swim For Your Life! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. does rudolph's nose work in July? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's been all over the news |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. We'd better move inland. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That ice is already in the water. Go do the following experiment: |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. the melting ice on Greenland and Antarctica is a different matter |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Of course. |
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MyRV9 (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
74. Um... the ice in Antarctica isn't melting. |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Please site where you are getting your statistics... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. Not according to this analysis |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Yes, the curious properties of H2O. n/t |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
80. Deleted... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. Terrible consequences for the polar bears. |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But somewhere the seals are celebrating their new found freedom |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It changes the Earth's albedo |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. There's been a thread up here at DU for a few days . . . |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. You couldn't tell it by the temperature here this summer |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Shouldn't the ocean levels be way up already |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The Arctic is ice that is not land massed. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Maybe you should do some actual research before you spout off like this |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Like |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Er, you do understand that if you melt ice that's already in water, you don't raise water levels?" |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You understand that |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You asked, "shouldn't the ocean levels be way up already?" The answer is no. That said, |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. My whole point is |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Well, I can at least see that you didn't major in physics. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I guess the scientists quoted in all the following legitimate |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I know I will wait until the end of summer. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Here's a question. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. If most of the Ice Melts |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. No, YOU are wrong. There is no moving of the goal posts. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Really? That is not what the stats say. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Apparently you think that climate change is a digital issue. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The OP says there is a 70% |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Here is why you are wrong. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Regardless |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Yes, and you've been saying a lot of other things. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Buying wholeheartedly into some stuff |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. And what exactly am I buying into? |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Well I am not talking like one |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Now you're just being willfully ignorant. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. I imagine many people |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My priorities |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. "legitimate scientists abound who say that Global Warming is a hoax" |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Well, I know what I believe |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. "There are scientists who say Global Warming is NOT happening" |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Just like there are very few |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. *shrug.* Silly comparison. There aren't hundreds of thousands publishing papers |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Not denying it. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-03-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
90. Must be a very interesting group of people with whom you associate, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Again, I maintain that... |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Not So Much a Priority |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. You're a creationist too, ain't ya? |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I believe in God |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Figures. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Gee! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. You believe in God? |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. My religion has no bearing |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. you're comparing apples to spam. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Ha! What a joke! |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Educating myself on what? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. To bolster your point, you suggested that many "scientists" disagree on Global Warming. |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Science is right |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Really? What was the scientific concensus on Eugenics? |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. There was no consensus on eugenics? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Reading comprehension problems again? |
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MyRV9 (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. There is no censensus... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. There is no scientific consensus on Global Warming? Are you sure you want to say that? |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Really? Big names w/impressive resumes? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-03-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #75 |
91. Looks like the mods came to a consensus. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
68. Hey, genius, you still don't understand that even if the ice melts, you will not need scuba gear? |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Well there goes THAT |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
82. Seriously?? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. somebody posted a link to the satellite photos. it wasn't melted. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. "will be" does not mean "already is." |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. BTW, the satellite pictures one sees on Google Earth and the like |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. it's current/daily according to the poster. he left a link, you can check it for yourself though. |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
85. I didn't say it was melted... |
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SemperParatus (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. Finally! |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Well thank you. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. I thought it said 100% of the north pole would melt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "isn't there land up there?" No. It is all water and ice. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. well it looks like I need to go back to school LOL |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
69. Maybe it is natural! You should go buy an SUV! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. The figure I heard was a 50% chance. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. At least the northwest passage will be open and shipping rates will decrease |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-03-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
89. Also new fishing grounds will be opened up during summer |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. It was CNN and they said 50% chance of melting to a thin layer |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Well, I heard Santa wanted a larger swimming pool, but Mrs Claus said "No, too damn expensive!" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
66. Here's today's ice: All that red? NOT GOOD. It should be solidly purple up there. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
79. Cool, I've always wanted to move to the North Pole. |
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