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2005-10-21 Science & Technology

Breakup Of Glaciers Raising Sea Level Concern

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Posted by DanNY 2005-10-21 08:09|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bah, I live at 1200m (about 3900ft), sea level can rise as much as it wishes, I'm not concerned. Take that, Mother Nature!

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-10-21 08:44|| 2005-10-21 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 In other news, Scientists have proved a negative correlation between the length of time to the next research grant and the number of catastrophic things mentioned in the paper.

Please fund my next study!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2005-10-21 08:59|| 2005-10-21 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Another reason not to rebuild New Orleans. Just build the port facilities, mainly on floating platforms and design the bridges out to them so that they can be extended inland as needed.

Posted by anon 2005-10-21 09:42|| 2005-10-21 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Fill a glass with ice, pour in water. Watch the ice melt. Now does the water flow over the edge of the glass?

Posted by Anginemp Hupolurong7319 2005-10-21 09:45|| 2005-10-21 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Ice sheets are on the land. Would slide into the water. So it makes a little difference.
Maybe greenland will someday be green so when is the good time to speculate on the newly de-iced land?

Posted by 3dc 2005-10-21 10:19|| 2005-10-21 10:19|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm waiting to see what Antarctica looks like. I'll bet it's mighty purty once all the ice shoves off.

Posted by eLarson 2005-10-21 13:27|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-10-21 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Flood insurance, don't fail me now!

Posted by Raj 2005-10-21 13:47|| 2005-10-21 13:47|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm waiting to see what Antarctica looks like. I'll bet it's mighty purty once all the ice shoves off.

Very cold rocky desert.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-21 14:57|| 2005-10-21 14:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Ha! Dessert eh? Where'd the ice come from? Huh?

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-21 19:15|| 2005-10-21 19:15|| Front Page Top

#10 think Patagonia without all the warm sun

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-21 19:25|| 2005-10-21 19:25|| Front Page Top

#11 The ice accumulated very slowly over millenia. IIRC the precipitation in Antartica is the lowest or near-lowest of any place on earth.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-21 19:40|| 2005-10-21 19:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Antarctica's ice sheets are expanding, not thinning.

Pfui.

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