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2021-12-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Ice shelf connected to Antarctic's doomsday glacier is CRACKING: Eastern part that is the size of Florida will likely break free within five years and trigger 25 INCH rise in sea levels

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Oh ow! Climate change is not the only culprit here, but a study in August found that Thwaites Glacier is also melting because of the heat from Earth itself.

Posted by Bobby 2021-12-15 00:23|| 2021-12-15 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Did they account for the counter effect of Artic ice buildup? The excuses these assholes continue to bombard us with for global cooling / warming / climate change is almost admirable in their level of persistence.

Posted by Raj 2021-12-15 00:38|| 2021-12-15 00:38|| Front Page Top

#3 It’s my understanding that pieces of glacier break off when they’ve grown too large for the land to support them, but possibly I’m mistaken...

Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-15 01:11|| 2021-12-15 01:11|| Front Page Top

And with that Ice
Italians can make

Gelato is a frozen dessert of Italian origin. Artisanal gelato in Italy generally contains 6-10% butterfat, which is lower than other styles of frozen dessert

Posted by Clyde Phuth3719 2021-12-15 01:19|| 2021-12-15 01:19|| Front Page Top

#5 The headline says a 25 inch rise while te text says a 25 percent rise in the effect of the glacier on sea levels. That effect has been infinitesimal so far, so that a 25 percent rise of it will still be infinitesimal.
Is this artical a joke?)

Posted by Goober Choluque6459! 2021-12-15 01:37|| 2021-12-15 01:37|| Front Page Top

#6 If the ice shelf is floating, it's already displaced water, so breaking off won't do squat.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-12-15 06:22|| 2021-12-15 06:22|| Front Page Top

#7

A Simple Video shows the Hype and stupidity of the claim.

Generally speaking over 90% of an iceberg is already below surface and taking up volume/space. Plus there is air and Ice density vs. Ocean water density issues.

If you need to go really Egghead watch this college video on
Fluid Mechanics

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-15 06:30|| 2021-12-15 06:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Not even common sense. Load a glass full of ice with a wee bit of water, let it melt. Does it overflow the glass?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-15 06:54|| 2021-12-15 06:54|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ Obviously the 'Thwaites Glacier' is an exception to known science and water glasses. See Dr. Anthony S. Fauci for further details.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-15 07:31|| 2021-12-15 07:31|| Front Page Top

#10 I feel I lost 25 IQ points just reading that stupid, fucking hysterical headline.

Can't even get good propaganda writers these days.

Posted by DarthVader 2021-12-15 08:07|| 2021-12-15 08:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Hysteria is completely unconcerned with facts.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 08:25|| 2021-12-15 08:25|| Front Page Top

#12 have we reached peak stupidity yet?

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-15 08:30|| 2021-12-15 08:30|| Front Page Top

#13 I thought so Merrick, but was apparently wrong.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-12-15 08:40|| 2021-12-15 08:40|| Front Page Top

#14 Don't worry - the LaPalma volcano will collapse and drown the East Coast so badly you'll never notice a little 25 " rise.... or so they tell me.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-12-15 08:44|| 2021-12-15 08:44|| Front Page Top

#15 Stupid is the real "dark matter." It's everywhere, you can't actually see it, but you can't fail to see its effects on everything else in the universe.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 08:45|| 2021-12-15 08:45|| Front Page Top

#16 #14, the moment a tsunami wipes out either blue coast, or an iranian nuke wipes out a blue city, the dems will immediately demand that they get spotted more votes than there were deaths.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 08:47|| 2021-12-15 08:47|| Front Page Top

#17 #12 have we reached peak stupidity yet?

Intelligence has its limits, but stupidity doesn't have. - AlbertEinstein

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-15 11:26|| 2021-12-15 11:26|| Front Page Top

#18 Load a glass full of ice with a wee bit of water, let it melt. Does it overflow the glass?

As I recall, water ice takes up more volume than the same H2O when liquid.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-15 11:28|| 2021-12-15 11:28|| Front Page Top

#19 Freezing water is interesting. It shrinks a bit then expands as it hardens into ice.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 11:39|| 2021-12-15 11:39|| Front Page Top

#20 Re:#8 Not even common sense. Load a glass full of ice with a wee bit of gin and tonic water, let it melt. Does it overflow the glass?

Hell No, I just drank it.

Posted by Greatch Bonaparte7344 2021-12-15 13:07|| 2021-12-15 13:07|| Front Page Top

#21 As I recall, water ice takes up more volume than the same H2O when liquid.

yep. Water expands when it freezes. This is how rocks are cracked apart during the winter months and how prehistoric peoples made smaller rocks out of big rocks. They would pour water in holes drilled into a big rock in the winter, let it freeze, then build a fire over it to melt it, top it off, rinse and repeat. Got the bolder to split to the size they wanted.

Posted by DarthVader 2021-12-15 13:21|| 2021-12-15 13:21|| Front Page Top

#22 DM has wrote some absolute garbage before....but wow. How about this - since sea level is 0, what is a 25% increase? Launch counter-dumb!

This is how rocks are cracked apart during the winter months and how prehistoric peoples made smaller rocks out of big rocks.

That is one method the limestone plains farmers/ranchers made limestone rock fence post.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-12-15 13:34|| 2021-12-15 13:34|| Front Page Top

#23 I had something clever and witty to say and then totally forget it while laughing at the brilliant comments above.

Posted by ruprecht 2021-12-15 15:47|| 2021-12-15 15:47|| Front Page Top

#24
The Climate Changers remind me so much of the Fairy Tale Chicken Little: The Sky is Falling

Question: At percentage point will we reach Climate Herd Stupidity?

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-15 16:51|| 2021-12-15 16:51|| Front Page Top

#25 Another religion for people who don't believe in God. There are always going to be more of them as they are ill-served by the education system and the media they also worship.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 17:02|| 2021-12-15 17:02|| Front Page Top

#26 The ice they are talking about in the article is not floating. It is glacial ice from land that is at sea still attached to the land but resting on the sea floor. It is like a person standing in 6" of water in a bath tub. If they sit down in the tub the water will rise.

Posted by Unirt the Slender8879 2021-12-15 17:02|| 2021-12-15 17:02|| Front Page Top

#27 This has been reported for at least 30 years.

Posted by Dale 2021-12-15 19:05|| 2021-12-15 19:05|| Front Page Top

#28 It is like a person standing in 6" of water in a bath tub. If they sit down in the tub the water will rise.

And when they sit-down their Ass will freeze - hence another problem climate change must solve, so piss om it, problem solved !

Posted by Captain Grumble6171 2021-12-15 23:58|| 2021-12-15 23:58|| Front Page Top

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