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2022-02-22 Science & Technology

Greenland's Ice Sheet is melting from the bottom UP – and is now the largest single contributor to global sea level rise, study warns

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-22 00:18|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Oh, the horrors!

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-22 06:09|| 2022-02-22 06:09|| Front Page Top

#2 As the meltwater falls, energy is converted into heat in a similar way to how hydroelectric power is generated by large dams.

The ice sheet has electric generators and, I presume, space heaters?

The even have a graphic at the bottom and the claim the sea levels will rise 4 feet by 2300.
We are all gonna die!!!!

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-02-22 09:18|| 2022-02-22 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 So, it's not the atmosphere warming, but the planet underneath, then?

Posted by ed in texas 2022-02-22 09:37|| 2022-02-22 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Tax the mantle until it stops...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-22 09:47|| 2022-02-22 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 What about Barry's waterfront properties?

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-02-22 09:55|| 2022-02-22 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Chez Bath House

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-22 11:06|| 2022-02-22 11:06|| Front Page Top

#7 John Kerry Issues Urgent Call: Time for Another Climate Summit

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-22 12:14|| 2022-02-22 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 What global sea level rise?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-02-22 13:14|| 2022-02-22 13:14|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll believe it is a problem when the elites stop buying expensive, waterfront property and start fleeing to the hills.

Until then everyone can go fuck themselves on this.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-02-22 13:38|| 2022-02-22 13:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Kind of a tell, those who make millions peddling inside information, buying shoreline homes, not doing the Covid dance, so on.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-22 14:38|| 2022-02-22 14:38|| Front Page Top

#11 So the ice is melting in a way that can't easily be confirmed. Isn't that just dandy.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-02-22 23:25|| 2022-02-22 23:25|| Front Page Top

#12 NYC is supposed to be under 10 feet of water like 10-20 years ago. And only now many are moving to Florida? Hmm, now why's that?

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-02-22 23:29|| 2022-02-22 23:29|| Front Page Top

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