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2024-08-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Interview: Elizabeth Rush on her epic journey to Earth's 'doomsday glacier'

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 She doesn't meet her doom?

Man do I feel cheated out of clicking that link

Posted by DarthVader 2024-08-24 01:03|| 2024-08-24 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ You missed a lovely story.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-08-24 03:57|| 2024-08-24 03:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Take a look at pictures of the liberty Island (where the Status Of Liberty is located) starting in 1886 and annually at high tide through this year.

Notice how the se level is rising, oh wait, it isn't!

Sea levels has essentially remained the same for 137 years.

'Climate change' is pure bunkus!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-08-24 04:52|| 2024-08-24 04:52|| Front Page Top

#4 We have been constantly warned for over 50+ years ago the earth would die.

A few notables missed predictions:
2009: Climate Genius Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014.

2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015

1988: World’s Leading Climate Expert Predicts Lower Manhattan Underwater by 2018

2005: Manhattan Underwater by 2015

Also, another good site for tracking the Climate Doomsayers for $$$$$ lies.

Realclimatescience.com

Posted by NN2N1 2024-08-24 04:57|| 2024-08-24 04:57|| Front Page Top

#5 OBTW: Given, roughly 2/3 to 3/4's of an iceberg is underwater and water expands by about 10% when frozen.

Doing some math:

* Using the 2/3's below, and 1/3 above the water level estimates.

7.48 Gallons to a cubic ft. Which expands 10% to about
1.10 Cubic ft when FROZEN. So when thawed, it returns to
1 cubic ft of displacement.

So wouldn't the 2/3's below the water thawing compensate for the 1/3 about the waterline, which also displacing more area frozen that when it would if melted?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-08-24 05:51|| 2024-08-24 05:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Put as much ice into a glass as you can, then top it with water. Let it sit and melt. Will it overflow?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-08-24 06:21|| 2024-08-24 06:21|| Front Page Top

#7 The first person to see Antarctica saw it, like, 200 years ago, and in this very short window of time, we've told a very narrow story about Antarctica – one that has a lot to do with human conquest and human beings overcoming incredible odds to do the unthinkable. Often those human beings are white men from the global north. All the stories about Antarctica sort of sound the same. I wanted to create a story about Antarctica that was much more democratic. E. Rush

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2024-08-24 11:23|| 2024-08-24 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 The Thwaites ice shelf is on the water. Whether it melts or not has no bearing on ocean levels. The glacier part is on land, and what they worry about is the accelerated glacier flow into the ocean if the ice shelf gives way, combined with the effects of putative overall warming on the glacier.

Of course an ice surge into the ocean might create another clogging ice shelf. On these time scales I don't think continental rebound would play a significant role. There are probably other factors I didn't think of.

Posted by James 2024-08-24 11:42|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2024-08-24 11:42|| Front Page Top

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