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2005-10-22 Home Front: Economy

Greenland icecap thickens despite warming

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Posted by lotp 2005-10-22 08:34|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Ice sheets now appear to be contributing modestly to sea level rise because warming has increased mass loss from coastal areas more than warming has increased mass gain from enhanced snowfall in cold central regions," the report by a team led by Professor Richard Alley of Pennsylvania State University in the US says.

Translation: My Pugh Foundation grant money is about to run out.

Posted by badanov 2005-10-22 09:26|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-10-22 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Greenland ice might melt within thousands of years if warming continues. ...and might rise by almost a metre by 2100 because of a warming climate.

QUICK!! DIAL 911!!!

Posted by Grush Tholuger7316 2005-10-22 10:33|| 2005-10-22 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Its all because of the American failure to ratify Kyoto that Mars has been experiencing global war. Damn earthlings! Now where's my illudium Q-38 explosive space modulator.

Posted by Marvin Martian 2005-10-22 11:00|| 2005-10-22 11:00|| Front Page Top

#4 ...err, warming.Well, back to the old drawing board.

Posted by Marvin Martian 2005-10-22 11:01|| 2005-10-22 11:01|| Front Page Top

#5 "where's my illudium Q-38 explosive space modulator"

Didn't you loan that to the gentlehumans from Halliburton last week? Such nice young humans, so polite and well dressed. It is a bit curious that they borrow so many of your tools and gadgets, but I guess myns, no matter the species, will be myns. Besides, they always bring them back - in perfect condition, too. We should invite them to stay for dinner next time they call. Your sister needs to meet a better class of being - and humans aren't so bad, are they?

Posted by .Martian Mom 2005-10-22 11:09|| 2005-10-22 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Damn! I was looking to claim some cheap land.

This global warming thing really hasn't worked too well for me.
1) My bet on global warming - a Sequoia keeps loosing its top with our teasing early spring warm-ups getting it's sap moving then getting cold again. I will need a geneticly modified Sequoia given enough savy to skip that first tease.
2) I figured that by 2000 it would be warm enough to plant pecan trees in the Chicago area. It isn't. Really sucks. I want pecan trees. I don't really want to move so it needs to get warmer. Where is this global warming?
3) The winters have longer cold spells with little snow on the ground. Snow provides some insulation for the ground. Without it the frost goes deeper. Where is the warming? I want warming.
4) In the late sixtys it was said it would be warm enough to grow bananas in Kansas City by 2000. In what greenhouses? Where is the promised warming.

I tell you its a conspiricy to cheat the North out of the warmth it needs. An evil comspiricy. I think the heating oil and Natural gas companies along with the Saudis are behind it. We need that global warming. We were promised it. Somebody is cheating us out of our due.

I know a protest....

he he he he

Posted by 3dc 2005-10-22 11:12|| 2005-10-22 11:12|| Front Page Top

#7 I blame the 'Crab People' or Stan.

Posted by DMFD 2005-10-22 11:58|| 2005-10-22 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 "Don't diss the ~~Koran~~ Global Warming Theory!!"

Posted by dushan 2005-10-22 12:19|| 2005-10-22 12:19|| Front Page Top

#9 next up? Increased Salinity of the Oceansâ¢! as the freshwater ice caps thicken, the salinity of the ocean must be increaing!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-22 12:34|| 2005-10-22 12:34|| Front Page Top

#10 I am still waiting for leaves to change colors down in Gainesville.

Posted by Dragon Fly 2005-10-22 12:36|| 2005-10-22 12:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Do the tractors come home to Gainesville before the changing of the leaves?

Posted by Xenia 2005-10-22 22:10|| 2005-10-22 22:10|| Front Page Top

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