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2010-02-22 Science & Technology

Climate Scientists withdraw sea level rise paper

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Posted by lord garth 2010-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 I went and read the comments, they started off with AGW people claiming how this only furthered there cause but as people brought in facts and questions they can't answer truthfully, they all vanished.

Funny how that happens.

Posted by Silentbrick 2010-02-22 00:38|| 2010-02-22 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Yup that particular lie was too blatant to swallow, anybody can see the sea shore.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-02-22 12:39|| 2010-02-22 12:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I was able to get one person to begin critical thinking vs. North Pole melts everyone drowns. Told'em to fill a glass to the brim with ice and water, then let the ice melt. I know that is an oversimplification, the point was for that person to critically examine their own thoughts and beliefs rather than tow someone else's statement without consideration.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-02-22 12:50|| 2010-02-22 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 ...Told'em to fill a glass to the brim with ice and water, then let the ice melt. Posted by: swksvolFF

When the ice melted, was there Dry Land under the glass?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-22 12:57|| 2010-02-22 12:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, Oblahblah promised that with his election the rise of the seas would stop. A regular King Kanute, I tells ya

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-22 14:58|| 2010-02-22 14:58|| Front Page Top

#6 When the ice melted, was there Dry Land under the glass?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-22 12:57

What is your point? There isn't any "dry land" under the arctic ice cap.

Posted by Captain Flash5762 2010-02-22 20:18|| 2010-02-22 20:18|| Front Page Top

#7 See the movie Flash. See the movie.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-22 21:07|| 2010-02-22 21:07|| Front Page Top

#8 On a separate note, here on Guam I've visually observed an unusual number of dead local birds since last week. It was more dead birds than I've seen at any one time [short lead time] - unlike in 2009, where the handful of dead birds observed oer time appeared to had died oer long lead times of old age andor fungal infection [change in floral cover], the ones recently appeared to be young adults + healthy looking wid no discernible disease.

I'm not a BIRD PERT, but my first guess would be DEHYDRATION? as Guam as lately undergone several very hot or humid days wid little rain.

PUT A FEW UNDER SOME LOCAL PALM TREES OR BUSHES -GUAM BIRDS ERGO GUAM TREES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-02-22 22:34|| 2010-02-22 22:34|| Front Page Top

#9 OOOOPPPSIES, forgot to add GUAM NEWS > had ARTICS warning Guam Parents about MILITANT MILLIPEDES running amok in righteous Milli- indignation.

ME > seen more RED WORMS, EARTHWORMS than MILLI/CENTI-PEDES, EVEN LATE-NITE LAND CRABS. PROLLY 'CUZ THE GROUND IS TOO HOT FOR THEM. The "CRAB JIHADIS" refuse to give up their NICE-N-COOL SURFACE SPOTS to the BAMMER SURGE [claws raised to fight].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-02-22 22:43|| 2010-02-22 22:43|| Front Page Top

#10 AFAIK Pinchy Crabs + Icky Worms don't get any PETA CALENDAR BABES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-02-22 22:45|| 2010-02-22 22:45|| Front Page Top

#11 North Pole Ice does include Greenland ice doesn't it?

If the South pole melted i suspect sea levels might change a bit, but I think people overestimate the size of Antarctica because of the way maps are created the poles are generally enlarged and the equatorial nations shrunk. There is a lot of ocean to absorb Antarctica if it melted. Of course if Global Warming is real I would expect the water is warming more than the air and this would lead to iceburg calving on the edges but little to no change for the rest of the Antarctica ice which is too far from the water and which has enough ice to refrigerate itself far beyond the warm water's ability to do much damage.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-22 23:32|| 2010-02-22 23:32|| Front Page Top

#12 The main ice covered landmass is Antarctica at the South Pole, with about 90 percent of the world's ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water). Antarctica is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet).

There is a significant amount of ice covering Greenland, which would add another 7 meters (20 feet) to the oceans if it melted. Because Greenland is closer to the equator than Antarctica, the temperatures there are higher, so the ice is more likely to melt.

Posted by ed 2010-02-22 23:38|| 2010-02-22 23:38|| Front Page Top

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