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Trees could grow in Antarctica within century: scientist (sounds lovely)
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Posted on 07/12/2006 3:22:39 PM PDT by goalinestan
SYDNEY (AFP) - Trees could be growing in the Antarctic within a century because of global warming, an international scientific conference heard.
With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere set to double in the next 100 years, the icy continent could revert to how it looked about 40 million years ago, said Professor Robert Dunbar of Stanford University.
"It was warm and there were bushes and there were trees," he told some 850 delegates in the Tasmanian capital Hobart, the national AAP news agency reported.
The delegates are attending the combined meetings of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs.
Dunbar said climate experts were predicting a doubling of the levels of carbon dioxide by 2100, "but it actually looks like it's going to come sooner unfortunately."
Scientists blame greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, for causing rising temperatures worldwide.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antartica; globalwarming; trees; yeesh
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Is it just me or are these stories reaching a ridiculously high comedic level?
To: goalinestan
I guess that since it was warm there 40 million years ago and it might get warm there again it must be Bush's fault.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:24:50 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)
To: goalinestan
Time for the obligatory "Bush's Fault!"
To: goalinestan
Is it just me or are these stories reaching a ridiculously high comedic level?
No, its not just you. I can't wait. In 20 years we are going to look back at these absurd predictions and laugh our a%%es off.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:27:06 PM PDT
by
VegasCowboy
("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
To: goalinestan
So if the antarctic was green 40 million years ago, why'd it get covered with ice? And if a shift like that can happen, why is it unreasonable to think that it can reverse itself without the help of humans? People really need to examine their own arguments to see how self-contradictory they are.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:27:27 PM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: VegasCowboy
I wish it worked that way. The DUmmies will have another pet scare tactic.
20 years ago they were touting the next ice age. We don't even have time to ridicule that theory because they moved so quickly from cooling to warming catastrophes. People have short memories and leftists have no shame. There will be another kooky theory when this one peters out.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:31:31 PM PDT
by
tbeatty
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat salad.)
To: goalinestan
Frogs could fly if they had wings.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:31:54 PM PDT
by
lormand
(What do you call a "Conservative" who hates Rush Limbaugh...a liberal.)
To: goalinestan
If I live that long, I will take a nice vacation down there.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:33:40 PM PDT
by
GaltMeister
(“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
To: PeteB570
How deep must we dig into Antarctic ice to find out why it is now frozen?
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:33:51 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(Liberals will stop at nothing.)
To: goalinestan; VegasCowboy; tbeatty
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:34:49 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: rocksblues
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:35:11 PM PDT
by
null and void
(It's a crazy world. Someone ought to sell tickets.)
To: rocksblues
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:35:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(It's a crazy world. Someone ought to sell tickets.)
To: goalinestan
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:35:17 PM PDT
by
jwalburg
(It wasn't the Executive that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the Despotic Branch.")
To: goalinestan
Is it just me or are these stories reaching a ridiculously high comedic level?
They are. Just remember, these nutjobs are the same people telling you that you evolved from a monkey with the zeal of a Palestinian terrorist.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:36:19 PM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: All
To: lormand
And if my dear aunt had huevos she would be my uncle.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:36:40 PM PDT
by
slapshot
(""USAF- when you absolutely, positively need it delivered on target, on time, right away)
To: goalinestan
Scientists blame greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, for causing rising temperatures worldwide. SOME scientists do.
To: goalinestan
OK, if it's going to be warm enough for trees to grow in Antartica, then how blooming hot is it going to be on the equator then? A zillion degrees?
Boy, if you think the summers in Phoenix are hot now,....how hot will it be in the next century? How hot will it be in Iraq and Saudi?
Maybe I'll go into the AC biz (even though I'll be dead by then.) I'll call it Big Al Gore's Global AC & BS and Nulcear Secrets Inc.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:41:08 PM PDT
by
garyhope
("In vino veritas" Especially a good red wine with a nice grilled steak and baked potato.)
To: goalinestan
Are we ever going to hear the end of this global warming s**t? What I love about this, is the same people who keep on harping relentlessly about it are the same people who embolden and all but basically worship a bunch of psychotics who want to rub out every man, woman and child on earth who isn`t a Muslim.
Could it be liberals just want to make sure these psychos are comfortable in the future?
The absolute knee slamming to the floor open mouth devotion is just mind boggling. Let the US fall to ashes, let Jews, Christians and everyone else who isn`t Muslim burn in flames from the earth, but by Allah make sure that earth temperature doesn`t rise one more degree! "Oh the polar ice caps will melt and New York city will be 50 feet underwater!" Yes, then the #1 Al-Qaeda fan club, the New York Times, will be looking for a new headquarters.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:41:39 PM PDT
by
Screamname
("We can try - to understand - the New York Times' - effect on man." - Stayin` Alive by the Bee Gees)
To: goalinestan
To change Anatarctica into a temperate climate in 100 years is ludicris, half the ice would have to already be melted by now. This guy's academic credentials are a joke.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:41:58 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: goalinestan
To change Anatarctica into a temperate climate in 100 years is ludicris, half the ice would have to already be melted by now. This guy's academic credentials are a joke.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:42:04 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: jwalburg
That doesn't even look like the same place. First off, the mountains are gone. Second off, the water's too blue and too clear.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:43:04 PM PDT
by
benjibrowder
(Insert tagline here!)
To: garyhope
I think you're in prime position to get the corner on the Antarctic AC market... :-)
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:43:27 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: goalinestan
Can't wait!
Another forest to cut down for the lunber!
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:43:32 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: goalinestan
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:45:09 PM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Socialists are evil - Democrats are their mindless robots)
To: goalinestan
Wish I could hang around oh well 64 now, I guess I'll be gone before this nitwit is proved wrong.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:46:21 PM PDT
by
boomop1
(there you go again)
To: VegasCowboy
I think the part I love best is that the stories keep getting even 'lighter' on facts...
Earth hot...getting hotter...Bush's fault...SUV's...all going to die...Oh, and Bush's fault.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:46:31 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: goalinestan
I live in Florida, and I have a hard time seeing the downside to this. It would be wonderful if people started to move north, instead of south for retirement. Let the northern states lean how it's done by the implants!
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:46:53 PM PDT
by
mutley
To: dalereed
Can't wait! Another forest to cut down for the lunber! Now that's funny!
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:47:55 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: Old_Mil
Wow, never knew monkeys had that much zeal !
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:48:24 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(Who doesn't jump is a French! (FReeper 'an italian'))
To: goalinestan
Oddly enough it is true! In fact, I am presently opening up a real estate office to help eager environmentalists stake their claim early on this land unspoiled by horrid capitalists!
If you know any raging liberals please send them my way. Sustainable 10 acre parcels are available for a reasonable sum now! Don't wait! Act now to secure your green haven before the evil conservatives find the place!
Note: At this time we are offering a special on hemp bale houses. This is a limited time offer.
All deposits should be to the Royal Bank of Nigeria. (Apparently a long lost cousin died in a car wreck there and I am receiving my front money from the Minister of Finance.)
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:48:31 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local communist or socialist party chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing.)
The few REAL scientists who have gone down to Antartica and done REAL studies and taken REAL measurements in many parts of the continent have concluded that MOST of Antarctica is a little bit colder than it was ten years ago.
There are apparently a few places that are actually warming up down there... And that is where the agenda driven pseudo-scientists are flocking to do their studies (or basing their computer models on from the comfort of their offices and labs).
To: MrBambaLaMamba
Oil drilling weather. Not with all that pristine wildlife you won't be, Mister...so just get that idea out of your head right now.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:49:36 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: PeteB570
And that just begs the question that if the "global warming crisis" is Bush's fault, and also the fault of emissions from the internal combustion engine (especially the evil SUV), then what was the cause of the crisis all those years ago when none of these things existed?
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:51:01 PM PDT
by
SaveTheChief
("This one goes to eleven.")
To: goalinestan
No matter what weather anomaly we have now it's all blamed on global warming. Only a liberal would fall for this claptrap.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:51:55 PM PDT
by
John Lenin
(If you are looking for a mind numb robot, I'm not it)
To: IrishCatholic
"I am presently opening up a real estate office to help eager environmentalists stake their claim early on this land unspoiled by horrid capitalists!"
They should be shot if they get within 500 miles of there!
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:52:47 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: IrishCatholic
All deposits should be to the Royal Bank of Nigeria. (Apparently a long lost cousin died in a car wreck there and I am receiving my front money from the Minister of Finance.) Really, is there a better way to fund real estate transactions?
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:52:59 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: SaveTheChief
And that just begs the question that if the "global warming crisis" is Bush's fault, and also the fault of emissions from the internal combustion engine (especially the evil SUV), then what was the cause of the crisis all those years ago when none of these things existed? That's completely irrelevant...oh, and by the way...it was campfires from caveman and farting mammoths.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:56:23 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: goalinestan
With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere set to double in the next 100 years, the icy continent could revert to how it looked about 40 million years ago If I understand this idiot correctly he is saying that high CO2 levels will cause continental drift to reverse, and Antarctica to suddenly jump back towards the equator where it was millions of years ago when forests grew there.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:57:22 PM PDT
by
joshhiggins
(O you who believe! do not take the MUSLIMS for friends; ...surely Allah does not guide the unjust...)
To: goalinestan
All these weather theories are making my head spin. So if we get this global warming and a nuclear winter, do we have eternal springtime?
To: goalinestan
If global warming made Canada and Siberia more temperate, the net result would be a large increase in habitable/farmable land
But the libs do NOT want to risk their Malibu beach houses being washed away
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:59:29 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
To: joshhiggins
That makes sense to me...with global warming you also get a lot of wind, which causes the continents to be blown around all over the place.
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:59:35 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: DaveLoneRanger
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posted on
07/12/2006 3:59:47 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: goalinestan
Antarctica first! We'll log the rest later.
To: goalinestan
To: goalinestan
....if trees are going to grow in Antarctica, I guess they'll suck up all the CO2 and don't have anything to worry about...
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posted on
07/12/2006 4:04:04 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: garyhope
It's difficult to say just how hot it might get in Phoenix if "global warming" comes true. Some factions believe Phoenix will suffer severely in extreme flooding because of a stronger Southwestern monsoon; other factions believe all rain will cease, because this threat poses a still greater danger to civilization in Arizona.
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posted on
07/12/2006 4:04:35 PM PDT
by
dufekin
(The New York Times: an enemy espionage agency with a newsletter of enemy propaganda)
To: Tzimisce
....if trees are going to grow in Antarctica, I guess they'll suck up all the CO2 and don't have anything to worry about... I think we have a winner folks!
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posted on
07/12/2006 4:05:10 PM PDT
by
goalinestan
(Build it...and they won't come (as easily))
To: KellyAdmirer
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posted on
07/12/2006 4:05:31 PM PDT
by
null and void
(It's a crazy world. Someone ought to sell tickets.)
To: goalinestan
That's completely irrelevant...oh, and by the way...it was campfires from caveman and farting mammoths. Were the farting mamoths Republicans?
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posted on
07/12/2006 4:06:32 PM PDT
by
SaveTheChief
("This one goes to eleven.")
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