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AP PHOTOS: Antarctica's spectacular glaciers melting faster
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| 2-28-15
| LUIS ANDRES HENAO and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press
Posted on 02/28/2015 10:59:22 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
Seth has a new bunkmate on the antarctic oasis express schooner I see..
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03/01/2015 9:11:41 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: driftdiver
True. About 18,000 years ago sea level was about 135 ft. lower. Land moves up and down too.
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03/01/2015 1:46:52 PM PST
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TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: Frank_2001
These GOREBULL warming scammers continue to spew lies from their mouths. Your comment about volcanic activity is spot on...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3167403/posts
Volcanic Rift Valley Under Antarctica Hotter than Expected
The Thwaites glacier is one of the most rapidly changing in Antarctica. Its been the focus of considerable attention in recent weeks, after scientists suggested that this sector of the huge West Antarctic Ice Sheet was already on route towards collapse due to warming ocean temperatures. A major collapse of this part of the ice sheet could have dire consequences worldwide, with a global sea level rise of potentially up to 1m. Some models suggest this could take place comparatively rapidly, within a few centuries.
But hidden beneath the kilometres of ice in this rapidly changing part of the continent is a largely unexplored geological feature: the West Antarctic Rift System, a strip of volcanic activity thought to extend for more than 3,000km across the Antarctic continent, provides further heat to melt the ice sheet from below.
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