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Posted on 05/13/2014 3:10:51 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
On Monday, May 12, all three network evening newscasts hyped the dire consequences of a new NASA study which show that “large parts of the western Antarctica ice sheet appears to have collapsed.”
ABC, CBS, and NBC hyperventilated over the report, and warned of rising sea levels in the immediate future. CBS News’ Elaine Quijano warned “A 10-foot rise in sea level would submerge tunnels and subways here in Manhattan and parts of Queens and Brooklyn. But, Scott, it would also put the entire city of Miami Beach and much of South Florida underwater.”
NBC Nightly News and ABC World News offered news briefs while the CBS Evening News provided a 1 minute and 37 second report. NBC’s Brian Williams fretted that “Scientists say further degradation is almost certainly unstoppable. They say global warming is accelerating the pace of disintegration.”
ABC’s Diane Sawyer struck a similar tone:
"An alert about falling ice in the western part of Antarctica. They say 40 years of data showed the glaciers are melting so fast, it is now unstoppable. They project the global sea level will rise three feet or more by the year 2100 and low coastal areas like much of Florida will be the hardest hit."
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It does if it is sitting on land when it melts. The real point is, this alarm is over an unlikely event as far as 1000 years in the future. What a crisis.
The good news is that with enough melting and sea rise, the ABC studios will be submerged.
That could upset all 5 of their viewers...
Voltaire. Wow!! So impeccably true and concise to boot.
Thanks.
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Scientists: Camel Flatulence Isn’t Contributing to Climate Change
IPCC Report Scientists: Rising Seas in East Antarctica Maybe -- in 2,000 to 10,000 Years
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Just can't figure out a tax angle yet.
This applies to ice that is floating freely in the ocean, or an ice cube in a glass. The ice shelf is, or part of them are, but the glaciers that feed into the ice shelf are not. These are flowing off the land and into the sea. So, depending on a lot of other factors, they might add to sea rise.
One factor is the water cycle. If we experience global warming, more water becomes vapor and may wind up as snow on the Antarctic, or rain over Africa. Lets hope for warming!
Sounds like global warming will create more arable land for growing crops.
Because it was proclaimed by an electrical engineer?
But the researchers said that even though such a rise could not be stopped, it is still several centuries off, and potentially up to 1,000 years away.
A thousand years... OMG it's like tomorrow... /s
Liberals are playing it a little bit smarter. Al Gore and friends were predicting ‘the end’ for 2016... now that looks a ‘whole lot silly’...
If dems want to steal our money and pretend it for a ‘the world’s gonna end’ stunt - putting the scary part out 86 years is a better tactic. Creepy - evil - but more effective.
For some reason, I get the feeling that a bunch of research grants are running out soon.
The downside is an unprecedented disaster: all those Lib fools move to Flyover Country, screwing us forever.
If there was a way to nail the rats to the ground we’d be safe.
These anti-science LIB idiots are insufferable. Unfortunately, there are enough brain-dead LIB/DIM morons who eat-up this crap.
Some fear summer.
[Some fear summer.]
In Antarctica it’s almost Winter so though don’t have to worry about melting ice again for awhile.
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