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Ice Sheets Can Retreat 'In A Geologic Instant,' Study Of Prehistoric Glacier Shows
Science News ^
| June 22, 2009
| University at Buffalo
Posted on 07/10/2009 2:41:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buffalo... The proof of such rapid retreat of ice sheets provides one of the few explicit confirmations that this phenomenon occurs. Should the same conditions recur today, which the UB scientists say is very possible, they would result in sharply rising global sea levels, which would threaten coastal populations...The researchers used a special dating tool at UB to study rock samples they extracted from a large fjord that drained the ice sheet that covered the North American Arctic during the past Ice Age. The samples provided the researchers with climate data over a period from 20,000 years ago to about 5,000 years ago, a period when significant warming occurred.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; creationism; freepun; godsgravesglyphs; junkscience; oldearthspeculation; sciencefiction; storkzilla
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To: smokingfrog
:’) That’s where I read about it as well.
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07/10/2009 5:00:02 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: GladesGuru
“There’ll never be a midget weatherman. Because no one believes a midget until it’s too late. ‘There’s a flood.’ Yeah, to you.” — Dave Attell
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07/10/2009 5:01:09 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: decimon
Since it’s been in the 50s and 60s most of the past two weeks and more, I’d love to see the glaciers disappear. ;’)
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07/10/2009 5:06:02 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: cranked
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SunkenCiv
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To: Snickering Hound
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SunkenCiv
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To: Miss Marple
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07/10/2009 5:08:03 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: colorado tanker
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07/10/2009 5:10:26 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Old Professer
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07/10/2009 5:11:01 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: dr_who
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07/10/2009 5:11:10 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; SouthTexas
By the time I end up in the great landfill on Boot Hill I will be setting out 17 different curbside bins at a cost of $22.57 per bin per month just to appease the recycle Goons of Gaia...
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07/10/2009 5:11:47 PM PDT
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tubebender
(I just discovered where all my lost tag lines went...)
To: SunkenCiv
BUMP!
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07/10/2009 5:25:07 PM PDT
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PiltdownMan
(Piltdown Man was an evolutionist HOAX .... Check out ICR.org and AnswersInGenesis.org)
To: tubebender
We just went to the mandated trash cans, no sorting though.
What do we do with the old trash cans? They won’t pick them up.
To: SunkenCiv; rdl6989; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; ...
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07/10/2009 5:48:23 PM PDT
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steelyourfaith
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" - Lady Thatcher)
To: SouthTexas
We are making Moon Shine in ours...
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07/10/2009 5:49:40 PM PDT
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tubebender
(I just discovered where all my lost tag lines went...)
To: tubebender
Now that’s a thought!
Maybe I can find a cornfield that they haven’t plowed under and stock up. :)
To: freekitty
It looks okay at first, but seems to be part of the global warming agenda as well.
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07/10/2009 6:08:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
sharply rising glow bull see levels, which would threaten code style populations . . . [rimshot]
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07/10/2009 8:37:28 PM PDT
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Milhous
(Confusion to our enemies.)
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