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Global warming turns ugly frozen hellhole into the most beautiful place on earth
Sydney Morning Herald (from the Washington Post) ^
| 2/13/04
Posted on 02/12/2004 7:33:08 AM PST by dead
Going, going ... two photographs released by Greenpeace - top, taken in 1928
and bottom, January 2004, show the decrease in size of the Upsala Glacier in the
Patagonia region of Argentina. Greenpeace says it is dramatic evidence of the effects
of climate change. It said rising temperatures are causing glaciers in the Patagonia
area to melt at a rate of 42 cubic kilometres a year - faster than anywhere else on earth.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; greenpeace
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:33:10 AM PST
by
dead
To: dead
Newsflash: Glaciers Retreat!
...as they have been doing for BILLIONS of years!
2
posted on
02/12/2004 7:35:09 AM PST
by
mattdono
(Big Arnie: "Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags.")
To: dead
Get ready for the Great Canada Real Estate Boom!:)
To: dead
bwahahaha
It looks like a nice place to visit now.
4
posted on
02/12/2004 7:35:55 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: dead
I guess it would be better if the glaciers kept growing, ahhh paradise!
5
posted on
02/12/2004 7:36:22 AM PST
by
American_Centurion
(Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime - Nicole Gelinas)
To: mattdono; dighton; aculeus; general_re; L,TOWM; Constitution Day; hellinahandcart; Thinkin' Gal; ...
"Newsflash: Glaciers (in Patagonia) Retreat!""Glaciers in the French Alps surrender instead!"
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:37:03 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: dead
Glacier Lake in Alaska wouldn't even exist had it not been for glacial recession. But not all glaciers ARE receding. Depends on the glacier and mid-term weather.
Michael
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:38:04 AM PST
by
Wright is right!
(It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)
To: mattdono
I bet in a couple more years they'll find an old refrigerator discarded there.
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:41:01 AM PST
by
boomop1
To: dead
http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/SIRC_Pat/term.html Quote from the above site:
"Understanding the non-climatic controls on the behavior of calving glaciers is an important problem if we want to use the historic and contemporary record of change of calving glaciers as indicators of climate change. And this problem is especially important in Patagonia where almost all of the outlet glaciers are (or were until recently) actively calving into fiords or freshwater lakes."
To: mattdono
Newsflash: Glaciers Retreat! Glacier is the French word for Army.
To: dead
Yes! And soon, I hope, South Dakota will become the next spring break Mecca!!!
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:46:04 AM PST
by
jwalburg
(We CAN Question their Patriotism!)
To: Post Toasties
bring a flyswatter.
To: All
And as soon as they start digging things up, they'll find that it was inhabited previously...which would mean....
that they had SUVS millions of years ago.
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:55:45 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: jwalburg
I hope, South Dakota will become the next spring break Mecca!!! You'll need a high møøselimb population, doncha know?
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:57:30 AM PST
by
null and void
(Yes on SB 1160 = No on your re-election)
To: dead
Hey it's going to get above freezing in South Dakota for the first time in weeks. My old SUV does it again. Better get out those waterskis!
To: null and void
I think the fight against Global Warming ought to be put off... First they ought to stop Continental Drift, and the asteroids from flying by so close to us...
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posted on
02/12/2004 7:59:41 AM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chris Talk
I live in Upstate New York within a mile of Lake Ontario. As usual, we're looking forward to the "end of our annual ice age".
Buy an SUV today. Our great, great, great, great grandchildren deserve better.
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posted on
02/12/2004 8:07:20 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: All
If you look at those photos, I think you'll come up with a "the pictures are phoney". They are toooooo identical if you look at the peaks and lines.
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posted on
02/12/2004 8:10:59 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Sacajaweau
It's 34 in Dallas with sleet coming tonight.....scr*w Green Peace.
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posted on
02/12/2004 8:11:08 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Sacajaweau
I live in Upstate New York within a mile of Lake Ontario. As usual, we're looking forward to the "end of our annual ice age". You have a long wait. How long is it going to take for 12 feet of snow to melt?
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