Ice Is Melting Everywhere

Environment News Service ^ | February 25, 2005 | Danielle Murray

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Ping!

[rock58seg]

The North pole gets more sun than the South, so it's kinda predictable too.

Are you saying the earth wobbles on its axis? If not please explain how your statement is possible>

[JoeGar]

Hmmmm. No mention that 90% of the Antarctic ice cap is growing and 10% is melting.

[SuziQ]

Hmmm. Won't this make for longer growing seasons, thus making it possible to feed more people? Sounds like a GOOD thing to me.

[AGreatPer]

Who reads this kind of article? Other geek heads?

[kabar]

http://iceagenow.com/Growing_Glaciers.htm

[UCANSEE2]

Are you saying the earth wobbles on its axis?

Why, yes, it does.

[UCANSEE2]

Would that 10% be the outer edges, where it is warmer, where the glaciers contact the ocean?

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Our oceans are warming due to seismic activity, but the land masses are cooling and have been for years. It's the classic set up for an ice age.

[SE Mom]

Guess those swimming lessons will come in handy..

[Springman]

Bump for later.

[djf]

Ninety percent of the ice in the world is in Antartica. And it's getting thicker.

Correct. And when you see the figures, it's pretty astounding.

I think Antarctica is the continent that has the highest average elevation, something like 3,000 feet.

And 2,500 feet of that is ice.

[rock58seg]

On such a regular basis that the north is somehow more pointed toward the sun? Please explain.

[djf]

It is also interesting that some egghead types went into Canada and extracted core samples from a lake bottom.

They analyzed the spores, sizes of the sediments, etc and were able to guesstimate how long it took for the last significant ice age to happen.

From start to finish. Temperate climate to total glaciation.

Ninety years.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Sun has a BIG effect on Earth's weather:

Decadal-Scale Variations in El-Niño Intensity

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Any documents that could be posted?

[txhurl]

A global warm-tax would generate some revenue, indeed. No wonder they won't come off it.

[djf]

I wish. Late night talk show, or short blurb on the local news. Don't remember all the details.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See Link at post #75.

From here:

John Daly Website

[PistolPaknMama]

I had to scrape some global warming off my car this morning to go to work

Is there some reason you can't park so that it faces the hole in the ozone layer? Now quit yer complainin' and think creatively. :-))