[NormsRevenge]

An iceberg floats in the bay in Kulusuk, Greenland near the arctic circle in this Aug. 16, 2005 file photo. British oceanographers reported in Dec. 2005 that Atlantic currents carrying warm water toward northern Europe have slowed. Freshwater from melting northern ice caps and glaciers is believed interfering with saltwater currents. Ultimately such a change could cool the European climate. (AP Photo/John McConnico/File)

[Nick5]

Time to buy land in Nome.

[ZULU]

The shy is falling! The sky is falling!!

FACT: The earth's climate was once far warmer than it is today. At one time there were lions and hippotamuses in England.

The world didn't come to an end and the glaciers returned.

If the author of this piece believes it, he should by ocean-side property in Siberia now and make a killing in the future.

[brytlea]

I guess it wouldn't be permafrost anymore then.
susie

[CindyDawg]

Lot's of coulds here.

[airborne]

They forgot the most important part - We didn't cause it and we can't stop it!

[kstewskis]

Not a chance.

[AmericaUnited]

The computer climate model didn't consider some natural factors that tend to keep the permafrost cold

HELLO?!! What a worthless study!

[westmichman]

If oil comes from decomposing dinosaurs, there must have been lots of white dinosaurs on the North Slope in the old days.

[clee1]

Cool! Or.... not cool.

[speedy]

Better put some ice on it bump.

[Brad from Tennessee]

The only thing that is ever permanent is change.

[Liberfighter]

Hmm..I wonder if thats because the Sun is getting hotter..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/18/wsun18.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/18/ixnewstop.html

[Daus]

Ack! What would become of the frozen tundra?

[GOPJ]

Using supercomputers in the United States and Japan, the study calculated how frozen soil would interact with air temperatures, snow, sea ice changes and other processes.

GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out)

[Names Ash Housewares]

"If that much near-surface permafrost thaws, it could release considerable amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and that could amplify global warming," said lead author David Lawrence, with the National Center for Atmospheric Research. "We could be underestimating the rate of global temperature increase."

IF COULD
COULD IF

Yeah yeah, Got it.

[ExSES]

"If that much near-surface permafrost thaws, it could release considerable amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and that could amplify global warming," said lead author David Lawrence, with the National Center for Atmospheric Research. "We could be underestimating the rate of global temperature increase."

REMEMBER... Greenland was once inhabited and fertile! Even though the texts 50+ years ago assured us all that that was merely a Nordic "Real Estate Scam" foisted upon gullible Scandinavians being urged to migrate to new "Greener Pastures"!

But..., rest assured, it is all Bush's fault!!!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

(Voice of John Faceda)

"The cold, barren tundra of Lambeeeeaaauuuu Field is thawing from global warming."

[denydenydeny]

could...federal study...Using supercomputers...scenario...If...could... could...if...computer climate model...

Still trying to find any science in there.

I see people gobbling up federal grant money and designing computer models to justify continued grant money.

[gotribe]

The tundra will then turn to oil or coal eventually, right? This is a good thing.

[Mike Darancette]

Climate change could thaw the top 11 feet of permafrost in most areas of the Northern Hemisphere by 2100.

Cool, more wetlands for our feathered friends.