Posted on 03/25/2008 11:02:27 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Maybe rebunked?
http://www.middlebury.net/op-ed/global-warming-01.html
“At left is a screen shot from the Greenpeace web site, from a video which drips with the urgency of stopping the “melting” of the Arctic Ice Pack.
But look closely: Those are shear lines, where the ice has broken, not “melted”. Melting does not occur in particular paths across the ice sheet, except when being zapped by aliens in UFO’s.”
from that neck of the woods, not so long ago..
Images of Wilkins Ice Shelf Breakup
Source: Breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf: 15 February 1998 - 18 March 1999
http://nsidc.org/iceshelves/larsenb1999/wilkins.html
and an big file for a sat pic, 2.1MB
http://nsidc.org/cgi-bin/new/iceshelves_images.pl
Huh? This is sea ice. When sea ice melts it obviously has no effect on sea levels. It's already in the ocean. However, sea ice may bottle up glaciers, keeping them on land -- with this shelf out of the way, those glaciers may flow into the ocean, something that would, obviously, raise sea levels.
I don't think there are enough tugboats on the planet to tow an iceberg the size of Northern Ireland.
“By March 8, the ice shelf had lost just over 220 square miles (570 square kilometers) of ice, and the disintegrated ice had spread over 540 square miles (1,400 square kilometers).
The region where the Wilkins Ice Shelf lies has experienced unprecedented warming in the past 50 years, with several ice shelves retreating in the past 30 years. Six of these ice shelves have collapsed completely: Prince Gustav Channel, Larsen Inlet, Larsen A, Larsen B, Wordie, Muller and the Jones Ice Shelf.”
And yet we continue to live. The cities haven’t flooded, the crops haven’t failed. So what’s the big deal?
Gravity
And no one’s gettin’ fat except Mama Cass!
How does sea ice “bottle up” glaciers?
Sea ice is highly unstable and much softer than fresh water ice. In addition to that, there would be nothing to stop a glacier flow from pushing sea borne ice out of it’s way.
What stops most glacier movement is terrain. Mountain ranges are mostly responsible for holding Antarctica’s ice on the continent. There are a few ice flows where there are breaks in the mountainous terrain, so the ice flows to the ocean at those points.
HE COULD! ALL BY HISSELF!..........
If it comes down to a debate on whether the ice sheet is the victim of too much CO2 in the air or has been zapped by space aliens, I think the latter is more likely.
It reminds me of the time I tuned into Art Bell at about 2:00 am in the middle of a debate between two guys. The first guy was a nutcase who denied astronauts had ever been on the moon. The 2nd guy was much more rational and debunked (or maybe bunked) every one of the nutcase's tin foil hat arguments. He seemed very intelligent - until he got his chance to put forth his idea. He argued we had very well indeed landed on the moon, and there discovered a civilization living under glass domes-- which the government had kept a total secret all these years.
If only the goreball warming nutjobs were relegated to Art Bell -- instead of invading my back pocket.
Actually we don’t need more water, although it would be nice if we stop giving it to southern California. We’ve had record snowfall this year so the spring thaw should be fun.
I thought ya’ll had a drought going on!...............
If your ice is melting, you're drinking too slow.
Is this not an example of calving, meaning the glacier is getting bigger?
Maybe we can tow Northern Ireland to Antarctica?
That would solve the Irish re-unification issue, give them their own country free of London, and provide 360 degree ocean views for everyone who lives in a condo above the 25th floor.
Where’s Frederic Tudor when you need him?
Actually, our drought is finally over. Thanks to global warming, the snowpack is about 120% of normal this year. Some towns in the southwestern mountains have run out of places to put the stuff.
So you don't like my science? Too bad. The Zuben house established a consensus and we predict the coastal cities will be flooded. Anything less is bunk, according to our consensus.
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