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Study: Falling Icebergs Harming Ecosystem
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| 07.19.2008
| UPI
Posted on 07/19/2008 10:17:16 AM PDT by Coffee200am
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Nothing worse than fish getting bonked in the head by falling ice...
To: Coffee200am
Calling for Phillip Morrisssss...err alGore..
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:20:06 AM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(OBAMA aka Post Turtle the Forest Gump of American Politics ABORTION -Liberal Child Abuse.)
To: Coffee200am
And exactly how long has ice been falling into the ocean in Antarctica?
Forever.
And yet, amazingly, all those species in the study are still here to be observed having ice falling on their head.
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:20:50 AM PDT
by
exit82
(People get the government they deserve--and they are about to get it --in spades.)
To: Coffee200am
Hey!
If the government is handing out money to “find negative effects of global warming”, are you going to let facts get in the way of your next paycheck?
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:23:58 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Fight B.O. with RIGHT GUARD! Vote McCain!)
To: exit82
Is there anything global warming can’t do?
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:24:01 AM PDT
by
rdax
To: Coffee200am
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:24:56 AM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(McCain is a moron. Michael Steele for Prez!)
To: exit82
Why do scientists conclude that no species should go extinct when millions already have? No teradactyls in my backyard please!!
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:25:32 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: Coffee200am
“Harm” is a word with moral connotations, usually invoked in the context of human interests or suffering. I am not sure how an ecosystem can be “harmed.” What the headline writer presumably means is that the current arrangement of life in Antarctica has some particular moral force behind it, but nature certainly doesn’t operate that way, so why should we?
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:26:08 AM PDT
by
untenured
To: Coffee200am
Reminds me of one of those “Oh no, Mr. Bill” moments
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:26:40 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
To: Coffee200am
So I guess asking the government to fund a “study” of the mini tsunamis with their 2-3 foot waves caused by falling ice would be out of the question.
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:29:30 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The U.S. Constitution was not written to protect those who want to destroy America.)
To: Coffee200am
These people are ridiculous.
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:35:23 AM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
To: Coffee200am
I get the sinking feeling that somehow, with the release of this study, AlGore “The Inventor of the Internet” has made another squillion dollars of ill-gotten gains.
Perhaps some strategically-placed signs on the ocean floor, “Beware of Falling Icebergs” or some such thing, could help our hapless sea-spiders and other greeblies from being bonked on the head needlessly? Surely this is an urgent Health and Safety issue!
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:35:24 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: Coffee200am
The genius in this is that someone managed to get five years worth of grant to study the effect of water (solid state, but water) running downhill.
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:37:06 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Coffee200am
The whole balance of the ecosystem could be affected, with consequences that are very difficult to predict......so to be safe, we will predict the absolute worst possible outcome.
(Has our research grant money come in yet?)
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:37:49 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains...)
To: Coffee200am
Shallow habitats of species such as giant sea spiders, Antarctic worms, sea urchins and corals face growing risk from icebergs as they tear up the sea floor, The Times of London reported Friday.
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:40:17 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Coffee200am
Geez.... And Avalanches kill trees, Rock slides kill animals and trees, mud slides kill animals and trees, Volcanoes kill humans, birds, trees, and animals, Forest fires destroy complete forests....etc, etc
All part of nature..
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:43:05 AM PDT
by
Wil H
To: Coffee200am
This could be worse than Y2K :(
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:43:09 AM PDT
by
xDGx
To: Coffee200am
Help, help, help, the sky is falling. /sarc
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:43:30 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
To: G Larry
If the government is handing out money to find negative effects of global warming, are you going to let facts get in the way of your next paycheck?Exactly !!!!
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:44:34 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
To: Coffee200am
Yep. Nutjob Nancy needs to promote legislation that bans the shrinkage of winter sea ice that otherwise contain the icebergs. How dare that winter sea ice shrink!
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:46:17 AM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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