Posted on 07/19/2008 10:17:16 AM PDT by Coffee200am
Scientists in Britain have discovered a new global warming threat to marine life in Antarctica -- breakaway icebergs that destroy any life in their path.
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.
The findings indicate climate change risks go beyond rising ocean temperatures, the British Antarctic Survey team said. Although near-shore ecosystems routinely take a pounding by icebergs, the destruction rate is rising as a warmer climate shrinks the winter sea ice that otherwise contain the icebergs.
The whole balance of the ecosystem could be affected, with consequences that are very difficult to predict, said Dan Smale, who led the study for the Cambridge institution. The focus of research has all been on rising temperatures, but what has been overlooked is that it isn't just warming of the water that changes the structure of the ecosystem. The distribution of species is likely to be just as important, and that is going to be affected by iceberg (breakaways).
Findings of the five-year study, conducted at South Cove on the Antarctic Peninsula, were published in the journal Science.
I am looking for investors to join my new enterprise, it is an Ice Berg Offset company. What we do is enlist people to freeze a certain amount of water for the people who buy Ice Berg Credits. The more you buy the more water is frozen. Then we load in on refrigerated airplanes and fly it to the Artic and Antarctic and dump it. This will offset the ice being lost from Global warming. Are you in? (of course no one actually freezes any ice, we just say that and as for dumping it, come on are you that gullible?).
I would say this is on par with Al Gores Carbon Offsets and may even outdo him, of course he will probably demand a piece of the action.
Neither do we here in Buffalo, NY. But those glaciers were kind enough to leave behind some very nice lakes as they left.
LOL! (giggle!)
Awesome link - thanks.
a. Bush's fault.
Duh! Silly me!
Laissez Faire
Yes, unfortunately.
NOTHING, not even AGW, can give a Greenie the ability to think & reason.
Sad news...... It has been verified that Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star have been crushed by a falling iceberg. The iceberg fell due to global warming caused by George Bush and republicans everywhere. Kids worldwide are saddened. BO-bama will lead an investigation into the untimely deaths of these important sea creatures..............
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