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Melting ice sheets create new carbon sink, say boffins
The Register (UK) ^ | 10th November 2009 10:59 GMT | Lewis Page

Posted on 11/10/2009 11:19:57 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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Map of the Antarctic showing major ice shelves that are disintegrating due to global warming. Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas that causes the problem. (AFP/Graphic)


21 posted on 11/10/2009 12:15:40 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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I don’t understand that picture...


22 posted on 11/10/2009 2:36:23 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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Whoops...ok that is a satellite view looking down and the white stuff is snow covered ground....DUH!

The Blue is the ocean and the "Cloud" is the white interior to the Blue...OK now I got it.

I was trying to make out clouds and was looking for >...normal clouds...

23 posted on 11/10/2009 2:39:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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I know. it is a weird shot.. like red tide or something, massive swarms of little critters


24 posted on 11/10/2009 2:59:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The Earth’s self-regulating system kicks in...just like He made it!


25 posted on 11/11/2009 5:55:09 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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