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Greenland Rising Rapidly as Ice Melts
LiveScience.com ^ | 5/18/10

Posted on 05/18/2010 2:24:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: NormsRevenge
Does Hank Johnson (D) think it's in danger of capsizing? Could this be another Guam!?
41 posted on 05/18/2010 3:46:17 PM PDT by Shqipo (Hey Libs-- Now that Gov't will pay for your diapers how long until you demand help putting them on?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Maybe sea levels are dropping.


42 posted on 05/18/2010 3:46:25 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: sodpoodle

Yeah, big numbers can do that, I wanted to tease you a little bit, but I held back!


43 posted on 05/18/2010 3:48:24 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
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it must of happened before too since Greenland used to be GREEN when the ice melted the last time!!!
44 posted on 05/18/2010 3:55:09 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: NormsRevenge

Here’s a thought, maybe that’s why the place is named Greenland, also, Hannibal crossed the Alps waaay back when the ice had melted enough for him (along with his elephants) to just stroll across, hmmmm?


45 posted on 05/18/2010 3:56:54 PM PDT by Rockiette (Democrats are not intelligent)
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To: NormsRevenge

this must be Bush’s fault


46 posted on 05/18/2010 4:03:32 PM PDT by sten
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The ice, in place for eons,...

Stop right there! In geological terms an eon is 1,000,000,000 years, and this is not even close.

47 posted on 05/18/2010 6:52:29 PM PDT by dr_lew
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how do they know it’s the ice getting thicker, as opposed to the entire island rising from below, and the ice staying the same? 2 inches/yr = 5 cm.


48 posted on 05/18/2010 8:39:34 PM PDT by rog72
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They use calibration of the land-mass by measuring the distance at the edges of the ice sheet and at areas not covered by ice. The overall Greenland ice sheet is growing, not shrinking.


49 posted on 05/18/2010 9:05:59 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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