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Island Found in Arctic Circle ("Warming Island")
Ananova ^
| April 17, 2007
Posted on 04/23/2007 6:50:50 PM PDT by xjcsa
A new island has been discovered in the Arctic after rising temperatures melted the giant ice sheet which covered it.
The rocky mass - dubbed Warming Island - lies 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle in eastern Greenland, reports The Sun.
It was found by US explorer Dennis Schmitt 60 and is seen as further proof of global warming.
Danish mapping expert Hans Jepsen said: "It was clearly detached from the mainland when the connecting glacier-bridge retreated southward."
Explorer Schmitt said: "There is a dark side to this. We were all aware of the dire consequences."
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greenland; manbearpig; qattaracanal; thule
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To: xjcsa
Warming Island? I think a better name is “Chicken Little Island”.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:16:19 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Savage Beast
Nope, it’s just an outpost. Atlantis is in the Pegasus Galaxy now.
To: xjcsa
Or...
Bedwetter Isle
Isla de Hysteria
Polar Bears Rest
New QuikieMart
Island Pines Estates
...
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:18:00 PM PDT
by
telebob
To: Sundog
"If an island is found by a U.S. explorer, doesnt it become a U.S. Island? doesnt this redraw the map?" Too late. This one was claimed by Norway when they colonized it in the 900's.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:18:37 PM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
To: Sundog
Oh. Then I’m at ends to explain it. Danish territory already perhaps?
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:20:27 PM PDT
by
Alexander Rubin
(Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
To: Alexander Rubin
I’m sure someone got it, but it was just a fanciful thought, like claiming the sea mounts that turn into islands in the pacific.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:23:12 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(envision whirled peas.)
To: Sundog
What ended the previous ice ages?
To: migraines
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:29:42 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Spruce
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:31:50 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: xjcsa; Sundog
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:33:41 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: xjcsa
No worries, this “new island” will soon be submerged due to the rapidly rising seas from global warming unless we all buy enough carbon credits from Algore.
To: rawhide
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:34:57 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: telebob
Del Boca Vista...Phase III
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:38:15 PM PDT
by
runfree
To: rawhide
Intersting graphic. The weight of the ice sheets alone has depressed most of Greenland to below sea level. In fact, if all the ice in Greenland were to melt (which took 18,000 years to build), then 88% of the excess could be contained
in the Qatarra Depression with a simple 50 mile or so long canal from the Medditerranean to drain it in.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:38:50 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: xjcsa
lies 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle in eastern Greenland, reports The Sun. Keep in mind, it was named Greenland for a reason.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:46:00 PM PDT
by
Pete
To: xjcsa
Won’t global warming cause the sea to rise, covering the island, and cancelling out the problem?
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:49:59 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Spruce
I knew it was near Greenland! The Charlie in the Box had a distinct Greenlandian accent.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:54:09 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
To: Pete
Yeah, to get people to move there.
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:54:58 PM PDT
by
SengirV
To: claudiustg
Yea man , one of my all time favorite Jimmi songs..Used to do it in a band at one time ...
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posted on
04/23/2007 7:55:40 PM PDT
by
sonic109
To: xjcsa
Hmmmm. I would have thought that Gore Island or Inconvenient Island would have been more appropriate.
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