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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: runfree
"Del Boca Vista...Phase III"

Har har...

41 posted on 04/23/2007 7:57:18 PM PDT by telebob
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To: SengirV; Pete
Keep in mind, it was named Greenland for a reason.

Yeah, to get people to move there.


SengirV,

You are aware the Vikings settled in Greenland and grew grain, right?

It had a very different climate at the time.

42 posted on 04/23/2007 7:59:50 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: xjcsa

Yea, but have you opened your fridge door lately? Watch out!


43 posted on 04/23/2007 8:00:39 PM PDT by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: Vigilanteman
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.

I'm amazed Khaddafi never thought of doing this considering that it would create a huge amount of very desirable real estate. Think of an Italian climate in Africa or something like that.

44 posted on 04/23/2007 8:01:19 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: Pete

Yea Pete,

Keep asking these Einstein’s why Greenland was called “Green land” and now it’s covered with ice *_____*.

regards


45 posted on 04/23/2007 8:02:39 PM PDT by toneythetiger (the Constitution - a God-ordained conservative document - liberalism not allowed.)
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To: Dave Elias

But what about the drilling rights? We could use the oil....


46 posted on 04/23/2007 8:02:57 PM PDT by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: Grizzled Bear

And a different name ;)


47 posted on 04/23/2007 8:03:38 PM PDT by SengirV
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To: migraines

heat!


48 posted on 04/23/2007 8:05:07 PM PDT by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: Vigilanteman
Qattara is the spelling, FWIW. This interfered with your Wikipedia link.
49 posted on 04/23/2007 8:13:36 PM PDT by Sundog (envision whirled peas.)
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To: Savage Beast

Way down below the ocean is where she may be,she may be.


50 posted on 04/23/2007 8:13:56 PM PDT by since1868 (God said it. I believe it.That settles it.)
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To: xjcsa

Don’t let the developers know! How do you say Bering Straight in the Greenlandic?

Of course, it could be just like those little islands that keep popping up and then submerging in the Phillipenes.


51 posted on 04/23/2007 8:24:39 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops!)
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To: telebob
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52 posted on 04/23/2007 8:29:55 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: xjcsa
If I believed in global warming (no caps .. it's an event, not a freakin' entity!) ... What, just what could anyone do about it?

So the ice caps melt ... it didn't just start.

I live in SW Pa. and I'd love to have some beach front property.

Seriously folks, We'd all have to go live in caves and use thermal heat from the Earth for about four generations to reverse this ... if it was true and if we were to blame ... which it isn't and we ain't.

Anyone got a beer?

I'm out.

53 posted on 04/23/2007 8:41:03 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: xjcsa
Danish mapping expert Hans Jepsen said: "It was clearly detached from the mainland when the connecting glacier-bridge retreated southward."

My lord! That was one tough glacier-bridge, to detach the island from the mainland!

Does that make it a floating island, or did it put down new roots?

54 posted on 04/23/2007 9:25:13 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: knarf
If I believed in global warming (no caps .. it's an event, not a freakin' entity!)

Properly, it is Global Warming®, since it is a product being advertised and sold in world commerce.

Not that we, here on FR, buy it.

55 posted on 04/23/2007 9:36:32 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: xjcsa

In other news today that you will never read from the AP, Rueters, NYT or the rest of the media because it doesn’t work with their GW fairy tale script . . .

Albuquerque - Freezing rain hit the foothills of the city today fortelling the Glacial Climate Worry caused by human creation of undetermined pollutants. Though the world as we know it is about to end, residents enjoyed the unseasonably cold fronts that have been relentlessly attacking the state since the early Fall of 2006.


56 posted on 04/23/2007 9:50:19 PM PDT by Thickman (Term limits are the answer.)
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To: Centurion2000; Sundog
Most, if not all, of the Qattara Depression is in Egypt.

We could create our own inland sea in Death Valley, but it would be about one-third the depth, 40% of the surface area and would involve channeling water from the Pacfic through a mountain range. This is by no means an engineering impossibility, but it would be considerably more expensive and produce less bang for the buck than a channel to the Qattara.

On the other hand, considering Americans have more wealth, a 3000 square mile inland sea with majestic mountain vistas just beyond the shoreline would produce some very valuable real estate in central and southern California, the sales of which could more than pay for the project.

57 posted on 04/24/2007 6:12:27 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Vigilanteman
Ahh thanks ... didn't know that. Still a megaengineering project would be good for Egypt as they could sell the beachfront property and most likely manipulate the desert climate in their nation.

Linking the Pacific, Salton Depression and Death Valley with a canal of some kind would be a great idea as it introduces a natural barrier to California and increases the good real estate.

58 posted on 04/24/2007 7:15:27 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: PAR35
That’s what I was thinking. Shouldn’t there be less land,not more if the ice is melting.

Hey green weenies,make up your minds!

59 posted on 04/24/2007 7:19:44 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Liberals, A terrorists best friend!)
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To: Pete
Keep in mind, it was named Greenland for a reason.

Yup. To convince people to settle there.

60 posted on 04/24/2007 7:26:10 AM PDT by GenuineChocolateFace (Sarcasm - it beats killing people.)
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