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In reply to the discussion: 'Planetary emergency' due to Arctic melt, experts warn [View all]Selatius
(20,441 posts)13. Without sea ice, the polar bears will die. They need the ice as hunting platforms.
There have been warnings, yet nobody listens.
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Um, I think sudden rise in sea levels is unlikely, but extreme storms and droughts,
DLnyc
Sep 2012
#6
True however the ice melting isnt new and according to wiki it says and I quote
cstanleytech
Sep 2012
#18
We could adjust to hotter temperatures if they rose over centuries, but not over decades
DLnyc
Sep 2012
#23
I never said it would be without problems, I was speaking in the long term and in the long term
cstanleytech
Sep 2012
#40
Without sea ice, the polar bears will die. They need the ice as hunting platforms.
Selatius
Sep 2012
#13
Most people simply do not care. This is the problem. Right along with greed and religion.
JRLeft
Sep 2012
#14
We're totally fucked if we have to negotiate a solution in this geopolitical climate... nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Sep 2012
#19
Unless it triggers another mini-ice age, then move south, but avoid the coasts in
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#25
If the models just keep going to the natural conclusion of things as they are now
lunatica
Sep 2012
#28
I think the rapidity of the melt in the Siberian Sea was unforeseen by everyone
HereSince1628
Sep 2012
#30