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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:14 AM Original message |
Collapse Of Greenland Ice Shield - Consequences |
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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just another reason to kick LieberBush out--Global Warming |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If people don't start voting for REAL environmentalists |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Blub blub blubbubluh blubub blub |
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MsKandice01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wait, wait, wait...WHAT?!? |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I've heard this, too. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. it's a new one on me... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Maybe hatrack knows, he's been tracking the sea ice decline |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I've read the same prognosis from the Nat'l Snow & Ice Data Center |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So is the author saying that with no water ice to hold back the land ice, |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. More like an inch or three a year, I think.* |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Larson B was an Ice Shelf, not an ice Sheet |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. First, the Greenland Ice Sheet is not the real danger. |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thanks for this explanation |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. IT is believed to have happened 100,000 years ago |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. About that time line... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I wonder, Boomer, |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. How realistic is that? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. "This Withdraw Of Carbon Dioxide Caused The World Temperatures To Drop" |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Very informative. Thnak you. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. How high would the world-wide tsunami be? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I suspect it will be a gradual raise within a 24 hour period. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thanks for the detailed explanation. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're assuming the whole sheet will lift off all at once |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. As I said, no one knows, the records from 100,000 years ago are rare. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Doen't this mean aeveryone living on coasts should get off |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. half the population lives within 50 miles of the coast |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. The key is how FAR up are those people. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rising water level not the only threat. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. There's also thermal expansion to contend with |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I calculated something like 2 feet of rise due to thermal expansion.... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I read a few years ago that it had been estimate at about 2 inches. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I applied the thermal expansion coefficient of H2O to the volume... |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. plate tectonics and massive weight redistribution |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. a domino effect |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I'm glad it's Friday ... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. There would be isostatic adjustments |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yes and No. |
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