Within a decade, the North Pole will be ice-free during the summer
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 14/10/2009 03:35:31 PM
LONDON – A team of British explorers says that within a decade the North Pole will be virtually ice-free during the summer.
The Catlin Arctic Survey trekked an average of about 11 kilometers (six miles) per day and swam in freezing water to take measurements of the ice and snow.
Measurements during the three month research project showed that most of the ice is first year ice that measures about 1.8 meters (six feet) thick. Peter Wadhams with the University of Cambridge said Wednesday the ice is too thin to survive next summer's ice melt.
The results come ahead of the UN climate Summit in Copenhagen this December.
The Catlin Arctic Survey trekked an average of about 11 kilometers (six miles) per day and swam in freezing water to take measurements of the ice and snow.
Measurements during the three month research project showed that most of the ice is first year ice that measures about 1.8 meters (six feet) thick. Peter Wadhams with the University of Cambridge said Wednesday the ice is too thin to survive next summer's ice melt.
The results come ahead of the UN climate Summit in Copenhagen this December.
I amuse myself.
Oh...by the way...we may have been wrong about that whole "Global Warming" thing
- 14/10/2009 03:23:53 PM
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This was posted on 10.10.09 by Trzkaska2000. 138 views. 15 replies.
- 14/10/2009 03:32:52 PM
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Your point being...? *NM*
- 14/10/2009 03:53:56 PM
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That your post is repetitive.
- 14/10/2009 05:33:05 PM
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No. I think my post is rather better. It has my priceless comments around the article.
- 14/10/2009 06:56:41 PM
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Your post is neither better nor worse. Same thing but reposted.
- 14/10/2009 08:23:55 PM
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They replied to someone else's post and viewpoint and insight.
- 14/10/2009 09:06:32 PM
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From your viewpoint. Not from mine. *NM*
- 14/10/2009 09:57:01 PM
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Perhaps. Either way, though, I'm egotistical enough not to care that it was posted elsewhere before *NM*
- 15/10/2009 03:45:14 AM
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In fairness, I only replied after you pointed towards that other thread in here. 
- 14/10/2009 10:08:53 PM
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- 14/10/2009 10:08:53 PM
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Within a decade, the North Pole will be ice-free during the summer
- 14/10/2009 03:35:31 PM
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That's strange, considering it melted less this summer than usual.
- 14/10/2009 03:55:28 PM
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I'm sorry but you are wrong. It is the third greatest melt on record.
- 14/10/2009 05:38:02 PM
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Who called it? *Double thumbs* This guy. This guy called it. *NM*
- 14/10/2009 04:13:43 PM
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Re: Oh...by the way...we may have been wrong about that whole "Global Warming" thing
- 14/10/2009 04:36:57 PM
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I registered it as a bug
- 14/10/2009 04:40:20 PM
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*NM*
Possible Consequences of taking global warming seriously...
- 14/10/2009 04:37:32 PM
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Increased cost for everyone
- 14/10/2009 04:42:07 PM
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Increased costs?
- 14/10/2009 05:11:11 PM
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You misunderstand my position.
- 14/10/2009 05:23:29 PM
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greed
- 14/10/2009 06:45:35 PM
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That's not how things work.
- 14/10/2009 06:50:27 PM
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Then lets change the way things work. Not as if capitalism is required by the US constition.
- 15/10/2009 07:04:51 PM
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You are really dense if you believe that
- 14/10/2009 06:59:43 PM
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capitalists are the dense ones if they believe that it is even a somewhat good system
- 15/10/2009 07:11:47 PM
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Tell that to the unwashed idiots who believe you and ruin the world with another revolution. *NM*
- 16/10/2009 05:59:01 PM
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Capitalism is one of the great inventions of the West - and so is socialism.
- 16/10/2009 06:13:12 PM
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Welcome to Communism!
- 14/10/2009 09:45:02 PM
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communism is a system of government. SOCIALISM is an economic system
- 15/10/2009 07:01:16 PM
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The word communism can mean either political system or economic system or both.
- 15/10/2009 07:25:59 PM
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Cap and trade is an attempt to use the power of the free market - you'd think you'd appreciate that.
- 14/10/2009 10:24:46 PM
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Cap and trade is something only big companies can really afford
- 15/10/2009 03:52:52 AM
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"Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy."
- 15/10/2009 04:20:21 AM
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Other Possible Consequences of taking global warming seriously...
- 14/10/2009 06:33:38 PM
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+1
- 14/10/2009 06:46:11 PM
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So you decided to ignore my response?
- 14/10/2009 07:02:01 PM
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No, I just think it's gonna pay off in the long run
- 14/10/2009 07:21:04 PM
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+ 1 I agree with you completely in here.
- 14/10/2009 08:19:45 PM
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So, I guess you are now a Catholic?
- 14/10/2009 09:49:21 PM
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I hope you're not suggesting the Global Warming is only a rallying cry for the Right?
- 14/10/2009 09:48:22 PM
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- 14/10/2009 08:07:54 PM
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No worries, it's worth a second post!!! AGW is total BS.....
- 14/10/2009 09:39:20 PM
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I probably would have just responded if I had seen that you had posted
- 15/10/2009 03:54:29 AM
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I love how even when people factor in cosmic rays the naysayers reject findings they dislike.
- 15/10/2009 05:07:31 AM
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Well, it's good to see that some folks still actually follow science rather than politics
- 16/10/2009 05:04:17 PM
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