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Y'all do realize that the Arctic sea ice is going to be GONE within the next administration... [View all] XemaSab Sep 2012 OP

We have our collective head in the sand. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #1

Can't find that graph on the link. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #2

Here's how to find it: XemaSab Sep 2012 #3

Got it thanks dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #5

Two unstoppable trains are racing toward each other on the same track.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #4

"AGW"?? - don't recognize that acronym. 'Arctic Global Warming'? 'Accelerated coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #29

Anthropogenic Global Warming.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #33

Thanks! - n/t coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #35

I though it was Anthropogenic . . . hatrack Sep 2012 #36

You're right....But hey, GW does take the form of man nowadays.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #38

What are the expected ramifications of no arctic ice? Kablooie Sep 2012 #6

The energy that goes into melting ice will be free to heat up the planet even faster. Gregorian Sep 2012 #8

There will be lots of oil available, as the ice melts. Maybe that is why they have for so long sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #18

Ice reflects light and heat. sulphurdunn Sep 2012 #30

Even worse, once petroleum use goes down, global dimming will be reduced, allowing even more heat as Gregorian Sep 2012 #45

Water absorbs heat. Ice does not. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #9

^^^^this. It's another tipping point, and potentially a big one. nt magical thyme Sep 2012 #21

That and possibly the release of Ilsa Sep 2012 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author XemaSab Sep 2012 #10

Short term / long term answers: Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #13

Exponential warming increase due to the darker nature of the water once the reflective ice melts FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #32

Rising sea levels and lunatica Sep 2012 #46

More droughts worse than this summer, leading to global food riots. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #50

And then there's this (from 3 years ago).... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #63

No one is going to stop doing what they're doing. Gregorian Sep 2012 #7

I see an exponential process. The curve is a best-fit exponential curve. Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #17

I always suspected this. Gregorian Sep 2012 #19

Being a Doomsayer is a lonely profession Hydra Sep 2012 #47

The Curse of Cassandra GliderGuider Sep 2012 #52

A lot of people are waking up, yes. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #57

Passing a tipping point doesn't mean the pendulum swings instantly to the other stop GliderGuider Sep 2012 #65

And why not? I would LOVE for this to be true; it would have helped us GREATLY. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #58

When I was a kid undergroundpanther Sep 2012 #54

I've experienced the same Gregorian Sep 2012 #62

A China flagged freighter this past week made it from China through the NW Passage to Vancouver CK_John Sep 2012 #11

Ummm.... I assume it went from Europe to Vancouver via the NWP? PavePusher Sep 2012 #24

A 28-foot fiberglass sailboat also just made it through hatrack Sep 2012 #37

I think you're referring to China to Iceland via the Northern Route (ie north of Russia) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #44

Imagine 24 hour sun on a ocean of water lovuian Sep 2012 #64

He who dies with the most toys wins, doncha know? Ship of Fools Sep 2012 #12

Well, we had a good run. ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #14

And we're still fighting over who gets a bigger piece of the resource pie... ellisonz Sep 2012 #15

Yep.... KoKo Sep 2012 #20

IMO we are already past the point of no return. Motown_Johnny Sep 2012 #16

Not quite. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #56

I know that we don't know, that is why I said it was my opinion. Motown_Johnny Sep 2012 #60

The 1% don't care shawn703 Sep 2012 #22

no they will be the least prepared ThomThom Sep 2012 #25

Said it before, and I'll say it again. I smell a French Revolution scenario brewing... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #26

'Enlightened aristocracy' is (or was) an oxymoron. The aristocracy (2nd estate) in 1789 coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #39

Yes and no.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #41

K & R n/t glinda Sep 2012 #23

And even a Democratic administration won't do too damn much about it villager Sep 2012 #27

Ghost Glacier in Jasper (North, in Canada, of Montana and Washington) fell jtuck004 Sep 2012 #31

So why exactly sulphurdunn Sep 2012 #34

Power issue Hydra Sep 2012 #49

Pretty amazing to see the northwest passage and the northeast passage ice-free HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #40

Stop being so serious and Golden Raisin Sep 2012 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #59

K&R stuntcat Sep 2012 #43

Neither candidate will do much about it. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #48

B-B-But there are no "viable" choices. nt Bonobo Sep 2012 #51

Fuck, there may be open water at the pole next summer. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #53

Not likely. longship Sep 2012 #55

If we could only learn to use all that sea water we would be fine. Sunlei Sep 2012 #61