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In reply to the discussion: We're SCREWED [View all]Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)20. This comment is accurate:
This summer will play out however it plays out, soon enough. We're just here to witness and to document, not make fools of ourselves like the climate modelers.
It's not like giving out a tsunami warning. There, peope can take effective evasive action in response to a good prediction. Here there's nothing they can do -- they're screwed.
Live-blogging the collapse of the Arctic could have longer term educational value. While it's way too late to be thinking about ice recovery in our lifetimes, we might be able to mitigate or slow the next domino to fall by curbing emissions. Ok, not the next 2-3 dominoes but maybe some after that.
Next fall the story will shift -- if it hasn't already -- to "oops, what happened to the Arctic isn't staying in the Arctic".
Posted by: A-Team | March 19, 2013 at 12:39
http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2013/03/crack-is-bad-for-you-and-sea-ice/comments/page/2/#comments
It's not like giving out a tsunami warning. There, peope can take effective evasive action in response to a good prediction. Here there's nothing they can do -- they're screwed.
Live-blogging the collapse of the Arctic could have longer term educational value. While it's way too late to be thinking about ice recovery in our lifetimes, we might be able to mitigate or slow the next domino to fall by curbing emissions. Ok, not the next 2-3 dominoes but maybe some after that.
Next fall the story will shift -- if it hasn't already -- to "oops, what happened to the Arctic isn't staying in the Arctic".
Posted by: A-Team | March 19, 2013 at 12:39
http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2013/03/crack-is-bad-for-you-and-sea-ice/comments/page/2/#comments
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Try this link - the graphic it displays has the coastlines and islands superimposed
hatrack
Mar 2013
#18
I had an uncomfortable feeling when the first cracks showed up a month and a half ago
GliderGuider
Mar 2013
#9
If the report of the low cost, fast desalination technique actually works, maybe not.
Lionessa
Mar 2013
#11
Did you know the Salton Sea in Ca. was caused by a spill, and a town flooded?
AnotherDreamWeaver
Mar 2013
#14
Antarctica had the second HIGHEST minimum sea ice in the satellite record this year
OnlinePoker
Mar 2013
#34