ice sheet losses in Greenland and Antarctica reach new highs

most of the refineries in this country are built at less than 20' above sea level. much of new york city and most of the development on the east and west coast is at or below the 20' level which we can easily exceed within the next 50-70 years if the heating begins to accelerate as it has done in the past. i expect our farms in louisiana which are at 30' and 100 miles from the gulf will be under water by 2115. my house in portland here is at about 210' and i think it will eventually be under water in about 200 years. or at least i can look out across an inland bay at the west hills if i were around then. most of australia's central region will be under water. bicoastal will have different meaning. you gotta feel for the kids and what their kids will have to deal with so people can haul their fat asses down the freeway in these huge mega machines at 100mph now and continue to deny reality poking them in the face. religion helps by converting you to a mental midget without the capacity to see reality as it really is instead of what they tell you it is.
 
Seatec said:
No ice loss here on east coast of Canada, heaviest ice in 30 yrs, colder then normal, record snow, late spring, so no global warming here. I believe the climate is changing, always has and there is nothing we can do about it, so drill baby drill.
We need fracking, but too many tree huggers in NS.
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Taking an Al Davis quote and applying that to fracking is wrong on so many levels.

We need fracking? Are you some special kind of dumb?

The fact that Canada had its heaviest ice in 30 years is a TESTAMENT to the global climate change occurring. One of the most unfortunate things that people did to 'global warming' was name it 'global warming'. It is not as simple as the Earth getting warmer. The atmosphere constantly makes 'corrections' in the form of storms and extreme weather patterns which have been increasing in frequency and magnitude at an alarming rate (to those with eyes open).

Here are some highlights that you may have missed in the last 1.5 years:
  • Drought and lack of winter in West Coast US, but record amounts of ice and snow on the East coast.
  • Tropical Storms Haiyan and Rammasun displacing hundreds of thousands.
  • Wettest winter in Britain in 250 years
  • Snow in Vietnam
  • Arctic sea ice at a maximum level
  • Australia has hottest year on record and ensuing drought
  • South America in drought
  • Flooding in Europe, Asia and South America (yes, drought and floods in SA)
 
people are so dumb. talking about how the winter was so bad on the east coast as though it is proof of how global warming is a fiction created by corrupt guvment scientists. then they switch over to how "jesus saves"!!!!! like where? at Chase or Wells Fargo?
 
cal3thousand said:
[*]Arctic sea ice at a maximum level
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Hmmm.... there is verrrryyyy significant ice loss around the globe, including the Arctic, Antarctic, glaciers everywhere, including the Himalayas, etc. This September 2015 will likely see the Arctic ice-free for the first time in known recorded history.

I'm thinking of a kinda-reverse-pschology protest - we celebrate word wide for a major human accomplishment - we succeeded in melting the Arctic. Hurrah, let's open up that frigid zone to drilling for oil and other natural resources, development, new shipping lanes, etc.! Hell, might as well invite the Japanese, who love whale meat to join the fray. I'm thinking of a hotel just outside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for would-be whale hunters to spear their own, drill-rig crews, gambling, etc. Might as well live it up in these last days of life as we know it on Planet Eaarth. :lol:
 
Several songs had the lyric line: "Ride, Sally, Ride!" (Mustang Sally-Wilson Picket 1967; Dance to the Music-Sly and the Family Stone 1968). Also: See See Rider Blues-Ma Rainey 1925; with it's many subsequent versions could also be re-badged as a bicycle song, interesting trivia here: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1970
This is a Blues standard first recorded by Ma Rainey, whose version hit #12 in 1925 as "See See Rider Blues." The "C.C. Rider," also known as "See See Rider" or "Easy Rider," is a Blues cliché for the sexual partner, although originally it referred to the guitar hung on the back of the traveling bluesman. (thanks, Patrick - Port Arthur, TX)
Willis' version started "The Stroll" dance craze. The Diamonds (of "Little Darlin'" fame) capitalized by writing and releasing "The Stroll," which peaked at #4 as it sold over one million copies.
In 1965, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels incorporated "C.C. Rider" into a medley of songs with Little Richard's "Jenny Jenny." This version peaked at #10 in the US in early January, 1966.
 
wow, early modern lingo here of all places.

yes, easy rider is a comfortable sexual partner from early 50's black vernacular. CC rider is an amalgam of the use of easy rider with CC which is in reference to intravenous drug injection. cocaine and morphine being the original because it was most often available in ampoules so dosage would be in CC's, unlike heroin which would be sold in bulk as tar, and needed to be dissolved by heating the water or other liquid used to put it in suspension.

so much original black music had references to drug use that had to be obvious to the knowledgeable but not noticed by the white police and sheriffs responsible for maintaining the oppression of blacks after reconstruction in the US. something which continues to the present day.

bob dylan made reference also in the term 'rainy day women' to almost describe how drugs would provide some comfort in lieu of a female companion. he was actually being more poetic in describing the human dimension of dependency as he saw it from his perspective of personal drug use.
 
"New and troubling carbon threshold passed, researchers say"
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/ne...ord-high-not-seen-in-millions-of-years/50750/

Includes:
Unprecedented in millions of years
These values aren't just high when compared to recent history, or even human history. The release of tens of billions of metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, through the burning of fossil fuels, has increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere to levels the planet hasn't experienced in millions to tens of millions of years.
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Yea, and methane....
GHGConc2000-large.jpg

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/images/science/
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2015/04/methane-levels-as-high-as-2845ppb.html
 
Stupid humans.
 
Found more "silly stuff" from the British BBC:
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Curious watt some folks in St. Augustine FLA might think. "Sea rise threatens Florida coast, but no statewide plan"
http://news.yahoo.com/sea-rise-threatens-florida-coast-no-statewide-plan-151756531.html

Article starts:
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — America's oldest city is slowly drowning.

St. Augustine's centuries-old Spanish fortress sits feet from the encroaching Atlantic, whose waters already flood the city's narrow streets about 10 times a year — a problem worsening as sea levels rise. The city relies on tourism, but visitors might someday have to wear waders at high tide.
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Ahh... St. Augustine. (Soon to become the "Venice of the West". Or something. Maybe.)
 
LockH said:
"Antarctica's Ice Attacked from Above and Below"
http://www.livescience.com/50815-antarctice-larsen-c-ice-melting.html

Includes:
This is the first time that melting from below has been fingered as a culprit in the Antarctic Peninsula's vanishing ice shelves. Warming ocean waters are nibbling away at ice shelves in West Antarctica, but atmospheric heat has been considered the main offender in the peninsula.
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They don't call me the fingers for nuttin. :twisted:
 
in the video you can see the hillside in montana behind him that is covered by ponderosa pine that have all been killed by the pine beetles because the winters are now not cold enuff to kill off the grubs as they winter over and the loss of songbirds to eat them in the spring. add to dry winter and spring in many areas, the fires this year will surpass all records imo.

looks like we about to lose the entire honeybee population within the next few years also. monarch butterfly populations dropping 20-30%/year too. pesticides and herbicides, not fracking.
 
Dang. Sailing on Lake Ontario, once per year, band of monarchs used to ring around the boat flying low to cross the lake (when winds favourable). Quick! EVerybuddy plant more milkweeds!
 
Yah. Canadians promise to fart less (only in their "cars").
 
Canadians have cars?
Thought they drove Skidoos and lived in Igloos.

Honestly, I believe we are destroying the earth, but big business is in the spin business and they got the government paid off.
 
markz said:
Canadians have cars?
Thought they drove Skidoos and lived in Igloos.
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Hehe... Currently, southern Ontario is "Car Manufacturers Central". (Doesn't occur to some that clogging our roads w/large, heavy, expensive vehicles (designed to go much faster than 99% urban speed limits), that injure and kill millions every year (some of those animals "human") *might* be "causing problems".


(BTW, in summers we get out our Teepees. One neighbour "native" *loved* to drink tea. Morning, noon and night. Then one morning was found dead in their tea pee. Sad, really.)
 
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