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Go along with your business...There's nothing to see here... (Original Post) FourScore Aug 2012 OP
Buy something! nt woo me with science Aug 2012 #1
the last four or five days of entries in the Arctic Sea Ice Blog are full of hilarity: phantom power Aug 2012 #2
Has there been ANY coverage in the MSM about this arctic storm? FourScore Aug 2012 #3
not that I'm aware of phantom power Aug 2012 #5
Phy.org is covering it this morning.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #16
More hilarity.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #12
The amount of latent heat being absorbed has to be staggering... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #4
yeah, that could be real interesting... phantom power Aug 2012 #6
We'd see the Full Fury of GW with NO BUFFERING.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #8
the oceans also absorb CO2: another buffer that's filling phantom power Aug 2012 #10
Why does the phrase "going to hell in a handbasket"... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #11
Yellowstone might be a blessing in this case Hydra Aug 2012 #13
Add your basic science graph to this graph: Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #14
Unhappy face proud patriot Aug 2012 #7
In the not to distant future the south will burn due.... Bonhomme Richard Aug 2012 #9
No arctic ice = jet stream moves North FOREVER.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #15

FourScore

(9,704 posts)
3. Has there been ANY coverage in the MSM about this arctic storm?
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:04 PM
Aug 2012

I don't believe so, but I never watch it.

phantom power

(25,966 posts)
5. not that I'm aware of
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:08 PM
Aug 2012

If the 2007 record minimum is broken in September, there might be some brief coverage, mostly of the "gee - how about that" variety.

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
4. The amount of latent heat being absorbed has to be staggering...
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:07 PM
Aug 2012

God help us when the polar ice is gone.

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
8. We'd see the Full Fury of GW with NO BUFFERING....
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:25 PM
Aug 2012

To say nothing of the albedo effect and the methane clathrates

I guess we could hope Yellowstone goes....

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
13. Yellowstone might be a blessing in this case
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:16 PM
Aug 2012

-5 degrees worldwide for 2+ years and most of humanity gone. The Earth's immune system in the form of a pimple?

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)
9. In the not to distant future the south will burn due....
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 04:31 PM
Aug 2012

to the combination of temperature and drought.
That is when the great migration north will begin. I don't want to think about the consequences of that.

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