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Go along with your business...There's nothing to see here... (Original Post)
FourScore
Aug 2012
OP
the last four or five days of entries in the Arctic Sea Ice Blog are full of hilarity:
phantom power
Aug 2012
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woo me with science
(32,139 posts)1. Buy something! nt
phantom power
(25,966 posts)2. the last four or five days of entries in the Arctic Sea Ice Blog are full of hilarity:
FourScore
(9,704 posts)3. Has there been ANY coverage in the MSM about this arctic storm?
I don't believe so, but I never watch it.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)5. not that I'm aware of
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)16. Phy.org is covering it this morning....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014189506
Part of the morning read of most Americans, I'm sure.
Part of the morning read of most Americans, I'm sure.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)12. More hilarity....
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)4. The amount of latent heat being absorbed has to be staggering...
God help us when the polar ice is gone.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)6. yeah, that could be real interesting...
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)8. We'd see the Full Fury of GW with NO BUFFERING....
To say nothing of the albedo effect and the methane clathrates
I guess we could hope Yellowstone goes....
phantom power
(25,966 posts)10. the oceans also absorb CO2: another buffer that's filling
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)11. Why does the phrase "going to hell in a handbasket"...
suddenly run through my head?
Hydra
(14,459 posts)13. Yellowstone might be a blessing in this case
-5 degrees worldwide for 2+ years and most of humanity gone. The Earth's immune system in the form of a pimple?
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)14. Add your basic science graph to this graph:
Instant insomnia:
proud patriot
(100,715 posts)7. Unhappy face
Bonhomme Richard
(9,000 posts)9. In the not to distant future the south will burn due....
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.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)15. No arctic ice = jet stream moves North FOREVER....
Not important.