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hatrack

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Sat Jan-16-10 02:49 PM
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An Ice Shelf The Size Of Rhode Island Breaks Up In Less Than 24 Hours

Source: Daily Green/NASA

Within a 24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA�s Aqua and Terra satellites captured this event in this series of photo-like images from January 12 and January 13, 2010.

Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/antarctica-ice-sheet-break-up-47011404#ixzz0cnyCmrDe

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SpiralHawk

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Sat Jan-16-10 02:55 PM
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1. Whoa, Nellie. Mother Earth is sending BIG messages

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theoldman

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Sat Jan-16-10 02:58 PM
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2. The ice shelf was not very thick.

Huge icebergs don't hold together unless they are very thick.

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bertman

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Sat Jan-16-10 03:12 PM
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3. Probably Hollywood special effects.

:hide:

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Dr.Phool

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Sat Jan-16-10 03:21 PM
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4. AAAGGH!!!!

"IT'S HEADED RIGHT FOR US"!!!
Lloyd Bridges, Airplane!

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SpiralHawk

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Sat Jan-16-10 03:28 PM
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5. "Ignore this. Just more lib-rul facts." - Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

Edited on Sat Jan-16-10 03:29 PM by SpiralHawk

"I urge my fellow republicon chickenhawks to ignore these inconvenient lib-rul facts, just as they are aggressively ignoring the sick, injured, hungry and dying human beings in Haiti. We republicons have more important things to do -- like advocating for more tax cuts for republicon fatcats. Smirk. Sneer."

- Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

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Gregorian

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Sat Jan-16-10 03:56 PM
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6. Oops.

I've been predicting the worst for a long long time. Maybe it's the innate sense of thermodynamics that came with my genes. There will be a multitude of melting modes and surprises.

None of this is a surprise. But it is an indication of just how far over the edge we really have been.

Stop the wars. Stop all trivial activities. And I mean things like the Olympics. Sorry to say that. But I'm being honest.

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felinetta

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Sat Jan-16-10 03:58 PM
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7. How long will right wingers kiss up to corporations and deny what they are seing?

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Uncle Joe

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Sat Jan-16-10 04:11 PM
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8. I wonder if the earthquake tremors sped this one up?

Thanks for the thread, hatrack.

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gaspee

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Sat Jan-16-10 04:22 PM
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9. Why is everything

Compared to my poor little state?

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Uncle Joe

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Sat Jan-16-10 04:25 PM
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10. Because Rhode Island rocks and imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

:yourock:

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Jennicut

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:20 PM
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17. dupe

Edited on Sat Jan-16-10 07:21 PM by Jennicut

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gaspee

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:39 PM
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19. I betcha

Most people don't even know how big RI is - so it's kind of funny when something is said to be the size of Rhode Island. I bet 99 out of 100 people wouldn't even know how big RI is. And CT, MA and RI residents are excepted from that 99 out of 100.

I love my state. I've lived a lot of different places and I came back to RI and except for the dead of winter, I'm never sorry about it.

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Demeter

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Sat Jan-16-10 04:28 PM
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11. I Visited RI One Spring and Fell in Love

Big things come in small packages.

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Canuckistanian

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Sat Jan-16-10 05:14 PM
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12. Because an ice shelf "the size of French Polynesia" doesn't have the same ring

:rofl:

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gaspee

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:39 PM
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20. LOL (n/t)

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geckosfeet

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:08 PM
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15. Hey hey little rhodie!

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Jennicut

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:21 PM
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18. Aww, you are like CT's little cousin. We love you Rhodies. And your beaches are way better.

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gaspee

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:40 PM
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21. I bet you

KNow how big RI is - I laugh when things are said to be RI sized because with the exception of MA, CT and RI residents, I bet 99 out of 100 people you ask have no idea what the size of RI actually is.

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Jennicut

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Sat Jan-16-10 10:20 PM
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24. When I went to Puerto Rico a few years ago it was described as CT-sized, which made my family laugh.

We are the size of Caribbean Islands.

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tabasco

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Sat Jan-16-10 05:22 PM
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13. Christen it Teabaggia and send all the baggers there

with King Boil-Butt and Queen Winkie DaQuitta.

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alfredo

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Sat Jan-16-10 08:15 PM
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23. Don't need to send them. Tell them there's free donuts there.

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Ian David

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Sat Jan-16-10 05:28 PM
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14. It's amazing how many "blue" congressional districts are in low-lying areas near the coastline.

Edited on Sat Jan-16-10 05:28 PM by Ian David

Not that this figures into the Climate Change Deniers' thinking.

:sarcasm:

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daleo

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:18 PM
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16. 2009 was one of the warmest years on record, in the southern hemisphere

This seems like further evidence for that finding. Global warming is real - a brief cold snap in North America and Europe doesn't mean it's not.

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gaspee

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Sat Jan-16-10 07:41 PM
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22. The cold snap

Is further evidence of global climate change

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tabasco

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Sat Jan-16-10 11:15 PM
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25. Run that by me one more time. n/t

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gaspee

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Sun Jan-17-10 02:47 AM
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26. Are you trying

To be an asshole? Or am I misreading you?

Try this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x226435

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