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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:50 AM Original message |
Himalayan glaciers not melting because of climate change, report finds |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmmm? |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Something like this perhaps? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hahaha |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought this was going to be either Faux, The Daily Mail or The Telegraph |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Damn! they've disproven it! Now we must live in a world where pollution is good for all things! |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 05:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. the Global Warming solution is a trading/tax schema designed to transfer trillions to the bankers |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. well said, here are some further issues, as well as some solutions |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. it is hard to sort out |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. yes,corn-based ethanol has been a huge disaster for all but the producers and lobbyists, its a crime |
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egressingsparrowdrop (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. kool-aid alert... |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I do not hit and run, and your use of kool-aid is juvenile, I weigh all sides of the debate, do you? |
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egressingsparrowdrop (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Of course I do. I'm also intelligent enough to see |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. your "there's no "debate" anymore" quote would make any fascist proud |
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egressingsparrowdrop (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. should we debate gravity as well, lest we be accused of fascism? |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. the last time I checked, AGW is a THEORY, gravity is a LAW, and cap and trade is a poor solution |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Ummm...you do know that a theory is not conjecture - don't you? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. the main issue is |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. solutions |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. ahhh - LaRouche! Not only do I smell the rat, it now has a name too! |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. LaRouche is damn lunatic, & that water project dates from 1950's USA,decades b4 they hijacked it |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. LOL!!!1111 |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. yup! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. It's UN conspiracy now? What horseshit - the science is robust and settled |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. more boilerplate, ad hominen, mentally jingoistic attacks from you, yawnnnn |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Sloganeer this |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Which probably why the Republicans first proposed it as a "Market based solution" |
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egressingsparrowdrop (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. The problem "if it exists".... |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I am sorry, but I do not blindly accept one side, nor the other, I am a sceptic of all dogma |
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egressingsparrowdrop (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh, it's "dogma," is it? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. There is no dogma regarding AGW - only an abundance of peer reviewed science |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Perhaps you should continue this argument |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Where we play nicey nice with LaRouchite UN One-World science conspiracy-mongering climate deniers |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Glad to see you're playing with yourself |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Your attitude is the very definition of true science. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I don't find anything flippant in what you've said. Your posts in this thread are substantive. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. "the problem, if it exists" Clue - it does |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. in interest of civilty, & also to not abuse others on this thread, I wish you well |
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LawnKorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. The IPCC prediction came from a mis-quote during a telephone interview. It was corrected a year ago |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 06:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The Far Right Rapturists believe weather and climate are changing. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. once the glacier melts back , the cap or plug at the end is gone and the glacier "runs" quickly out |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes, it would seem that position of the glacial fronts isn't exactly |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. WRONG... tibetan glaciers are all melting at extreme rates.. >>..Links>> |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. WRONG... tibetan glaciers are all melting at extreme rates.. >>..Links>> |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. That was the first thing I noticed - glaciers can lose mass (or gain it) with no change |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. Reality: most Himalayan glaciers are melting, but not in one area - the Karakoram |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And of course the deniers will pick up this one little tidbit to prove their point |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. It's the Torygraph - what do you expect? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. it's nice the glaciers in karakorum aren't melting -- how about all |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. California's Sierra glaciers are melting, yet glaciers on California's Mt. Shasta are growing |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. California's Sierra glaciers aren't shrinking because of global warming either. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. In other words, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. Debris on Certain Himalayan Glaciers May Prevent Melting (Science Daily) |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. Spatially variable response of Himalayan glaciers to climate change affected by debris cover |
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