Climate change melts Antarctica ice shelves -USGS

Yeah people are stupid, they fail science CLASS and now they think they have a say in the matter! Listen stupid people of America, WITH YOUR BIG SUV AND FOUR WHEEL TRUCKS THAT NEVER GO OFF ROAD, get an smaller, particle vehicle! Save on Gas and protect the planet.

Yeah how about getting off OIL. We can save on WARS, protect the ENVIRONMENT, Alternative options for power will lead to new industries, helping create JOBS.

ANY ONE HERE TALKING SMACK ABOUT AL GORE, OR THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS NATURAL, DON' T WORRY ARE STUPID. Everything has happen before in history, that doesn't make it OK to happen again! 2 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT is that Global Warming is speeding up, ever since the industrial age started! Global warming is going FASTER THEN IT WOULD HAVE IF IT WAS A NATURAL OCCURRENCE, FACT!!!!!

FACT IT ONLY TAKES A FEW DEGREE'S IN CHANGE AND MANKIND BECOMES HISTORY. SO STUPID PEOPLE IGNORE NATURES WARNING CALLS AND FACE EXTINCTION!

Mark701 you can talk all of the climatology you want and I don't disagree with the science of what is happening. The problem is; you are not admitting to yourself or anyone else that this happens over and over throughout history. I understand science very well, you may need some history, however. This happens with or without humans. What your science cannot prove because it proves the opposite is that man is causing global warming, climate change or whatever the next convenient name becomes. You cannot, have not, and will never be able to prove that because we contribute so little of these gases the Earth barely notices us. While I agree we need to work on other ways of doing things, YES, you are being an alarmist. And, YES, you are promoting a cause in the wrongest way. You keeping ringing alarm bells, providing no proof we contribute, and you offer no solutions other than paying taxes to bankers. Pitiful. Crying shame. To make matters worse, you and the others like you then yell that anyone who 'doesn't understand' your version of the manufactured truth must not be very smart. Do you realize how ignorant that is? Beyond that, you and the others always avoid the taxes won't fix this question, and asking citizens to contribute without stopping the wars would fix things how? Besides, your 'President' is pushing everyone's buttons around the world and soon there won't be much to save anyway. Your lack of addressing real issues makes your talk about this subject 'Alarmist Babble'. Put up or shut up. Again, offer something other than googling, then copying and pasting something you found on a climatology website. You have nothing to offer if you're not offering viable solutions. Have you built a free energy magnetic generator for $150. I bet you're still getting electricity from the grid which most comes from burning coal in America. Put up or shut up.

I can build a free energy device that will power a house for $150. Some houses may need two. However, once these are in place there is no more need to pay for electricity and they are impervious to outages.
The magnetic power generator works as a free energy generator that uses magnetic drive along with magnets to create a perpetual movement. In this case, the generator runs alone continuously while not stopping and can make completely free electrical electric power which can be implemented by a person for various uses. The everlasting action inside generator refers to a device which works indefinitely, producing huge amounts of energy.
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Why doesn't everyone know about these? Why isn't Al Gore selling these? Hmm.

Mark701, Funs stats, not completely correct, but fun. Things is, you still don't tell me how you wish to address the issues you brought up. Paying taxes won't influence the deforestation or carbon output of humans. Again, the only thing we can do is demand new leadership, replace our joke of a government on all levels and make the changes ourselves by releasing the already proven technologies that are being withheld from us. Then, we can use the war money to subsidize companies that are willing to make 'greeen' energies and stop deforestation until they become profitable. Again, again, it WON'T HAPPEN. Why? Because you insist on allowing criminals and bankers to infiltrate your movement and push ideas that will only expand their pocketbooks. Tell me you want to stop the biggest polluter, the wars, and that you are willing to get rid of the lobbyists and criminal politicians or anything you say is rubbish. Put up or shut up, all of you 'greenies'.

Americans have completely lost all ability to reason or do anything, for that matter, without the help of Mother Government and Father Banker. Grow up, children, take matters in your own hands, do some real research for once and make the change you are so quick to type about. Quit yelling at your fellow citizens and focus the attention on Washington, your State and local governments. Tell them you want Green, for environment, not Red, for blood. We have the money and the know how to fix this it's just all being used somewhere else for the bankers to kill some foreigner so you can have cheap stuff. Are you willing to take the right steps, the Right ones. If not, shut that self-righteous trap of yours and go out and make yourself useful, all of you.

tommic....This is a faulty movement. As movements have done in the past, they must correct themselves as they learn or they will be left in the dustpiles of History. This 'movement' must separate itself from the corporations and Al Gore if it wishes to have an impact. This is not a grass-roots movement and none of the solutions offered are capable of impacting change or benefits. Give the people a serious way to help, force the government and corporations to do the same and then we've got something. Right now, all this hot air is just causing more 'Climate Change'.

Who did the dinosaurs 'pay' to stop Climate Change? Nobody, it happened anyway. Maybe if they had an Al Gorisaur and a corrupt worldwide banking system to suck the middle class dinosaurs' money from them they could have stopped the whole thing from causing their extinction. Oh well, can't change the past but we still can pay our modern version of the Gorisaurus Rex and the Bankingators so they can sit and watch the Climate Change from a much safer position. That's what they plan to do, you know. Take your money and prepare for the inevitable. Why don't you keep your money and do the same?

The reason why you won't is they have used your schools, your television and other media to convince you that giving them money will change things. It won't, you know. The large corporations and industries will keep pumping out poison, the bombs will continue to create CO2, the tanks will roll and kill those you're trying to save and Gore will laugh at you in his bunker. '

Try taking control of your world, seizing back control of this country and then working with other countries on some serious environmentalism. Any environmentalist idea that can be traced back to banks, Al Gore, or corporations is nothing but a scam. Prove me wrong. You can't.

Now, put on your thinking caps and try to come up with something that will really affect our world, or even the climate. Ask Al Gore why all of the scientists and engineers that come up with free or non-polluting energy disappear and their information is confiscated. We have the knowledge, the power and the know how to fix all of the problems but we won't use it. Why? Power and money and greed. Al Gore is guilty of it and so are all of Washington.

Solution: Quit acting like crazy people continuing to expect different results from decades of the same political behavior. Clean up Washington, get rid of the Fed, clean up State Government, Local Government, and throw political correctness out the window like old coffee. Then, we put Independents and real people into every position, eliminate the lobbyists and start some real 'Change' for once.

I completely agree with being environmentally aware and 'green'. However, your banks, Washington, Al Gore, have the power and the knowledge and refuse to use it for the good of everyone. That is the battle that must be fought. If we can fund these wars, we can subsidize start-ups and free up the clean energy technology already available. Sadly, this is not going to happen, ever, because the lobbyists run government of ours won't let it happen. Even if it means 'Climate Change' kills those of us without the money to prepare for it.

Here it is cold, there it is warm and over there it is something else; this is not the way to determine whether or not there is global warming. If you understand how the weather patterns are created and affected by the changes in ocean temperatures, then much of this confusion about record snowfalls, rains, droughts, and increases in diverse weather patterns makes more sense.

The weather patterns people see in various places tend to conflict with their perceptions of what global warming is supposed to look like. The shifting of the wind patterns are significantly impacted by the temperatures of the oceans. Consequently, in some cases you will have an increase in temperature and in other cases a substantial drop. The result can be a record snowfall in some areas and in other locations there will be a drought and so on.

Global warming isn't where the whole planet turns into something like a hot day at the beach!

The truth is that humans contribute only a very minute amount of Co2 into the atmosphere. Let's look at atmospheric composition...roughly 95% is water vapor, and the remaining 5% is comprised of nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, etc. Around 1% is carbon dioxide, and less than 5% of that is estimated to have anthropogenic origins. Trying doing a little research, for once.

Glacial melting is another misunderstood concept. Even if a large amount of Earth's ice does melt, the water levels will not be significantly affected because the majority of the glacier is already under water. Look up the basic principles of water tension, or do SOMETHING to back up the ridiculous things you say.

I am sick and tired of these alarmist attitudes. There are enough real things to be afraid of. Ps, Al Gore is a douche bag.

Monkey Films, what is the total amount of CO2 is injected into the atmosphere on a yearly basis? Second, of that total, what percentage is contributed by human beings? Third, what computer model(s) are you using to evaluate how the quantity of CO2 added to the atmosphere by humans does or does not impact the environment? What are the input parameters of that model? I'm sure you're aware that input data for computer models are generated by hundreds of thousands of hours of field study, the purpose of which is to collect empirical data to input into the models. Which studies were the empirical data taken from? Who did the studies and finally who funded them? I'm guessing you don't know. So I have to assume that you've heard a point of view you agree with and are repeating here without really knowing how that information was gathered and analyzed.

The fact is 99.99999999% of the people on the planet can't answer these questions. Even I can't answer all of them. However as a scientist I do know that good science is a self correcting exercise via the scientific method. What scientists do well is scrutinize each others data and conclusions by asking all (and many more) of the same kinds of questions above. If there are errors, which there always are, they get pointed out, and the corrected information is incorporated into an updated hypothesis. So, until an issue is definitively answered, the only thing one can look at is how the information trends. With regard to the global climate, the "trend" points to global warming that is being caused, or at the very least, strongly influenced by human activity.

I agree that global warming happens with or without humans. However humans inject 22 billion tons of CO2 on an annual basis. Some is absorbed by the oceans and plants, but not all. The remaining amount adds to the CO2 levels in the atmosphere. So even if you believe the world is warming naturally, we are contributing to the situation in an unnatural way will likely cause some very nasty results on top of what would otherwise happen. Also keep in mind that humans are actively causing deforestation of one of the largest plant CO2 absorbers on the planet, the Amazon Jungle and the rate of adsorption of the oceans is decreasing due to the oceans becoming more acidic.

Finally one last question. If you are right and humans are not affecting global warming, what harm does it do to try to cut back on emissions? The air will be cleaner, our energy supply will end up being greener, we'll be less dependent of foreign oil etc. We lose nothing by making the earth a better place to live.
However, if I'm right, humanity faces a slow extinction. Your choice.

OK CAP N TRADE- Dumb idea. But we need to do something!!! We cannot sit here and be angry that money is to be made on Green businesses. WE NEED TO MAKE MONEY OF GREEN IDEA'S AND BUSINESSES!! WHY IT WILL HELP THE WORLD OUT OF THIS RECESSION!!

As a nation we buy life insuance, health inurance, disability insurance, car insurance. Why are people so opposed to what is in essence buying insuance to thwart climate change that is upon us. Proactive action now will prevent reactive response later. We can pay now or pay later, but pay we will one way or another. To deny that is paramount to incompetence. Should we fail to purchase the insurance now ie; supporting climate change legislation, we will certainly pay a much higher price later. Europes little ice age came about in as little as ten years with the collapse of the Atlantic conveyer system that keeps Europe warm and the equatorial region from heating up more than it is today. pay now or later its your choice but reactive responses in the future will be futile, it will be too late.

Personally I don't like, or trust any movement, where they finish any information with "those with an ideological agenda or who are paid to have one will never admit to the reality of what is now going on" or similar. Why are we not allowed to be sceptical, ask questions, actually debate it properly without disregarding each others "facts", opinions, or instincts. I personally trust my instincts to tell me when not to jump on the bandwagon and this is most definetly a bandwagon sent rolling purely for a political purpose.

I blame Thatcher because she appointed her original energy expert as head of environment when she was elected.

Climate Change happens with or without humans. Paying Al Gore and some bankers to set up a carbon trading scam where the worst polluters pay their way out of 'going green' will do nothing but make 'those with agendas' richer.

The Scientific truth is that we add just a minute fraction of the CO2 in the atmosphere and make absolutely no difference in this. The Earth warmed and cooled before we were even here. The only thing we can do is quit building near the oceans and adapt as humans and animals have done many times over in the past.

All things 'green' are great in my book. However, carbon trading scams are not 'green', the opposite if anything. It's obvious from the article that this is being pushed by those on the left with an agenda to make money off of this. Don't give your money to anyone who won't guarantee that they will work with corporations to force them to decrease emissions. Don't give your money to anyone who won't stop the wars, the biggest cause of pollution on the planet.

Stop the wars, fix the problem, it's that easy. Why not use the 'war' money to fix the problem? Oh, because they want the war and your money, almost forgot. Give me a break with the BS if you're not willing to take the steps necessary to make an impact.

you whiny crazy liberals need to stop coming in here with your sound logical fact based stories. don't you know that climate change was dispelled since some scientist in Britain fudged some numbers? don't worry about the ice shelves completely disappearing. just go merrily on your way and make damn sure you don't regulate the corporations that pollute and poison our environment. move along, nothing to see here.

Ha... no honest, logical rebuttals from the teabag gallery? What a shocker!

Thanks JanforGore for keeping it real...I have about given up on this site.

So what? Good.

Its time we Break the Ice w/ Mother Nature. CHEERS!

It's funny that a theory cannot evolve in the eyes of those who don't want to believe it.
When Copernicus theorized the heliocentric solar system, though true, he wasn't 100% accurate.
Theories always change when new data is collected. That's why global warming is now considered climate change. Sure, I know that's hard to understand by the mundane, but if you think really, really hard, maybe you'll get it.
Yes the planet is getting hotter. But retards don't understand that winter is still cold (for now) and when it gets below freezing it causes snow. Sure I can regurgitate basic precipitation principals, like the fact there there's been so much snow this year is actually supportive of the planet warming. But those who don't want it to be true, won't read it, nor will they care. (Warmer upper atmospheric air causes moisture, WARMER! IT'S WARMER!)
It's ironic that you play the role a crusading against businesses who may profit off global warming prevention, when so many established powers profit off the pollution that causes CO2. It called capitalism, if it's not air or sunshine, someone somewhere can make money off of anything!!!

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national

January 2010 temperatures.

Excerpt:

"National Overview:

Temperature Highlights - January

•The January 2010 temperature for the contiguous United States was 31.1 degrees F, which is 0.3 degrees above the long-term average.

•The cold arctic air that dominated the contiguous U.S. in late 2009 moderated by the middle of January, creating a nationally-averaged temperature that was near the January long-term mean.

•The prevailing upper-level pattern held temperatures below normal in the Central, South, and Southeast climate regions. Meanwhile, the Northwest climate region experienced its fifth warmest January on record. The West and Northeast regions were also above normal in terms of average temperature.

•The western ridge and eastern trough pattern was well defined on the state level, where temperatures were much above normal in Washington and Oregon; each experiencing their fourth warmest January. Idaho and Maine also observed much above normal temperatures. Conversely, a vast area east of the Rocky Mountains were below normal in terms of temperature. Florida had its tenth coolest January, the third consecutive below normal January for the state.

•Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI), the contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand was 1.3 percent above average for January."
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There is more to this than just one snow event in your neighborhood. There are many factors that go into calculating temperatures to determine long term climate trends. Upper atmosphere temperatures, surface temperatures, ocean temperatures (which are now warmer and affecting the amount of water vapor in the air through evaporation) that bring on extreme storms which can be rain or snow. A storm is a storm. It isn't just about rain, and again, the key words are extreme events and trends.

If it's a really cold winter, it's climate change. if it snows a lot, it's climate change! If it's a hot summer, then, you guessed it, it's climate change. we're doomed. let's just be more conscientious and freaking stop Iran from developing WMD's!

Its funny how it has gone from "global Waming" to "Climate Change." Just call it what it is: Bullsh*t taxes.

i guess that explains the 2 freak snowstormz that blew thru Texas thiz week lol

Now the Current staff has decided to feature this just added pro-global warming story on the front page when the climategate story stood at the number one spot in the news for over eight hours and wasn't featured?

wow it’s good to know that picking stories to feature is entirely based on staff member biases and nothing contrary to their biases will ever make the cut.

Thank you Current staff for reminding us again that the world is melting and we will be living in a scene from the movie Water world within a few years

exactly what corporation is trying to $ell us the "idea" of global warming? i for one see no globally disastrous consequences of people being more conscientious. Stop driving your car and tell me you don't see a benefit in your health, attitude, finances, sense of community, and the air around you. Start recycling and being efficient with energy and tell me it doesn't do the same thing. I don't understand how, if there is even a POSSIBILITY of us humans causing the breakdown of this planet, people can be so blase about it.