Green | January 21, 2009 | 15 comments

New evidence on Antarctic warming

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7843186.stm

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The continent of Antarctica is warming up in step with the rest of the world, according to a new analysis.

Scientists say data from satellites and weather stations indicate a warming of about 0.6C over the last 50 years.

Writing in the journal Nature, they say the trend is "difficult to explain" without the effect of rising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, scientists in Antarctica say a major ice shelf is about to break away from the continent.

The Wilkins Ice Shelf is said to be "hanging by a thread" from the Antarctic Peninsula, the strip of land pointing from the white continent towards the southern tip of South America.
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15 comments // New evidence on Antarctic warming

  • metaloki
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      metaloki  

    • There is proof that this meltdown has happened in the past!
      There are maps thousands of years old showing the antarctic land mass that is sitting under all that ice and supposedly sitting near the equator.
      I think the planet will show us more shocking truths at the time of the complete meltdown; so much so that we will be pre-occupied with more terrifying things going on to even worry about it....earthquakes, mudslides & super storms, all of them tied to a shift in the earth's axis.
      This shift will place an area that is near the equator on the "new" south pole.(maybe South America or Africa OR maybe this is the last time this tectonic shift will occur.
      think about it.
      Earth isn't quite finished evolving just yet!
      Our abusive treatment is speeding this natural process up.

    • 3 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • metaloki
  • mqz4
  • Sudan
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      Sudan  

    • I would not worry about floods. Mankind will not let that ride. I would worry about the animals that live in those areas of the world where they can be instantly killed. But, our innate instinct is to first capture then kill or protect, so assume we will probably go with the latter due to our progression in evolution and fascination with amusement. I HOPE! I am going Vegan. What the world should do is protect itself against a potential flood by building some type of massive structure along the coast land or something that can completely encloses each continent. I know this sounds bizarre, but have you ever heard of underwater world? That is an experiment made to look entertaining. Step forward…that will be ten dollars please! In the process of building this enormous and expensive task, there should be a simultaneous project going on that can funnel all the energy that can be produced by a massive meltdown of glaciers in Antarctica. That is may take. Tell me what you think and why I am ludicrous

    • 3 years ago
  • denport
  • numinant
  • JanforGore
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    • Yes, I also posted about this the day before yesterday. So what ideas do people have here regarding mitigating or adapting to it? Or is asking people to engage in citizen activism on this site taboo?

    • 3 years ago
  • numinant
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      numinant  
    • JanforGore:

      hate to say (no i don't)...

      veganism.

      also bicycles and minimized consumption. ahimsa, essentially. personal responsibility. that's likely what it's going to require in the end, whatever technological innovations we come up with. it may be futile, but i think it's worth the effort on purely moral grounds. an individual's refusal to participate is hardly going to stop its advancement, but at least they'll maintain their integrity.

    • 3 years ago
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