And why wasn't this on the front page of any major print medium? Do we have to wait for Tuesday's Science Times before we get wind of this? I hardly think "The Obama Girl" is more pressing a news story than arctic ice sheets melting at a faster rate than speculated.
On 3/27/08, Molly Brewton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would add that ice serves the function of reflecting heat away from the > planet. Once the ice is gone, it won't be able to do that. To make > matters worse, water is a very good holder of heat, so the open sea will > tend to retain heat and increase the process of planet-wide warming. > > > Molly > > > > At 10:18 AM 3/27/2008, you wrote: > >The real implicatiosn are, that, once the iceshelf is gone, there is > >nothing to keep the glaciers to move even faster into the sea. And once > >land-based ice is added to the sea, then sea-levels will rise. > >The implications are that so far all the models from scientists about > >arctic and antarctic melting are proven right, but much faster than > >expected. > >The implications are that the world's politicians's ought to start to get > >moving a bit faster, too. > >Maiken > > > > > I heard a short reference to the ice shelf's collapse on the radio on > > > my morning commute yesterday but had a really difficult time trying to > > > find any other news coverage. Here is a link to the BBC's article. > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7313264.stm > > > > > > All reports that I have uncovered explain that this will not cause a > > > rise in sea levels, therefore, downplaying the implications of this > > > event. But can someone please explain what some of the real > > > implications are? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Rena > > > _______________________________________________ > > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > >[email protected] > >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
