Oh , but it's all just rumours of some panicy researchers who want more funding; so why pay any attention? ;-)
> 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 > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
