I know that this thread has strayed a bit from what ST is about but in case we've forgotten, the media in the US is about "selling" news. If you missed yesterday's Ithaca Journal, a front page article was about Gov Patterson traveling to a Sen Clinton event with someone he had had a past romantic dalliance. Now that's useful information!! Tony
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Maiken Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. - Paul Dirac _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
