19 Jul 12
Originally posted by FMFIt's yet another sign of the coming ecological apocalypse, of course.
"An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken away from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland, scientists say."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18896770
Perhaps we could discuss right wing and the left wing responses to an iceberg breaking off from Greenland?
19 Jul 12
Well, I don't know enough to know whether this in itself is a sign of AGW, but I was not surprised to read in the article
The process that spawns icebergs - known as calving - is a natural, periodic process affecting all glaciers that terminate at the ocean.
After all, the Titanic's iceberg split off well before the global warming that preceded the global cooling that preceded the latest global warming.
Originally posted by sh76Drought is a natural occurrence as well. The question is whether its frequency and severity are being increased by the activities of man. All weather phenomena, in fact, are "natural" by definition. Once again, the question is whether their patterns are being altered by man made inputs. It would appear that the frequency and magnitude of calving is accelerating. There are those who regard the influence of human behavior on the Earth's atmosphere in recent centuries as being so significant as to constitute a new geological era: the Anthropocene.
Well, I don't know enough to know whether this in itself is a sign of AGW, but I was not surprised to read in the article
The process that spawns icebergs - known as calving - is a natural, periodic process affecting all glaciers that terminate at the ocean.
After all, the Titanic's iceberg split off well before the global warming that preceded the global cooling that preceded the latest global warming.
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20 Jul 12
Originally posted by FMFNothing to see here folks. Just move along.
"An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken away from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland, scientists say."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18896770
Perhaps we could discuss right wing and the left wing responses to an iceberg breaking off from Greenland?
25 Jul 12
Originally posted by FMFA cow craps in central Wisconsin!!! This happens world wide a few hundred million times a day. What are right and left wing responses to cow crapping?
"An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken away from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland, scientists say."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18896770
Perhaps we could discuss right wing and the left wing responses to an iceberg breaking off from Greenland?
25 Jul 12
Originally posted by sh76You mean to tell me that there are icebergs since Titanic? Who'da thought it?
Well, I don't know enough to know whether this in itself is a sign of AGW, but I was not surprised to read in the article
The process that spawns icebergs - known as calving - is a natural, periodic process affecting all glaciers that terminate at the ocean.
After all, the Titanic's iceberg split off well before the global warming that preceded the global cooling that preceded the latest global warming.