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Sen. Kerry Predicts ‘Ice-Free Arctic' In '5 or 10 Years’
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Posted on 07/23/2010 8:46:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Sen. Kerry Predicts ‘Ice-Free Arctic' In '5 or 10 Years’ Friday, July 23, 2010 By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) – Speaking at a town hall-style meeting promoting climate change legislation on Thursday, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) predicted there will be “an ice-free Arctic” in five to 10 years..

“The arctic ice is disappearing faster than was predicted,” Kerry said. “And instead of waiting until 2030 or whenever it was to have an ice-free Arctic, we’re going to have one in five or 10 years.”

However, the Web site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says: “Using the observed 2007/2008 summer sea ice extents as a starting point, computer models predict that the Arctic could be nearly sea ice free in summertime within 30 years.”

NOAA cites as its source on Arctic sea ice a study published in the April 3, 2009 edition of Geophysical Research Letters by J.E. Overland and Muyin Wang. (Overland works for NOAA at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Wang is at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, in Seattle.)

In their study, Overland and Wang “predict an expected value for a nearly sea ice free Arctic in September by the year 2037.” They also note in their summary, however, that “a sea ice free Arctic in September may occur as early as the late 2020s” based on their analysis of six computer models.

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To: penelopesire
LOL! ... and sucking on too many penis straws.


41 posted on 07/23/2010 9:04:42 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Sub-Driver

Maybe Point Barrow, Alaska will become a popular beach resort. Move over, Waikiki!


42 posted on 07/23/2010 9:05:31 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Sub-Driver

uh oh... Teresa....he’s been sniffing ketchup again...


43 posted on 07/23/2010 9:05:34 AM PDT by BigFinn (Isa 32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Just cuz a liberal thinks something will happen, does not mean it will actually happen.

Hillary served two (unelected) terms as president, and yet hell did not freeze over.

44 posted on 07/23/2010 9:07:07 AM PDT by Slyfox
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To: jessduntno

He was an admiral in the Cambodian Navy.


45 posted on 07/23/2010 9:07:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: maggief

LOL..perhaps Kerry and his dingbat harem there should be sent to the Gulf to suck it all up with a straw.


46 posted on 07/23/2010 9:09:44 AM PDT by penelopesire (FOX NEWS TRIBAL PRINCESS)
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To: penelopesire

I see five boobs.


47 posted on 07/23/2010 9:10:19 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: tumblindice

LOL!


48 posted on 07/23/2010 9:12:33 AM PDT by penelopesire (FOX NEWS TRIBAL PRINCESS)
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To: Sub-Driver

Good. Once the ice is gone it will be easier to drill for oil. ;>)

The earth, this small rock that is lost in space, has been changing from it’s beginning. It will continue to change until it’s gone ... and there’s not a damn thing that we can do about it.

The arrogance of man never ceases to amaze me.

When you know a rainstorm is coming. rather than waste time thinking that you can stop the storm, it is better to learn to dance in the rain.

Okay, I’m getting too ‘out there’, so I’ll shut up and help my wife pack for our weekend camping trip. I wonder... will we celebrate the sunshine or find ourselves..... dancing in the rain?


49 posted on 07/23/2010 9:12:41 AM PDT by Gator113 (God save the Republic.....)
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To: jazusamo

He’s certainly way beyond his “use by” date. He was already over ripe, swelling and smelling in the ‘70s.


50 posted on 07/23/2010 9:15:16 AM PDT by dools007
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To: Sub-Driver

John Kerry is the new Al Gore...massage therapists beware.


51 posted on 07/23/2010 9:16:39 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: maggief
This has better odds of getting to the North Pole:

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The guys from Top Gear DROVE this from Canada to the magnetic north pole in 2007 after much mocking of Algore.
52 posted on 07/23/2010 9:18:09 AM PDT by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: Sub-Driver

I predict a Kerry Free Massachusetts in the same period


53 posted on 07/23/2010 9:21:59 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: Sub-Driver

Genghis Khan is stealing it for iced tea.


54 posted on 07/23/2010 9:25:26 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Sub-Driver

55 posted on 07/23/2010 9:31:01 AM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Sub-Driver
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AlGore, J F'in K, what's the difference, except a rub and a tug?

Cheers!

56 posted on 07/23/2010 9:35:02 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: maggief

"With $165,400, Sen. Dodd also tops the list of members of Congress who took campaign cash from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 1989.
Sen. Barack Obama, the self-styled agent of change, is a distant second at $126,000 and Sen. John Kerry is third at $111,000.


57 posted on 07/23/2010 9:39:27 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: Sub-Driver
Uh oh... there goes the Fortress of Solitude!


58 posted on 07/23/2010 9:54:01 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Sub-Driver

and perhaps that is why Thurston Howell Kerry is provisioning a new $7 millon dollar yacht in boat-tax free Rhode Island- to make an ice free passage to the Pacific.


59 posted on 07/23/2010 9:54:20 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Sub-Driver

didn’t Ted Danson predict this would happen by 1993?


60 posted on 07/23/2010 9:55:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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