Just goes to show there's a silver lining in every cloud.
Posted on 02/05/2009 3:45:30 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington, D.C., and other coastal U.S. cities could find themselves under several more feet of water than previously predicted if warming temperatures destroy the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a new study based on a model predicts.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) towers about 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above sea level over a large section of Antarctica. It holds about 500,000 cubic miles (2.2 million cubic kilometers) of ice, about the same amount of ice contained in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
This vast swath of ice is the anchor for numerous glaciers that drain into the polar sea and is bounded by the Ross and Ronne Ice Shelves. Whether or when this ice sheet might melt is still very uncertain, but even a partial melt would have a bigger impact on some coastal areas than others.
The new research found that sea level rise would not be uniform around the globe, owing to odd gravitational effects and predicted shifts in the planet's rotation.
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More likely to get buried in glacial ice as the Earth cools down.
The headline makes it sound like that would be a bad thing.
I think I’ll fire up the old SUV, let it run all night, turn up my thermostat and leave the porch light on.
If only.
The sooner the better.
“....a new study based on a model predicts.”
Well, that’s good enough for me. Surfs Up!!
I actually think burying them under a 1000 meters of ice would be better. That way, the Earth would be scraped clean.
More scare tactics from the Obamacorns and Algore’s, greedy environmental shysters. They were really counting on all the “green” pork in the “messiah’s” Porkulus bill.
and this is bad because...?
And the bad news is?
Just goes to show there's a silver lining in every cloud.
So this is why Washington is trying to pass climate change laws. They don’t want to drown.
Grrrrr....
So...should I put my house on the market? lmbo When I bought it, the listing said it had a great river view from the deck, should I list it as great boat dock/deck combo?
Yep! So lets Get-er-Done!
Buy Houseboat Futures Now!
lol.....best comment of the thread!
Great. Let’s speed up Global Warming. Clean up the trash in D.C.
Hopefully. Too bad the capital is on a hill.
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