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Record Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere Puzzles Scientists (Thermosphere on rebound)
Space.com ^
| 7/15/10
Posted on 07/15/2010 9:11:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Layers of Earth's upper atmosphere. Credit: John Emmert/NRL
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:12:10 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
That doggone George Bush again.
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:15:53 PM PDT
by
dogcaller
To: dogcaller
You forgot to also blame whitey.
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:18:21 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: NormsRevenge
"Something is going on that we do not understand," Emmert said....and yet they can predict what the earth's average temperature will be to the nearest hundredth of a degree fifty years from now.........
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:31:11 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
Possible Catastrophe ping
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:33:30 PM PDT
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: Army Air Corps
It’s all those darn cracker babies....and of course W’s fault.
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:48:29 PM PDT
by
Merlinator
(Take them all down...one czar at a time FUBO)
To: NormsRevenge
We’re doomed and we are all going to die!
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posted on
07/15/2010 9:55:57 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
The little messiah played around and earth momma had an crude reaction contraction.
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:09:09 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
To: NormsRevenge
An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently collapsed in an unexpectedly large contraction...Kinda like the economy under 0bambi...
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:14:55 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: NormsRevenge
Sounds like “Climate Change” to me. No doubt about it. Kill your SUV. NOW.
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:17:32 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Army Air Corps
And don't forget global warming climate change. /s
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:27:19 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: NormsRevenge
“This gas acts as a coolant, shedding heat via infrared radiation. It is widely-known that CO2 levels have been increasing in Earth’s atmosphere. Extra CO2 in the thermosphere could have magnified the cooling action of solar minimum.”
Ah crap here we go again.
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:29:43 PM PDT
by
enduserindy
(Conservative Dead Head)
To: dogcaller
== That doggone George Bush again. ==
This time it is the high methane emissions coming from DC.
But please refer to my tagline.
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:33:08 PM PDT
by
SloopJohnB
(San Andreas Fault: Is it time to rename it Bush's Fault?)
To: NormsRevenge
The collapse occurred during a period of relative solar inactivity called a solar minimum from 2008 to 2009. These minimums are known to cool and contract the thermosphere, however, the recent collapse was two to three times greater than low solar activity could explain. "Something is going on that we do not understand," Emmert said. Yeah, it's a complete freekin' mystery.
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:33:35 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:36:20 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(Stop Obamacare - Join the Obamacare Class Action Suit: www.obamacareclassaction.com)
To: Talisker
turtle on a fence post did not get there on its own—
Does not know what to do once there and does not know how to get down. We have a winner- o in the WH....
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07/15/2010 11:04:15 PM PDT
by
handmade
To: enduserindy
“Extra CO2 in the thermosphere could have magnified the cooling action of solar minimum...”
WARMING!! I meant warming!!
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posted on
07/15/2010 11:07:50 PM PDT
by
21twelve
( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
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