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yep and it is heating up and natural or not it is looking like the ice flow rate is accelerating.
When a glacier starts to move faster its bottom generates heat that melts water and lubricates the motion. Making it move faster. There was a 10% to 20% increase in flow after the prior ice berg broke off.
Remind me again what caused giant bolder rocks from the north, to end up in places like Pennsylvania?
ooh thats right, they were brought there during the latest ice age, and then left there when the planet "warmed"..
The earths climate has been absolutely consistent throughout its history. Until the industrial revolution came along and started the last major ice age, the mini ice age and the recession of the glaciers. I remember factories having to move inland during the ice age, millions of people drowning when the glaciers melted and the great population growth during the mini ice age.
The earths climate has been absolutely consistent throughout its history. Until the industrial revolution came along and started the last major ice age, the mini ice age and the recession of the glaciers. I remember factories having to move inland during the ice age, millions of people drowning when the glaciers melted and the great population growth during the mini ice age.
The last resort of people who know nothing about the science? Make up silly a strawman.
If the ice cube is already in the water and it melts, the glass does not get any fuller as a result of the ice cube melting.
So if the entire Arctic ice cap melted today in it's entirety, the water level of the oceans would not be affected by that, as all of that ice covers the arctic ocean and is therefore already in the water.
Not all of that ice is already in the water and... ... even if the theory says that there would not be any sea level rise with advanced climate change... at this point in things... would you develop beach front property on the East Coast?
Tsunami's are a natural occurrence. Why have escape routes and drills and why build sea-walls and early warning systems. Earthquakes are natural. Why spend millions to reinforce buildings, why educate and train seismologists and Civil Engineers to try and save lives? All disease (except most Cancer) is natural. Why fight them? Why develop vaccines? I call BS on that line of argument vis-a-vis Climate Change. A sentient, technologically advanced civilization does [not] go all fatalist in the face of a problem like Climate Change. Cancer and the unfathomable bio-chemistry of it all is a much more insoluble problem and we have people going after it because that's what an intelligent species does. The problem of Climate Change is a simple one and the premise of reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emission is dead easy to accomplish compared to something like cold fusion or artificial intelligence. The fact that the most profitable entities on this planet earth are oil companies is the reason we are ignoring the evidence of our eyes, ears and noses and is the reason that a small percent of the worlds population are unconcerned about the relatively soon extinction of humanity. Profit. Wealth. Greed. That's it. That's all that's between humanity and survival. So sad...
Not all of that ice is already in the water and... ... even if the theory says that there would not be any sea level rise with advanced climate change... at this point in things... would you develop beach front property on the East Coast?
I don't believe you. Not that it matters. Up and down the Eastern Seaboard developers seeking permits to rebuild condemned homes in the areas affected by past Super Storms and Hurricanes are being told to get the **** out of here, and don't come back. They aren't taking it lying down, of course, and there is/are legal fights getting underway, but there is the knowledge that Amerca's shorelines are not what they were and that future development needs to take Climate realities in mind.
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