Antarctic Ice Sheet Likely to Collapse, New Data Show

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With apologies to Sting, I hope the deniers love their children too.

WASHINGTON — New information on Antarctica's regularly melting distant past is giving scientists a glimpse into what may be a flooded future as the planet warms up.
The West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed periodically between 3 million and 5 million years ago, adding more than 16 feet to global sea level, according to the first examination of soil cores far below the surface of the Ross ice shelf.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509834,00.html

 

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With apologies to Sting, I hope the deniers love their children too.

I've raised my children well enough that they'll be smart enough to stroll away from the ocean as it rises one inch a year. I think they'll make it.

 

[rambot]

I've raised my children well enough that they'll be smart enough to stroll away from the ocean as it rises one inch a year. I think they'll make it.

Will they be able to toss Manhattan and a great deal of infrastructure Western Europe onto their backs to carry it away? Because boy, that would really help people out.

 

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Will they be able to toss Manhattan and a great deal of infrastructure Western Europe onto their backs to carry it away? Because boy, that would really help people out.

Sorry, we're Conservatives. Give Elizabeth May a call. She looks like she could heft a load.

 

[Tenka]

Sorry, we're Conservatives. Give Elizabeth May a call. She looks like she could heft a load.

Interesting that conservatives can be opposed to conservation.

 

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Interesting that conservatives can be opposed to conservation.

Interesting that liberals can be opposed to evolution.

 

[Pinhead]

I live inland in mild climates. 9 degrees and a little ocean front property coming my way?? Bring it.

 

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I live inland in mild climates. 9 degrees and a little ocean front property coming my way?? Bring it.

*high five*