Giant iceberg poised to break off from Antarctic shelf

[rjs330]

I never said that it's because of global warming.

What I said is that if the ice shelf disintegrates, that would be a very bad thing, no matter if climate change is true or not.

Well you may not have said it directly but you sure implied it in post 7. Unless you are saying now that you don't believe it's related.

 

[ewq1938]

 

[Nithavela]

Well you may not have said it directly but you sure implied it in post 7. Unless you are saying now that you don't believe it's related.

I'm saying that what I believe on the relation isn't important. What's important is that the sea level is propably going to rise thanks to this, and 10 cm is a lot more than it sounds.

But that doesn't matter, because what is really important is denying global warming and assuring everyone that the current catastrophe is just something that happens.

 

[Hammster]

But that doesn't matter, because what is really important is denying global warming and assuring everyone that the current catastrophe is just something that happens.

So this really is about global warming.

 

[Nithavela]

So this really is about global warming.

Yes, it is about global warming. Congratulations, you can now safely ignore it.

 

[Hammster]

Yes, it is about global warming. Congratulations, you can now safely ignore it.

"Auntie Em, Auntie Em!!! It's a twister, it's a twister!!!"

Jonny from "Airplane"

 

[KCfromNC]

I know that. But the fact is that these could be relatively small compared to ones one or two thousand years ago.

A conclusion doesn't turn into an assumption simply by having someone imagine that it might be wrong.

 

[Hammster]

I'd still like to see the evidence that this sort of thing never happened before the Industrial Revolution.

 

[Hammster]

A conclusion doesn't turn into an assumption simply by having someone imagine that it might be wrong.

M'kay.

 

[rjs330]

Yes, it is about global warming. Congratulations, you can now safely ignore it.

How do we know this is our fault? How do we know this has never happened before. The Arctic ice there as been growing. Perhaps this is related to that.

 

[Nithavela]

How do we know this is our fault? How do we know this has never happened before. The Arctic ice there as been growing. Perhaps this is related to that.

I would be surprised if arctic ice grew in the antarctica.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

I would be surprised if arctic ice grew in the antarctica.

Then we really got problems!

 

[AirPo]

I'd still like to see the evidence that this sort of thing never happened before the Industrial Revolution.

Why?

 

[Hammster]

Why?

Because the assumption is that this is the result of "Man-Made Global Warming". If true, there should be no evidence of something like this happening prior to the IR.

 

[Nithavela]

Because the assumption is that this is the result of "Man-Made Global Warming". If true, there should be no evidence of something like this happening prior to the IR.

Does not follow.

 

[rjs330]

I would be surprised if arctic ice grew in the antarctica.

That's what I meant. You new that. You just were hoping for a dig. I guess you got one. Good job.

 

[Hammster]

Does not follow.

It filows. It may not fit with your narrative, but it follows.

 

[Nithavela]

It filows. It may not fit with your narrative, but it follows.

Please help me here: is your logic "if it ever happened before without human action, human action can't be the reason for it happening this time"?

 

[Hammster]

Please help me here: is your logic "if it ever happened before without human action, human action can't be the reason for it happening this time"?

No. The reasoning is that if it happened before, there's no reason to conclude that human action is responsible because things warmed up without human action.

 

[Nithavela]

No. The reasoning is that if it happened before, there's no reason to conclude that human action is responsible because things warmed up without human action.

There's no reason to discount the possibility, either. Just because something happened before doesn't mean that this time, it can't be because of human action.