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03-25-2008, 09:08 PM
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| Look at the positive side for people living in Knoxville, the beach will be getting closer to TN.  | 
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03-25-2008, 11:12 PM
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| | I ♥ Eric Berry
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Originally Posted by dan4vols  Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways. | It wasn't actually that big. It was cited to be "4 times larger than Manhattan." It has, by collapsing, however, put in danger of collapsing a part of an ice shelf that is the size of Connecticut. I'm not sure how imminent that "danger of collapse" is, though... | |
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03-25-2008, 11:24 PM
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| | doo doo doo
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Originally Posted by allvol123 Slacker. | It takes hope and change...
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03-26-2008, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by dan4vols Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways. | As a matter of fact: Global warming cleared on ice shelf collapse rap | The Register
And keep in mind this is coming from people who believe in AGW. | |
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03-26-2008, 09:33 AM
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| | I ♥ Eric Berry
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Originally Posted by hndog609 | That seems to be fairly in line with things I've heard from some climatologists..that the Arctic ice is the primary concern, followed by the western (I think) Antarctic ice shelf...which is by far the smaller portion of Antarctic ice... It seems they feel that the larger Antarctic ice mass will be stable for a while...but I was never sure why. It sounds like it has a lot to do with the ocean circulation ... I guess Antarctica has an extra "air conditioner" that regions of the Arctic don't have.... | |
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03-26-2008, 09:43 AM
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| Does this mean we only have 5 more shots at winning a SEC title. Man life sucks. | |
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03-26-2008, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by TennTradition That seems to be fairly in line with things I've heard from some climatologists..that the Arctic ice is the primary concern, followed by the western (I think) Antarctic ice shelf...which is by far the smaller portion of Antarctic ice... It seems they feel that the larger Antarctic ice mass will be stable for a while...but I was never sure why. It sounds like it has a lot to do with the ocean circulation ... I guess Antarctica has an extra "air conditioner" that regions of the Arctic don't have.... | You might find this interesting:
The full Wilkins 6,000 square mile ice shelf is just 0.39% of the current ice sheet (just 0.1% of the extent last September). Only a small portion of it between 1/100th-1/200th of Wilkins has separated so far, like an icicle falling off a snow and ice covered house. And this winter is coming on quickly. In fact the ice is returning so fast, it is running an amazing 60% ahead (4.0 vs 2.5 million square km extent) of last year when it set a new record. The ice extent is already approaching the second highest level for extent since the measurements began by satellite in 1979 and just a few days into the Southern Hemisphere winter and 6 months ahead of the peak. Wilkins like all the others that temporarily broke up will refreeze soon. We are very likely going to exceed last year’s record. Yet the world is left with the false impression Antarctica’s ice sheet is also starting to disappear. | |
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03-26-2008, 11:01 AM
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| | extra crispy gamecock
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Originally Posted by therealUT Are people actually wasting their lives pondering this crap? How worthless. | I don't think it's worthless. We as humans have been pondering our place in the world and universe for ages. This is just an extension of that basic line of thought. | |
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03-26-2008, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by allvol123 Does this mean we only have 5 more shots at winning a SEC title. Man life sucks. | It just means we'll go down as winning the last 5 ever  | |
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03-26-2008, 11:07 AM
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| | extra crispy gamecock
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Originally Posted by utvolpj It just means we'll go down as winning the last 5 ever | I like the way you think.  | |
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03-26-2008, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by volinbham It takes hope and change... | Is your "Obama 08" decal on the windshield or bumper of your Porsche? | |
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03-27-2008, 11:29 PM
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| | GO VOLS
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| Glad I read that
I'll quit tomorrow
Sell the house
Move to Destin
I figure we can live off my 401K and savings till 2012 | |
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03-28-2008, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by vol_in_ar Glad I read that
I'll quit tomorrow
Sell the house
Move to Destin
I figure we can live off my 401K and savings till 2012 | Living in Ark. you should be fine global flooding wise. Just try and find a house on high ground and you will be able to live through it!
Oh yeah, and learn to grow your own food  | |
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03-28-2008, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by hndog609 Is it just me or do you not find it funny that a culture that supposedly figured out something that is supposed to happen on a specific day in 2012 couldn't figure out to how to prevent the whole civilization from going kaput? It's like someone claiming to know when the sun is going to nova but gets hit by a truck the next day. | Yeah, I can't believe they couldn't figure out how to produce antibiotics and antivirals to protect themselves from diseases they had no way of knowing they would encounter. | |
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