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Why scientists are so worried about this glacier

Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:19 pm
Posted by hikingfan
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:19 pm
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It's at the heart of Antarctica and on the verge of collapse.

In Antarctica, home to the largest chunk of ice on earth, ice shelves and glaciers are beginning to collapse, and one in particular could spell disaster. The Thwaites Glacier, in West Antarctica, has retreated more than 14 kilometers in the last two decades as warm ocean water undermines it. The glacier is situated on a downward slope that falls deep into the center of Antarctica. It's why scientists are racing to find out how close it is to total collapse - and what that would mean for future sea levels.

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Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
22185 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:21 pm to
Plank Road gonna be oceanfront property
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25821 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:21 pm to
From the estimates, it contains almost an unfathomable amount of water. How accurate they are and how much it will impact the ocean levels is up for debate.
Posted by LSUBadger
Member since Jan 2014
2238 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:22 pm to
Just fricking stop.

You people are insane. Get back to me when all the homes in Martha’s Vinyard are evacuated due to the existential threat.

Morons
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
22185 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:22 pm to
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unfathomable amount of water


You mean beyond calculation? How? They calculate all kinds of shite in space.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150865 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:23 pm to
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65915 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:23 pm to

Hopefully the little water taxis will be careful around this thing.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
9666 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:23 pm to
Bring it glacier. Pussy.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261492 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:23 pm to
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ice shelves and glaciers are beginning to collapse



This is how you know the article is bullshite. They've been collapsing for millions of years.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
44874 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:24 pm to
I think he meant that most people don’t know what fathoms are these days since it’s an ocean topic
This post was edited on 1/14/22 at 5:25 pm
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21564 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:25 pm to
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scientists


That's a subjective as a journalist these days. The Earth has cyclic weather patterns. Don't fall for the arrogant arguments that humans could change it, or keep it from changing. You and I are of no consequence with changing weather patterns.

Globaism 2022. Make you scared of it. Convince you only they have the solution. Sell it to you. Tax the money back.
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
22185 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:25 pm to
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think he meant that most people don’t know what fathoms are these days since it’s an ocean topic



I got the joke. I guess I should have taken that and moved on.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65915 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:25 pm to
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This is how you know the article is bullshite. They've been collapsing for millions of years.


Like anyone could even know that, Napoleon.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25821 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:28 pm to
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You mean beyond calculation? How? They calculate all kinds of shite in space.


No the incomprehensible meaning. The amount of water the estimates suggest is hard to imagine.

As for the calculations that have been done they are estimates and I honestly have no idea how good those estimates are nor how good the estimates of how much volume is needed to increase the oceans' levels by a specific amount.
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
35642 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:28 pm to
Climate change threads on here make me want to stuck glass up my dickhole.
Posted by NoBoDawg
Member since Feb 2014
1584 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:29 pm to
These Climate Alarmists are truly insane. What ever happened to the coming Ice Age from the 70’s?!? And who could forget corrosive acid rains in the 80’s and THE Ozone HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!’
I love it how these nutjobs leave out the most important factor….the Sun.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21564 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:30 pm to
Fill a glass with ice and water. Leave it out to melt. Get back and let us know if the glass overflows.
Posted by KirbySmartass
Member since Jul 2020
1817 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:31 pm to
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Globaism 2022. Make you scared of it. Convince you only they have the solution. Sell it to you. Tax the money back.


Winner winner chicken dinner. This is all about creating fear in an effort to get more control over you.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
18047 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:31 pm to
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Climate change threads on here make me want to stuck glass up my dickhole.

Sounds like you already did?
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
35642 posts
Posted on 1/14/22 at 5:31 pm to
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Fill a glass with ice and water. Leave it out to melt. Get back and let us know if the glass overflows.




This is land ice, not sea ice.
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