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re: Safeguards around ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could collapse within 5 years, scientists warn
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:44 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:44 pm to BowDownToLSU
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The glacier itself holds enough water to raise sea levels by over 2 feet. The level jumps by 10 feet if it takes the surrounding glaciers with it.
Yet prog global warming pushers are still buying oceanfront property worth millions
Makes you think
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Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:46 pm to BowDownToLSU
Isn’t this what happened in day after tomorrow?
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:49 pm to deltaland
So the water came from somewhere to create that glacier. So aren’t we just returning sea levels to normal?
Can we put the polar bears on this glacier soon to be iceberg so they don’t have to live on those little blocks of ice?
Can we put the polar bears on this glacier soon to be iceberg so they don’t have to live on those little blocks of ice?
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:52 pm to Art Vandelay
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So the water came from somewhere to create that glacier. So aren’t we just returning sea levels to normal?
No. Or at least not a normal any of us has ever seen.
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Can we put the polar bears on this glacier soon to be iceberg so they don’t have to live on those little blocks of ice?
Wrong pole, but I like the idea.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:54 pm to BowDownToLSU
Antarctica has been gaining ice for decades
Posted on 12/29/21 at 6:54 pm to Art Vandelay
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So the water came from somewhere to create that glacier. So aren’t we just returning sea levels to normal?
No. There is a finite amount of water on the planet. The less that is locked up in ice over land the more the oceans rise, and the less ice there is to reflect heat back away from the surface, and the warmer the water is the stronger storms get because more water evaporates and fuels them.
This post was edited on 12/29/21 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:03 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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the warmer the water is the stronger storms get
Scientists have quit the IPCC over this very comment. They claim the opposite. It would make sense since violent tornadoes have been decreasing for 70 years. Hurricanes are the same
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:07 pm to xxTIMMYxx
I remember when we were on the verge of the next ice age.
Scientists change their story regularly to keep the money flowing.
Scientists change their story regularly to keep the money flowing.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:09 pm to BuckyCheese
I’ve been reading a lot about it lately and I think the odds of our near future going colder is higher than warmer. There are several cycles at play and a few cold ones are going to land around the same time (I.e. gleisberg cycle). JMO
This post was edited on 12/29/21 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:19 pm to BuckyCheese
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I remember when we were on the verge of the next ice age.
We are currently in an ice age, hence the permanently frozen poles.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:22 pm to dude960
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Fill cup with ice, top off w water.
Let melt - cup does not overflow.
Weird
Now fill up a cup of water with ice above the top of the cup. Let it melt. Make sure to use your iPad or phone as the coaster.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:26 pm to BuckyCheese
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Total surface area of earth-196,900,000 square miles.
Total water surface area-139,000,000 square miles
Florida-66,000 square miles
Yeah, their numbers are bullshite.
You haven't remotely begun to do the math but did just enough to feed your confirmation bias. All you did was compare surface area when the only thing that matters is volume.
There is a paper reviewed journal article published by Nature that makes the 65cm prediction but it is behind a paywall.
The math is simple, the data is complex and difficult to obtain accurately. You need the surface area of the ocean in modern sat imagery days that is rather "easy" but you also need the average depth to determine volume. That is much more difficult and I have no idea how accurate of a estimate we have. Then you need the same date to determine the volume of the ice and convert that to volume of liquid water even converting that to average ocean temperature if you are being really exact.
To further complicate things because the "sides" of the ocean aren't vertical you have to take into account that each successive unit of increase in the level of the oceans requires more water than the last increase of the same unit.
If someone wants to buy the study to see where the glaciers cleaving would cause 65cm of rise in the oceans is cited from here is the link
Nature
It will cost $8.99 unless someone has access to a Nature sub.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:27 pm to BowDownToLSU
I put this along with Y2K, and 2012…
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:29 pm to BuckyCheese
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Ok. A glacier the size of Florida is enough to raise sea levels 2 feet?
Considering water makes up almost 75% of the surface of earth, I'd like to see the math on this.
This. I'm calling bullshite.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:30 pm to Obtuse1
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You haven't remotely begun to do the math but did just enough to feed your confirmation bias. All you did was compare surface area when the only thing that matters is volume.
No, actually I can do the mental math to know the vertical component of the glacier in question is not sufficient.
But keep being a pretentious douchebag.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:31 pm to safetyman
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Storing up sand bags now.
Mayor Broome just announced they are giving out sand bags at Memorial Stadium, Forrest Park and at St. George Fire headquarters.
Oh and don’t forget you have to bring your own shovel.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:32 pm to Obtuse1
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There is a paper reviewed journal article published by Nature that makes the 65cm prediction but it is behind a paywall.
Exactly. No doubt they’ve done the volume math and it’s absolutely laughable that Bucky can get so many upvotes for comparing surface area of the glacier vs total sea surface area.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:34 pm to MikeD
Can I get sandbags if I’m not vacinnated?
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:35 pm to BowDownToLSU
We need that smart nerd from Brewsters Millions that put the turbines in the iceberg.
Posted on 12/29/21 at 7:38 pm to MikeD
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No doubt they’ve done the volume math and it’s absolutely laughable that Bucky can get so many upvotes for comparing surface area of the glacier vs total sea surface area.
It's laughable that clowns like you and Obtuse think that when one references surface area they are not also taking into account thickness of the layer.
A glacier the size of Africa wouldn't appreciably raise levels if it was an inch thick.
But you guys keep on sucking each others cocks.
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