NOT TO MENTION RON, ICE IS EXTREMELY HEAVY,GLACIERS ARE MASSIVE SHEETS OF ICE,WHEN INTACT,GLACIERS PUT ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF PRESSURE ON THE AREA OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE THAT THEY COVER.SO WHEN GLACIERS MELT-AS THEY ARE NOW AT A RAPID RATE DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING-THAT PRESSURE IS REDUCED AND EVENTUALLY RELEASED.MOST,IF NOT PRACTICALLY ALL,GEOLOGISTS AGREE RELEASING THAT PRESSURE WILL CAUSE ALLSORTS OF GEOLOGIC REACTIONS,SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES,TSUNAMIS,AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS....YOU'D THINK THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE EDUCATED IN THE FIELD,MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA OF THE PROBABILITY OF HUMANKINDS EFFECT ON THE PLANET,BUT THESE NAYSAYERS WHO JUST LIKE TO PISS ALL OVER EVERYTHING,BECAUSE THIS IS WHO THEY ARE,AND WHAT THEY DO...MOST STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SURVEYED ON THIS TOPIC,AND GIVE A COLLECTIVE THUMBS DOWN TO THESE ISSUES,DON'T CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER!  ...DON'T EVEN RECYCLE,
WOULD RATHER DRIVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS TO THE STORE TO PICK UP A BOTTLE OF POP,RATHER THAN HAUL THEIR FAT,LAZY,NEGATIVE,SORRY NO-GOOD ASSES OF THE COUCH AND WALK THERE....TIMES ARE-A-CHANGIN'.LOOK AT THE WAY GOVERNMENTS ARE ALL SUDDENLY ON THE GREEN MOVEMENT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS...THEY KNOW,THE DECADES,AND DECADES OF GREED AND DAMAGE,MUST BE TURNED AROUND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL...TO BAD THE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS DON'T GET IT,OR EVEN MORE SADLY,DON'T CARE...
THEY'RE THE TYPE-HEY,AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IN MY BACKYARD,I DON'T CARE-IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT,AS AN EXAMPLE, IF THESE TYPES BELONGED TO AN ANT COLONY (I KNOW,ANTS PROBABLY ARE INSIGNIFICANT TO THEM)...HOLY F$#K,THEY'D GET THE BOOT THE FIRST DAY,NOT EXACTLY TEAM PLAYERS,WOULD THEY BE?...
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ronhartsell from Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:57:31 PM)| |  | ronhartsell wrote: | | I know it don't seem like a lot, but that's a mighty big shelf (1,000,000 sq. mi. ??), so if it melts 1/2" off the top evenly across every hour or two and it all flows in the same direction, could that create flood conditions?? I know they all just like to scare the hell out of ppl, but it's something to think about...
| | | Head banger wrote: | | yeah, that would happen if you could get a fast melt. need a big torch to do it though. considering the temp you would need to melt it all in a summer, the flood would be the least of our worries
| | | ronhartsell wrote: | | Well, if the shelf is melting rapidly, it would flood then eventually even out, but there would be initial flooding on the shores closest to the new water source...the article didn't say that this area would be permanently flooded, just that it would initially flood, then recede of course for the very reason you mentioned...but that's a lot of inches to rise for such a big area...BTW, it was the NE shores of N. America specifically...
| | | Head banger wrote: | | HA!!!
it kills me when I see these things in the news. I read one a while ago that said that if all of antarctica melted (which it wont) sea level would rise by 2 feet in the south pacific, 12 feet in hawii, 8 feet in japan, 6 feet in england. WTF??? probably if you could get water to spread like that it would, but last I checked, it spreads evenly. never noticed that if you dump a bucket of water into a puddle it all goes to one side, floods the ant colony and the other side stays level??
| | | ronhartsell wrote: | | You're right, I was in a hurry getting ready for work...the xact area that would be affected is the north eastern shores, not on a global level...the article was in the Yahoo news, it might still be there and maybe I read it wrong, but just the possibility that it could happen is a little scary...
| | | Head banger wrote: | | Ron, there isnt enough ice there to make the levels of the great lakes rise 20 inches if you put all the water in there today. if all of antarctica melted they would be on the right track, but most parts of antarctica are growing, not shrinking
| | | ronhartsell wrote: | | | A recent report claims that if the ice sheet in Greenland continues to melt at it's current pace, sea levels could rise anywhere from 12-20 inches...that would be devestating!!! |
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