Antarctic Volcano

Aught Six · 01-20-2008, 06:25 PM

Massive volcano exploded under Antarctic icesheet, study finds

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But yeah, let's hobble our economy by slashing CO2 production just because it feels good.

Canuck_Buck · 01-20-2008, 07:36 PM

A powerful volcano erupted under the icesheet of West Antarctica around 2,000 years ago ...

take a deep breath and pray..

Aught Six · 01-20-2008, 07:39 PM

Here's a crude map for reference purposes.

Canuck_Buck · 01-20-2008, 07:42 PM

so much for those swank coastal properties

kevin1 · 01-21-2008, 05:45 AM

So that big chunk of the Ross Ice Shelf didn't fall off because I leave my shower running until the hot water is exhausted?

I'm crushed, surely my carbon footprint was big enough for that!!

sachiko · 01-21-2008, 06:34 AM

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ORIGINAL: kevin1

So that big chunk of the Ross Ice Shelf didn't fall off because I leave my shower running until the hot water is exhausted?

I'm crushed, surely my carbon footprint was big enough for that!!

Please don't tell Al Gore. He'll be crushed. And don't tell his disciples either. Let them continue to wallow in self-delusion. It's fun to watch so many people driving themselves frantic over this human-induced Global Warming sillyness.

kevin1 · 01-21-2008, 07:14 AM

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ORIGINAL: daddyslittlegirl

Please don't tell Al Gore.Â* He'll be crushed.Â* And don't tell his disciples either.Â* Let them continue to wallow in self-delusion.Â* It's fun to watch so many people driving themselves frantic over this human-induced Global Warming sillyness.

Funnier still that they actually believe that there's anything we can do about it.

Canuck_Buck · 01-22-2008, 06:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: kevin1
Surely my carbon footprint was big enough for that!!

Are you hoping that you left a carbon bigfoot impression ?

Aught Six · 01-22-2008, 08:23 PM

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Please don't tell Al Gore. He'll be crushed. And don't tell his disciples either. Let them continue to wallow in self-delusion. It's fun to watch so many people driving themselves frantic over this human-induced Global Warming sillyness.

Crushed by an ice shelf. Oh, the poetry...

jeepkid · 01-22-2008, 08:49 PM

Volcanic heat "cannot explain the more widespread thinning of West Antarctic glaciers that together are contributing nearly 0.2mm (0.008 of an inch) per year to sea-level rise," he adds.

Should we be worried about 0.008 of an inch per year?

It would take 125 years for the ocean to rise ONE INCH!!!