Arctic ice to vanish in summer

Endless Wake · 10-15-2009, 05:53 PM

LONDON, England (CNN) -- New data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice free" during summer within a decade.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe...elt/index.html

lord odin · 10-15-2009, 06:03 PM

Cool

Alex655321 · 10-15-2009, 06:15 PM

Time to move further inland.

Long Island might not be so long anymore.

hawkeyethearcher · 10-15-2009, 07:18 PM

nothing new to the earth just new to our generation. i love how the headline says a decade and the article says within 20 years.

i will continue to get my updates from experts that are not paid by personal interest groups

thw fix to this so called global warmign or climate change or whatever has already been posted
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1293828771&play=1

**Bullseye** · 10-15-2009, 07:50 PM

How can any human not have a personal interest in what's happening to our own planet????

hawkeyethearcher · 10-15-2009, 08:08 PM

its mostly from natural flow of the continents and that isnt my field so i cant do anything about it and right now no one can. when thjey figure it out and need help from grunt work i will be more then happy to pitch in. whtever gives us more time to get off this planet before it goes bye bye.

spenca7 · 10-15-2009, 08:26 PM

So that is going to melt yet it is snowing in Massachusetts in Oct. right now?? Man weather baffles me

armitage · 10-16-2009, 04:41 AM

The Earth has gone through great periods of change in the past. Why would people think it wouldn't do it again?

Teague · 10-16-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by armitage

The Earth has gone through great periods of change in the past. Why would people think it wouldn't do it again?

But just because Earth's weather patterns are volatile (over eons, mind you) doesn't mean that this current shift isn't man-made, or at least heavily affected by human influence. I'm no expert either, but there's too much science in terms of human effect for it to be completely bogus and/or paid off opinion, IMHO.

In any case, and whatever your personal politics, things are obviously changing, and that's something we'll have to deal with.

hawkeyethearcher · 10-16-2009, 10:27 AM

massive weather patterns changes actually follow a very short period of 40 years according to study of earths crust. extreme full ice age or heat waves take longer but the ice caps going away or even moving would not be extreme but very common. sure its enough for most of us to die but not alla nd this goes to why the study of space is worth a lot more then 79 million dollars.