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Jan 28, 2020 1:57 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting


This was a fascinating insight as to what is happening in the Antarctic, and how it will eventually impact on our World as we know it.

Global warming IS happening.
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Jan 28, 2020 3:04 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice
OnlyLiveTwiceOnlyLiveTwiceValletta, Majjistral Malta162 Threads 29 Polls 1,446 Posts
Impressive article, sound journalism, but probably not enough to influence the thinking of the climate-change deniers.
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Jan 28, 2020 3:09 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice: Impressive article, sound journalism, but probably not enough to influence the thinking of the climate-change deniers.
I read a big portion of it, and it is happening, but it could also take thousands of years to make substantial difference.(.in my opinion) By then things could change to any direction. dunno laugh but it is interesting..
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Jan 28, 2020 3:12 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice
OnlyLiveTwiceOnlyLiveTwiceValletta, Majjistral Malta162 Threads 29 Polls 1,446 Posts
HotrodLarrys: I read a big portion of it, and it is happening, but it could also take thousands of years to make substantial difference.(.in my opinion) By then things could change to any direction. but it is interesting..
A hundred years...not a thousand, I also read the whole article.
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Jan 28, 2020 5:05 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
HotrodLarrys: I read a big portion of it, and it is happening, but it could also take thousands of years to make substantial difference.(.in my opinion) By then things could change to any direction. but it is interesting..
2 Natural science professors who were there at the time were interviewed this a.m. and reckon it is starting to affect already hence the problems now being experienced across the globe re weather change.dunno
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Jan 28, 2020 5:07 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice: A hundred years...not a thousand, I also read the whole article.
Exactly OLT. It's a fascinating but rather frightening outlook on what can occur.handshake
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Jan 28, 2020 5:09 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice: A hundred years...not a thousand, I also read the whole article.
True, I did not read all of it...so I am sure you got far more understanding than I did from it..conversing
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Jan 28, 2020 5:13 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
germanspitz: Exactly OLT. It's a fascinating but rather frightening outlook on what can occur.
It is very Interesting what they were revealing.....but I did not read it to the end.. sigh

Maybe I will later, to see what I missed..
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Jan 28, 2020 5:24 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
HotrodLarrys: It is very Interesting what they were revealing.....but I did not read it to the end..

Maybe I will later, to see what I missed..
This last bit is the most interesting. London could be at risk of flooding by 2100

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Rising sea levels
Thwaites is not going to vanish overnight - the scientists say it will take decades, possibly more than a century.
But that should not make us complacent.
A metre of sea level rise may not sound much, particularly when you consider that in some places the tide can rise and fall by three or four metres every day.
But sea level has a huge effect on the severity of storm surges, says Prof David Vaughan, the director of science at the British Antarctic Survey. Unquote
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Jan 28, 2020 5:34 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
pat8lanips
pat8lanipspat8lanipsbabinda, Queensland Australia67 Threads 14 Polls 6,372 Posts
The problem with many of these kinds of studies, is they cherry pick research to suit an agenda. Science should not be a belief system, but with this issue it is diveded between believers and denyers...
Recently, there was a fuss about one part melting, while there was no mention of another part freezing up.
This actually works against the cause and weakens the case.
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Jan 28, 2020 5:46 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
pat8lanips: The problem with many of these kinds of studies, is they cherry pick research to suit an agenda. Science should not be a belief system, but with this issue it is diveded between believers and denyers...
Recently, there was a fuss about one part melting, while there was no mention of another part freezing up.
This actually works against the cause and weakens the case.
I'm an ignoramus when it comes to scientific jargon, but the video I watched on the news with regards Thwaites glacier was self explanatory and it did make me think about our future with regards the planet and global warming. I really don't think we should ignore the warning signs.j.m.o.
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Jan 28, 2020 5:53 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
pat8lanips
pat8lanipspat8lanipsbabinda, Queensland Australia67 Threads 14 Polls 6,372 Posts
Some say we are all going to die real soon from it, others say there's no problem at all no need to worry about it...

The truth is somewhere in between the two opinions, and both stand to make a lot of money from it.
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Jan 28, 2020 6:00 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
pat8lanips: Some say we are all going to die real soon from it, others say there's no problem at all no need to worry about it...

The truth is somewhere in between the two opinions, and both stand to make a lot of money from it.
They could end up drowning in it if you'll excuse the pun.sigh
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Jan 28, 2020 6:32 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
bodleing2
bodleing2bodleing2Manchester, Greater Manchester, England UK84 Threads 6,132 Posts
pat8lanips: Some say we are all going to die real soon from it, others say there's no problem at all no need to worry about it...

The truth is somewhere in between the two opinions, and both stand to make a lot of money from it.
From what basis do some people think that global warming is some kind of hoax?

Could it be that these people are still influenced by the 2009 Climategate scandal?
Many were fooled at the time and as you would imagine, the newspaper headlines later were not exactely shouting..."sorry we were guilty of fake news."
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Jan 28, 2020 6:53 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
tomcatty
tomcattytomcattyCoral Bay, Paphos, Paphos Cyprus368 Threads 6 Polls 6,885 Posts
OnlyLiveTwice: Impressive article, sound journalism, but probably not enough to influence the thinking of the climate-change deniers.
We are all doomed I tell ya, all doomed!!!!!!!
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Jan 28, 2020 10:29 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice
OnlyLiveTwiceOnlyLiveTwiceValletta, Majjistral Malta162 Threads 29 Polls 1,446 Posts
Clearly, time thwaites for no glacier.

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Jan 28, 2020 10:46 AM CST Thwaites glacier is melting
OnlyLiveTwice: Clearly, time thwaites for no glacier.
So are you on your first life, or is this your second.dancing
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