The North Pole Is Melting


	The North Pole Is Melting

JICWyllie

9-24-2007 5:52 AM

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environment, sea ice, i-melting, i-acceleration, i-forecast

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9-24-2007 6:40 AM

duvelic

Only one of the consequence:
http://www.behav.org/Student_essay/climate/gulf stream_Kohler/gulf stream_Kohler.htm

9-24-2007 7:04 AM

skwirlinator

OMG were all gunna die!

9-24-2007 10:38 AM

JICWyllie

What does OMG mean? We're all going to die, anyway.

9-24-2007 10:44 AM

ratilfar

Oh My Gawd!

The new Cellphone/Texting/Internet version of Valley Gurl Speak!

9-24-2007 12:54 PM

constantskeptic

'record' lows are only records since we started keeping records.... this has happened before and will happen again.... it is a cyclical geoclimate, on an approximately 150,000 year cycle, give or take a few human carbons...

9-24-2007 12:54 PM

constantskeptic

but I agree... we are all gonna die!

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