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| | | (...) a (...) Au Contraire: "If larger ice sheets begin to recede, sea level could rise rapidly and dramatically. The most vulnerable ice sheet is the marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet which contains enough water locked up as ice to raise global (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | (...) Jeff is correct. See my last post(5623). For general information- scientists measure the amount of ice on the planet at a given time by looking at oxygen isotope ratio in deepsea sediment cores. ^16-O is selectively stored in ice over the (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Which is enough to cover most of the coastal cities all over the world. (...) Well, I don't know exactly how many years. (...) I don't believe everything I read, no. I do believe researches that are well based on facts, yes. (...) Me too. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes: I give on the icecaps, ok? If they all melt at once, we're all going wading. You still have to show that they're all going to melt, though. Won't take much, a few degrees higher average temp should do (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, it's not just the icecaps--it'll rain a lot more, too! 8^) (...) Not to blast Shiri, but in an effort to be fair to those teachers, perhaps the lesson was that the area was covered by seawater, but it was due to the fact that the (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | | | (...) Many grade school teachers don't know squat about science, I once got an email from a concerned parent because her son's teacher was telling the students that the grand canyon was formed by a meteorite, as opposed to the less obvious river.... (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) IIRC, the 'trends' have been measured as 1 degree celsius (1.8 F) over the past [hundred I think] years. (Dang, wish I had some sources; but I never kept my notes...) The years might be way off, but it's definitely not more than 100; if (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) That data is suspect. 100 years ago we did not have the technology to determine what the temperature was in a repeatable way over enough sample points to determine what the average temperature is at a given location. We've had that technology (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) The determinations of temperature prior to accurate, systematic measurements by humans are derived from other environmental evidence, rather than simply noting what the thermometer said 150 years ago. I regret that I don’t have the particulars (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | | (...) They are plenty of ways to confidently estimate temperture. I'm looking at a graph I'm placing into a report right now that has sea-surface temperature estimates off the coast of California back to 130 kyears ago. As Dave said, they are other (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) No, it isn't. And the mob agrees. There is no way that Joe Average is going to give up his petrol and plastics and lots of electricity even if it does mean that we'll leave the Earth a burnt-out husk. (...) I think that there are specific and (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) feet (...) That entirely depends on the geology of the local area - it could be sea level changes or it could be the land itself varying due to tectonic activity (trust a Californian to think along these lines). Bruce (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) There's Bruce again with his faulty logic! 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) level (...) (trust (...) Are you thrusting the fault onto me? You dip, I'll strike you. Bruce (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | (...) LOL!!! It's like the cafeteria at the US Geological Survey... umm, why can't i remember any good geology jokes... -chris (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) The schist you say! Okay, no more mister gneiss guy if you are going to drag the whole U.S. Geologic Survey. But I'll bet their busy playing with their orogenous zones. Bruce (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | | ROTL!!! that's too much... stop it!!! you are definately boulder than me when it comes to geology puns. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) Comes from being stoned all the time. But hey, I getta get my rocks off somehow. Bruce (...) drag (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Because there aren't any? <grins, ducks and runs> (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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