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Abrupt Climatic Change Coming Soon?

Posted by michael on from the move-to-florida dept.

rRaAnNiI writes "Just read an extremely interesting article about the possibility of having a 'little ice age' quite soon - within a decade. The frightening thing is that it makes a lot of sense to me. Does anyone know how to build an igloo?"

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  1. the US will live up to its responsibility, right? by g4dget · · Score: 1, Troll

    Bush likes to talk about accepting responsibility for one's actions. Since the US is a huge greenhouse case emitter and currently derives enormous financial and economic benefits from cheap energy, if greenhouse gasses cause a massive shift in climate, the US will be willing to accept responsibility for its share and pay trillions of dollars annually to other nations who are frozen, parched, or flooded, right? (If nothing is going to happen, as the Bush administration contends, there is nothing to worry about...)

  2. Re:History Lesson by Corgha · · Score: 3, Troll

    As you can tell, the non-Ice Age time is an aberration, not the norm.

    If the night was this long:
    iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiii.....(x400)

    The period from sunrise till now is this long
    i

    As you can tell, this "daylight" thing is an aberration, not the norm.

  3. But, but wait!!...... by carney1979 · · Score: 0, Troll

    We are supposed to be heading into global warming, aren't we? That's what all the "experts" say....