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Global Warming Past The Point of No Return

Posted by Zonk on from the more-swimming-opportunities dept.

mad_goldfish writes "The UK's Independent is running a front page story today on a scientific report claiming that global warming is now unstoppable, after measuring changes in the level of ice in the arctic." From the article: "The greatest fear is that the Arctic has reached a 'tipping point' beyond which nothing can reverse the continual loss of sea ice and with it the massive land glaciers of Greenland, which will raise sea levels dramatically. Satellites monitoring the Arctic have found that the extent of the sea ice this August has reached its lowest monthly point on record, dipping an unprecedented 18.2 per cent below the long-term average." Either way, someone wins a bet.

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  1. Waterworld by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And you thought it was a bad movie, it's a FEMA training film now!!!

  2. Oh, thank you very much by daniil · · Score: 5, Funny

    As if it wasn't bad enough, the flamewar that's about to erupt here will further speed up the process...

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    1. Re:Oh, thank you very much by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

      I could condense the entire flamewar to one post...

      10:Global warming is not happening
      20:yes it is you ignoramus
      30:I agree but it's not caused by man
      40: Yes it is you ignoramus
      50:no it isn't
      60: GOTO 40
      RUN

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  3. This is EXCELLENT News! by 14erCleaner · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now that global warming is irreversible, we don't have to modify our behaviour! No more Kyoto treaty, I can buy that giant SUV I've always wanted, and it doesn't matter! Yay! No more guilt!

    On a tangential note, does anybody else get annoyed by the overuse of the phrase "tipping point"? It's like "perfect storm" was a few years ago, everybody's favorite trite phrase-of-the-moment. It's like we've reached a tipping point of "tipping point" usage, and this perfect storm of "tipping point"s has driven out the "perfect storm" meme.

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    1. Re:This is EXCELLENT News! by LightningBolt! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your complaint about the phrase "tipping point" has become "ground zero" for a whole new "war on cliches".

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  4. Re:Doom and Gloom by Guysmiley777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sweet! If we're past the point of no return, there is no sense worrying about it now!

    Repeal the Kyoto Treaty and fire up the coal power plants. If we're all going to die, it mine as well be full speed ahead!

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  5. Re:Doom and Gloom by Moofie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best to go ahead and kill yourself now. That way, nothing scary and complicated will happen to you.

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