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Arctic Sea Level Falling?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hollow-earth-explains-all dept.

HRH King Lerxst with a link to BBC News' report that "Arctic sea level has been falling by a little over 2mm a year — a movement that sets the region against the global trend of rising waters. ... It is well known that the world's oceans do not share a uniform height; but even so, the scientists are somewhat puzzled by their results."

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  1. What? by MrSquirrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...What?... I was THIRSTY, okay?

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    1. Re:What? by amliebsch · · Score: 3, Funny

      Global warming causes all kinds of effects that may result in other places becoming cooler.

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  2. Not a surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The arctic icepack is melting at an accelerated rate, due to global warming. Once the ice is gone, it is no longer displacing so much water, and so sea levels drop.

  3. Gets you Al Gore! by the_back_sasser · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, amid the massive body of supporting evidence, this had disproved global warming in my mind.

  4. !akaeruE (i.e. "You've lost it...") by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Gravity pulls down on the free floating icebergs and it displaces the water. These icebergs are shrinking or being reduced greatly so the water height in the vicinity lowers slightly while the water levels around the world rise slightly."

    That has to be the single most entertaining thing I've read on /. in *years*. :D

  5. The Wright answer by Ken+Hall · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe global warming is causing an increase in the sponge population.

  6. The Chicken Little Theory by Atomm · · Score: 4, Funny

    The artic ocean has not fallen 2mm. The sky has fallen 2mm. This gives you the impression the ocean is down 2mm. ;-)

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  7. Re:But... by woodsrunner · · Score: 3, Funny

    definitely, but the installation is difficult since Penguins aren't native to the Arctic and Polar Bears find them yummy.

  8. Blame the dolphin's by guruevi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good bye and thanks for all the fish, now that all the mass of them darn dolphin's are gone, the water dropped by 2mm. Easy explanation.

    The end is near - I knew it.

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  9. Re:Could Be A Number Of Things by EatHam · · Score: 5, Funny

    This occurs because the ice is less dense than the water.

    It occurs because of either witchcraft or Jesus' love, not your "density".

  10. Re:"Global Warming" is total bunk by SnarfQuest · · Score: 2, Funny

    NOBODY knows what will REALLY happen

    Haven't you watched ANY of those informational movies about Global Warming? We all know what's going to happen. The wolves are going to excape from the zoo! We're all doomed at that point.

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  11. Re:Could Be A Number Of Things by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Funny
    How much water do you need to float the USS Enterprise?

    None. The Enterprise has antigravity and repulsors.