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Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released

An anonymous reader writes "The Obama administration has released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice, following a declassification request by the National Academy of Sciences. The images feature a 1m resolution, and scientists who have had to base climate models on 15m- or 30m-resolution photos are rejoicing. The photos, kept classified by the Bush administration, show the impact of global warming in the Arctic and the retreat of glaciers in Washington and Alaska."

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  1. Re:Did we not already know this? by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Glaciers are not permanent structures. So what?"

    Neither are humans, particularly when they have no fresh water.

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
  2. Re:How long has this been going on? by MrMista_B · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How long as it been accelerating?

    Oh, right, only since the Industrial Revolution.

  3. Re:The glaciers are retreating! by jdcope · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At least we're winning the battle against something!

    Of course climate change is happening. It always has. The question are WHAT is happening, and HOW the information is treated. If anyone, including noted scientists, say anything remotely the opposite of the climate change cabal, they are run out of town, belitted by their peers. They have their jobs & credentials taken away. That sounds more like the status quo is trying to hide something to me. When I was growing up, I was always taught to question the mainstream. But if you do that when it comes to climate change, you are labeled a nut. And now we all these new fangled ways to make money from climate change. And I guarantee you, the poor & middle class will be the ones paying. The rich just buy their way out with carbon credits.

  4. The mere fact he was attacked speaks volumes by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Speaks volumes about how much "climate scientists" believe in their own evidence : Not. At. All. Clearly they believe repression is necessary to sustain the global warming theory (never mind anthropogenic global warming).

    It also proves that the grandparent posts were correct in asserting that anyone, no matter how reputable, finding anti-global-warming evidence is attacked. I mean, this guy is right up there with Fermi, Hawking, Feynman and other legends.

  5. Re:The glaciers are retreating! by Serious+Callers+Only · · Score: 5, Insightful

    admit it would suck to blow all the billions and trillions of dollars only to find out there ain't a damned thing you can do

    There are many reasons to migrate from fossil fuels, the most compelling being that they're going to run out very soon. The changing climate is also a worry (which we wouldn't want to encourage to change faster than it already is), but it's not the only reason, and the money spent on migrating to alternative energy sources certainly wouldn't be wasted.