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Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low
Titus Andronicus writes "Angela Fritz and Jeff Masters of Weather Underground analyze this year's record ongoing Arctic ice melt. Arctic sea ice extent, area, and volume are all at record lows for the post-1979 satellite era. The ice is expected to continue melting for perhaps another couple of weeks. Extreme sea ice melting might help cause greater numbers of more powerful Arctic storms, help to accelerate the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, and help to accelerate global warming itself, due to the increased absorption of solar energy into the ocean."
We say "all time low" when really what we mean is "for the past few years we've been keeping record of it". I love sensationalist stories like this. I'm not saying the ice hasn't melted a lot. I'm not saying the earth isn't warming. What I am saying is I doubt its the first in the millions of years of earth's history that it has gotten warm for a period. Then it'll get all cold for a while and everyone will be like "Oh no we stopped global warming too well...".
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The liberals are paying the scientists with government to make this stuff up so they have an excuse to destroy our way of life!! Liberals hate us and our way of life. They don't like us driving SUVs and eating meat. Don't believe their lies!!!
It's a hoax!!!!
---Technology will liberate us if it doesn't enslave us first.
Yes but it is identical to three and a half decades ago.
I can equally say that two decades ago there was a unusually high amount of sea ice.
It's easy to say that you are right when you figure out some way to blame EVERYTHING on global warming. Temperature goes up.... global warming. Big snow storm.... global warming. McMurdough runs out of supplies because of harsh Antarctic winter.... global warming. I crash my car into a telephone pole.... global warming.
It's like betting $100 on both teams in the Superbowl, then celebrating when you win.
sudo make me a sandwich