Global Warming 5 Million Years Ago In Antarctic Drastically Raised Sea Levels 437
An anonymous reader writes "As temperatures rise, scientists continue to worry about the effects of melting Antarctic ice, which threatens to raise sea levels and swamp coastal communities. This event, though, isn't unprecedented. Researchers have uncovered evidence that reveals global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's ice sheets to melt, causing sea levels to rise by about 20 meters."
Re:FUD title (Score:4, Funny)
It's almost like this shit is cyclic.
Fortunately, this time we've invented magazines and toilet paper to cope with the problem.
Re:More to the point... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, it's not the rate of change, it's the rate of change of the rate of change that's scary.
Re:Jesus. Get a grip. (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Must have been dinosaur-made global warming! (Score:4, Funny)
See what happens when dinosaurs industrialize and drive cars!
Re:More to the point... (Score:4, Funny)
Hmmm, almost every climatologist out there says AGW is real, but an AC on /. who thinks that plastic pollution is a-okay because the source material was in the ground says it's a complete joke. Further, he then makes some claim about "libtards", as if science that he doesn't like can be neatly categorized as being "leftist".
Who will I pick?
Re:More to the point... (Score:4, Funny)
Fine, let's call them "people who deny AGW based upon misinformation, ignorance and lies".
Good (Score:4, Funny)
There are no socioeconomic problems that can't be solved by a good 20 meter rise in the sea level.
Re:More to the point... (Score:5, Funny)
I find your humor quite derivative.
Re:More to the point... (Score:5, Funny)
That comment is certainly integral to this discussion.
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So what is so fucking wrong with the rate of change. I for one will be glad when I can finally grow oranges in Antarctica. Seriously world is a harsh inhospitable place. This planet has been giving us earth quakes, and hurricanes for a long time. I am glad humanity is finally striking back. Fuck the planet earth.
I want to see the bitch in pain. Lets burn the land and boil the sea. Every last inch of the planet should be raped and plundered. Why is it when some alleged middle eastern terrorist kill a few new yorkers, the USA wants to go to war with the middle east and kill every single arab. Yet when mother earth sends Katrina our way we do nothing. I say it is about time we started holding the planet accountable for all the suffering it has given us.