Isn't it bad enough that the sea ice could be completely gone in the summer months within the next few years? Is this all you can find to quibble with?
On Aug 30, 8:36 am, "Don Libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "David B. Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change > To: "globalchange" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:35 PM > Subject: [Global Change: 2842] Re: Arctic antics > > > > > On Aug 29, 5:26 am, "Don Libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ... Or is Greenland really in such peril? > > > Of course not, although the concentration of global warming (so-called > > greenhouse) gases may already be high enough to eventually melt the > > Greenland ice sheet down to a nubbin. > > > The phrase 'ice cap' is used for smaller caps of ice; there are > > several in northern Canada. As these are above the arctic circle, it > > is correct to name such 'polar ice caps'. The ones I know a little > > about are small enough, that yes, those could easily disappear in four > > years. > > So you're suggesting Al Gore is correct to say: "the entire north polar ice > cap may be completely gone"? Or are you saying "I choose to believe Al Gore > meant to say 'sea ice and several small polar ice caps may be completely > gone'"? The former is the grandiose rhetorical hyperbole that he actually > used, the latter is closer to what some scientists believe to be the truth. > The latter is an inconvenient truth, the former is an invented one. > > -dl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
