What's Hidden Under Greenland's Ice?

Roland Piquepaille writes "Ice has covered Greenland for millions of years. So what's hidden under this ice cap? Mountains and valleys? Rivers and lakes? Of course, we might know it sooner than we would have liked if the ice covering Greenland continues to melt. But researchers from Ohio State University have decided that they wanted to know it next year and have developed a radar to reveal views of land beneath polar ice. Their first tests of this new radar, which helps them to catch 3-D images of the ground under the ice, took place in May 2006. The next images will be shot in April 2007. Here are some images of the new GISMO device and what it can do."

Since this is a Roland P. Slashdot story

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd say that iPods are hidden underneath the ice and Roland's blog has much to say about it and he's getting $0.01 per page hit.

TDz.
(captcha is "decoys"...I love coincidences)

Underneath sovereign territory

[Anonymous Coward]

If it's oil, Greenland better brace for the invasion.

Nice. Now if only...

[MacDork]

Now if only the ice were getting thinner in Greenland, we'd have something to worry about. Unfortunately for you global warming scaremongers, that isn't the case. It seems the ice has been getting thicker in Greenland [sciencemag.org] over the past decade or so.

Puhleease: Put Roland Piquepaille blog elsewhere

[viking80]

I would like to just suggest a link to Roland Piquepailles blog somewhere where those who are interested can click. And *no more articles please*

I read /. to get real news and facts, and see discussions from people with insight.
Roland Piquepailles submissions has not met this criterium. Did this article tell you what lies under greenlands ice?

You should mod this up if you agree or mod away as flamebait/offtopic/troll if you dont agree, but at least mod it.

Maybe....

[EmbeddedJanitor]

We should leave the aliens alone. Finding out what's in Greenland is surely far more important than pissing money into space to find out what's under Jupiter's/Mars's/etc surface.

Been there, done that.

[NullProg]

Under the ice sheet there are, wait for it... Trees

http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-ice-co re.htm [athropolis.com]
This planet was once warm in the past. It is warming up again despite our human influence.
FYI, the planet is going to get cold again when it adjusts.

Enjoy,

Re:Puhleease: Put Roland Piquepaille blog elsewher

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't you understand what is happening here? Every Roland Piquepaille submission is good, if you know how to see the goodness. Without a doubt, every time he gets something on /. there are people whining and complaining. When the executives analyze their site to see what is working for them, they notice RP submissions generate a great amount of comments.

The real bread and butter of this site comes from the user discussion. That's what makes slashdot. That's why you keep coming back here. That's why you are all trying to be funny and trying to be insightful and trying to be informative. Without the discussion, this would just be a boring site with links to SEC (Someone Else's Content). Often the user comments are more interesting than the actual articles, and many users are happy to discuss the subject at hand without even reading the articles.

Who cares if RP makes a few nickels selling ads? Slashdotters are supposedly smart; we all have ad blockers running, and we don't click on them anyway. Do you think he makes a killing off his site? I bet you he still has a day job. Like it or not, his articles are (perhaps barely) interesting enough to make it onto /. time and time again. This one has been posted only a few minutes and already has way more comments than the NASA 'fake moon dust' article.

RP is really doing /. a favour. He works at no cost to /., and they have total control over posting his articles or not. They do it because it makes them money and keeps the site running. You should be happy. At least every time RP gets something wrong, you have the chance to set the record straight in the comments, and also expose how 'bad' he is because he is trying to make money. Instead of 'bad', think of it as 'living his life'. He has to eat too, maybe feed some kids, maybe pay a mortgage. He's just like you.

In the end, if you didn't enjoy this article, there is sure to be a different article coming soon that is more to your liking. Just hit that refresh button ...

Re:Underneath sovereign territory

[slughead]

Underneath sovereign territory ... If it's oil, Greenland better brace for the invasion.

Currently modded "insightful"

Does that mean that insightful is the label we give to 'lame jokes' now?

Well.. not interesting, not underrated, and not funny, I guess there's not much left.

Re:Even nicer... AC responses.

[Joe U]

A median ice growth average over such a large landmass is a pointless statistic.

If it rains all year in Washington yet there's a severe drought in Oklahoma, the national average could be the same as if there was normal rainfall in both locations.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics"