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Global Warming Exposes New Islands in the Arctic 645

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:18AM
from the go-north-young-man dept.

circletimessquare writes "The New York Times has a sobering article about the rapidly accelerating pace of glacial melting across the arctic, focusing on the discovery of new islands and the fact that this is occurring far faster than climate scientist's models predict. What were called Nunataks or 'lonely mountains' in Inuit, trapped in the ice, only a few years ago, are now in the open ocean by kilometers. Off of Greenland, what was known previously as peninsulas have been revealed to be islands as the ice retreats. Dennis Schmitt, a modern day explorer and discoverer of one of these new islands and fluent in Inuit, has named it Uunartoq Qeqertoq: the warming island."

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Re:Islands (Score:0, Funny)

by tritonman (998572) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:24AM (#17629968)

China should get first dibs on any island, since they are the cause of global warming.

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Moo (Score:5, Funny)

by Chacham (981) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:26AM (#17630006) Homepage Journal

For all those interested, all the OceanLand Islands are property of me, and are being sold at $499,999,999.99 each.

Not only am i chepaer than the competition, my islands are real. Please, check them out, you'll warm up to them faster than you'd think.

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Temporary problem. (Score:5, Funny)

by Duncan3 (10537) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:28AM (#17630040) Homepage

Why bother putting it on the map? Soon global warming will also put it under water too.

Problem solved! Hurray!

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Re:Islands (Score:2, Funny)

by pkbarbiedoll (851110) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:28AM (#17630048)

See after denying global warming exists (because heathen liberals lie about everything) they will finally acquiesce and proudly proclaim that it won't matter anyway. Jesus is coming, repent! The End Is Nigh, save yourselves! Look at the melting icecaps we used to think were a figment of your imaginations, now they are melting and it's because endtimes prophecy is being fulfilled.

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rapid change fans the flames of evolution and (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:33AM (#17630166)

those who fear it lack the sense of adventure which led man out of the dark ages.
The past has seen tropical rainforests in Canada and glaciers in the southern USA.
IMO the whole global warming brewhaha is centered in power and control. It's nothing
more than another means to wealth and prestige for those who's only life skill is
massaging the emotions of the ignorant.

I for one welcome mass extinctions and greater stress on human life!

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Re:So I Guess the Verdict Is In (Score:5, Funny)

by Sloppy (14984) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:38AM (#17630240) Homepage Journal

You're right. We need to stay open to the possibility that temperatures staying the same (or even cooling) may be the cause of all this ice melting. ;-)

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Re:Islands (Score:5, Funny)

by p0tat03 (985078) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:39AM (#17630266)

It will be interesting to see what else is under the ice.

The lost city of Ry'leh... Run everyone, C'thulhu is coming! AHHHHHHH!

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SHOTGUN! (Score:5, Funny)

by DarthVain (724186) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:42AM (#17630340)

Canada calls Shotgun! Those islands are now the soverign soil of Canada! Hurray!

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I'm not worried. (Score:2, Funny)

by headplant (1044408) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @11:45AM (#17630370)

By the time global warming gets really bad, I'll be kicking back in my condo on the moon [slashdot.org].

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Re:Eh. (Score:5, Funny)

by Gospodin (547743) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @12:05PM (#17630750)

...is...

You freaking pinko commie oil-loving corporatist hippy! Take that back!

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Re:Islands (Score:5, Funny)

by LordEd (840443) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @12:06PM (#17630780)

The ultimate irony would be if oil was discovered on the Global Warming island.

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Woohoo! (Score:3, Funny)

by Xaroth (67516) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @12:19PM (#17631046) Homepage

Uunartoq Qeqertoq - Finally! Something to do with all those Q's and U's in Scrabble!

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Re:Well, it is named Greenland isn't it? (Score:5, Funny)

by larkost (79011) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @12:21PM (#17631070)

Well.. sort of... nowadays we call it "marketing".

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Re:The usual steps (Score:2, Funny)

by mikeabbott420 (744514) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @01:18PM (#17632094) Journal

"My eventual plan is to move to a warmer climate" my eventual plan is to have a warmer climate move to me - go global warming!

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Liberals, Stop Making Problems (Score:3, Funny)

by airship (242862) writes: on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @02:07PM (#17632970) Homepage

I wish you doom-saying liberals would stop saying that the ice is melting. Quit relying on your own senses and recognize that it's all about perception. Choose to perceive that the ice isn't melting and the problem will go away.

And we were welcomed as liberators in Iraq, too. Really, we were.

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