Global Warming Exposes New Islands in the Arctic 645
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."
Re:Islands (Score:0, Funny)
Moo (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Temporary problem. (Score:5, Funny)
Problem solved! Hurray!
Re:Islands (Score:2, Funny)
rapid change fans the flames of evolution and (Score:2, Funny)
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!
Re:So I Guess the Verdict Is In (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Islands (Score:5, Funny)
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!
SHOTGUN! (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not worried. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Eh. (Score:5, Funny)
You freaking pinko commie oil-loving corporatist hippy! Take that back!
Re:Islands (Score:5, Funny)
Woohoo! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well, it is named Greenland isn't it? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The usual steps (Score:2, Funny)
Liberals, Stop Making Problems (Score:3, Funny)
And we were welcomed as liberators in Iraq, too. Really, we were.