A New Ice Age?

barakn writes "Scientists have savaged the new movie The Day After Tomorrow, which depicts global warming causing a new ice age and freezing New York solid. The movie follows on the heels of a report to the Department of Defense in February, written by two guys who are not climatologists, about the implications of global warming triggering the growth of ice sheets in the northern hemisphere. There is a plausible theory which suggests that melting ice may release enough fresh water to halt circulation of warm water from the Gulf Stream, thus significantly cooling Europe and the east coast of North America. Note that this theory depends on melting ice, not growing ice, which may be one reason scientists find the ice age scenario so hard to swallow. New satellite evidence suggests a part of this circulation may already be slowing down. Those on the North American west coast will not have to worry about ice sheets, but changes in Arctic ice could mean the western drought will be permanent. For those of you who would rather do something before it's too late, iron seems to work, but the long-term ecological implications are still unknown."

Wait... so you're telling me...

[Amiga Lover]

Wait... so you're telling me that a movie writer is being loose with the truth?

What is the world coming to!?

look at the bright side

[ZeNTuRe]

There will be no need for the upcoming 2Kg heatsinks.

Please don't tell me this...

[Mahonrimoriancumer]

Next you'll be telling me that Jurrasic Park, Armageddon, etc. are based on junk science!

Re:Aren't we still in an Ice Age?

[clifgriffin]

I personally was unaware we'd been tracking the earth's temperature for 5 billion years.

Thanks for enlightening me.

Well, damn!

[Dark Lord Seth]

I was hoping for global warming! I already had ordered a few 100.000s tonnes of pearly white sand to make some lovely beaches in soon-to-be-sunny Greenland... Damn it!

Informative?

[pjt33]

Could the person who modded parent informative please translate it into English? (Spanish or French will do, I'm not too fussy).

Nature's reset?

[Xerp]

Nature probably thinks we are spyware or something, and figures the only way to fix the problem is to do a "cold boot"...

Re:Informative?

[bhima]

Una parte importante de cambio del clima es la cantidad de CO2 en el aire (el CO2, bióxido de carbono, es el gas principal del invernadero) en calcular fuera de cómo los niveles del CO2 cambiarán, un término importante es el intercambio entre el gas y el agua sobre los océanos; esto es un parámetro dominante en todos los modelos complicados estupendos de la computadora de lugares como NOAA hace algunos años, en compartimiento de la CIENCIA, resulta este término era incorrecto por una orden de la CONCLUSIÓN de la magnitud: los modelos son crap porqué? u r un administrador, atestiguando antes de congreso encendido porqué necesidad 200 de u grande. Usted podría decir, bien hicimos progreso importante en usefull de los algorythmns de FFT en modelar, y nuestra comprensión del reconocimiento de la imagen para modelar caer de los (congress de los patrones de la nube... dormido) O CALENTARSE GLOBAL de la opinión "copia más oscura"de u!!! cNyc subacuático!!!! no es que es mala ciencia, él es justo que la calidad de los modelos no es que alto - noone tiene la idea ma's lsightest de cómo nuestro clima cambiará en respuesta a cualquier perturbación significativa - clasifique a como la materia del MS, no?

Global warming is NOT the problem

[Anonymous Coward]

The real problem these movies point out is the shocking rise in bad acting. Apparently something in the future (possibly estrogen-like toxins?) is destroying humanity's ability to emote properly. This is what scientists should be studying. At the rate it is occurring, bad acting could sweep the planet in just a few decades. This could have a profound impact on Broadway, Shakespeare festivals, and even school plays.

Re:Maybe it is because we are skeptical...

[Anonymous Coward]

They have just found out that because of all those generators the coast is getting 10% more sunshine and 10% less rain.

So if we fill the Irish Sea with them, Manchester will finally have nice weather...

But!

[schnitzi]

But _The Day After Tomorrow_ is by the director [imdb.com] of Independence Day -- how could it be anything but a quality picture?

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Re:Bad Science

[Kenardy]

As hard as it can be to find a scientist to tell the truth about something, it's even harder to find two scientists who agree on it.

So long as there are at least two people on the planet calling themselves scientists, there will be disagreement over a significant portion of what we call "facts".

Here's a fact you can take to the bank. "Green" scientists were arguing for Hitler to stop the V2 launches because their exhaust would louse up the ozone and bring an end to the planet. It never happened, Jack.

Well, one thing is for sure...

[Tablizer]

...their servers froze

Re:Maybe it is because we are skeptical...

[NanoGator]

"So if we fill the Irish Sea with them, Manchester will finally have nice weather..."

Wouldn't it be easier to just kill the last male Bundy?

Re:Maybe it is because we are skeptical...

[gumbi west]

OTOH they are scandanavians.