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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Joe NYC who wrote (122583)8/21/2000 1:14:01 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1571766
 
The last time scientists can be certain the pole was awash in water was more than 50 million years ago.

The article I read was much more definitive.

This means that there could have been water there 100, 200, 300, 1,000 etc. years ago, but that can't be certain. What they can be certain of is that there was water there 50 million years ago.

Does it truly matter whether it was 200 or 1000 or 50 million years? For the first time in the lifetimes of the current residents of this planet, there is a patch of open water on the Arctic Ocean. That, in itself, is a profound enough statement.

IMO fifty million years ago adds an element of drama that is unnecessary. Whenever there is a significant change in a climatic pattern, there is serious cause for alarm. The ecology of this planet is both strong and fragile...its in our best interest to know when it has reached its breaking point and what we need to do to correct it.

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