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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (265968)	12/24/2005 3:21:49 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574883

Yes, that is what they are saying. The Mag Pole up North moving around faster while getting weaker. The flip could happen over 20,000 years or less. You and me may have a hard time verifying if true or not though ;) Taro

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (265968)	12/24/2005 3:34:46 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574883

I wonder if it might have more to do with most of the developed world (the carbon emitters) being in the northern hemishpere? I don't know how the global atmosphere circulation patterns really work, but I do know from studying sailing that the hot equator tends to divide the hemispheres. Somewhere in my library is a book on world spanning sailors with charts of prevailing winds..

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (265968)	12/25/2005 2:23:04 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574883

"The magnetic poles might be flipping." Bite your tongue.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (265968)	12/26/2005 1:29:41 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574883

RE:"No doubt that on the Northern Hemisphere temperatures have been rising the last 60 years. While they have gone the other way down South with the Antarctic ice shield getting thicker. But that remains another story not fit for NY Slimes, CNN and the DC Post." The NY Slimes? Oh that's right, you voted for Bush twice and the NY Times in the last few months finally has started pointing out all of Mr. Bush's shortcomings and lies. I keep forgetting how much you guys have a hard time with the truth. As for the Antarctica ice shield getting thicker, which rightie rag did you see that in.......Fox News aka fair and balanced lies? Well its a little more complicated that the way you presented it. In fact, global warming isn't ignoring Antarctica: ""Everybody thinks that the Antarctic is shrinking due to climate change, but the reality is much more complex," says David Vaughan, a principal investigator at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK. "Parts of it appear to be thickening as a result of snowfall increases. But the peninsula is thinning at an alarming rate due to warming. "The West Antarctic sheet is also thinning, and we're not sure of the reason why." On the up Temperatures in the Peninsula appear to be increasing at around twice the global average - about 2C over the last 50 years. Those figures are based on measurements made by instruments at scientific stations. Earlier this year, David Vaughan's group published research showing that the vast majority of glaciers along the Peninsula - 87% of the 244 studied - are in retreat. The ice dumped into the ocean as the glaciers retreat should not make much difference to global sea levels - perhaps a few cm. More worrying, potentially, are the vast ice sheets covering the rest of Antarctica. Making temperature measurements for the continent as a whole is difficult; it is a vast place - more than 2,000km across - there are few research stations, and temperatures vary naturally by 2-3C from year to year. But measurements indicate that in the west, melting is underway. "About one-third of the West Antarctic ice sheet is thinning," says Dr Vaughan, "on average by about 10cm per year, but in the worst places by 3-4m per year." The rock on which the West Antarctic ice rests is below sea level - and British Antarctic Survey researchers believe the thinning could be due to the ice sheet melting on its underside. "It may be that the ocean is warming and that's causing the ice to melt, but there may be other reasons as well; for example, there's lots of volcanism in that area and so that could change how much heat is delivered to the underside of the ice sheet." " news.bbc.co.uk The magnetic poles might be flipping. Of course you don't believe in global warming but you are very ready to consider magnetic poles flipping. Just what the world needs.......it would finish off what Bush, the guy you voted for twice, started.