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To: epicure who wrote (123185)10/19/2009 11:07:44 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 541931
 
Either that, or Obamasociaism outposts.



To: epicure who wrote (123185)10/19/2009 11:17:18 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 541931
 
The Oceans are Coming
by By Keith Farnish and Dmitry Orlov
This article is the first part of a three-part series, which considers the effect of global warming on ocean level rise, and examines life with constantly advancing seas from two perspectives: that of the landlubber and that of the seafarer.

Part I: The Global Mistake
In September 2009 the latest global temperature rise projections released by the Hadley Centre, part of the British Meteorological Office indicated an average rise of 4 degrees Celsius (that’s a balmy 7.2°F) by 2055 given a business as usual scenario. Some places will be a bit more stable, but the places that particularly matter – the ice caps, the methane-rich permafrosts in northern Canada and Siberia, and the Amazon rainforest – will be melting, off-gassing, and burning, respectively. The report offers some detail on what that would feel like:
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