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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (28918)	7/26/2012 10:08:58 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

Following into the story, I ran across this link. It might give some of the cut and paste team a modicum of knowledge. -g- csmonitor.com I did not know that burning one gallon of gas released 20 POUNDS of CO2. Wow!

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (28918)	7/26/2012 5:06:36 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

NYT: Unprecedented’ Greenland Surface Melt – Every 150 Years? By ANDREW C. REVKIN .... the last wide surface melt was in 1889, recorded in separate ice cores at the Greenland ice-sheet summit and in the northwestern part of the vast frozen expanse — and has happened roughly every 150 years over a long stretch of centuries, as recorded deeper in the ice. (Here’s a figure from a 1994 Science paper pointing to a series of such melt layers, reflecting summer warmth. Please see the postscript below for the key reference, provided by Lora Koenig of NASA.) The inaccurate headline and burst of hyperventilating coverage and commentary (with some exceptions, like this new post by Climate Central) have already provided fodder for those whose passion or job is largely aimed at spreading doubt about science pointing to consequential greenhouse-driven warming. This is unfortunate because the NASA release otherwise provided a fascinating, timely description of an unusual event, along with the historical context, as in this line: “Ice cores from Summit show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on average. With the last one happening in 1889, this event is right on time,” says Lora Koenig, a Goddard glaciologist and a member of the research team analyzing the satellite data. “But if we continue to observe melting events like this in upcoming years, it will be worrisome.” But subtlety and reality don’t play well in some circles. Koenig’s careful description of the science and the uncertainty about what the future holds prompted a public spanking from the Center for American Progress climate blogger Joe Romm, who charged her with “scientific reticence” — alluding to NASA scientist James Hansen’s paper criticizing sea-level researchers for being overly cautious in 2007 conclusions about the possible rate of sea rise in this century. (At the time, scientists focused on ice sheets and sea level pushed back on Hansen’s complaints.) .... http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/unprecedented-greenland-surface-melt-every-150-years/#more-45395