^ THE SKY IS FALLING!!!And if so, why does Hillary have 2 separate 5000 square foot multi-million dollar mansions for just herself and BJ?That doesn’t sound very environmentally friendly for 2 people. Talk about a footprint!Do they really need 8 bathrooms? Or is that to flush all the documents?
I wonder if “Medicare Fraud” is on the list of banned phrases.
Republicans really astonish me. They foam at the mouth over Whitewater, yet they elect a governor who presided over the largest documented Medicare fraud ever.
Yeah, I know, I know. It’s OKAY If A Republican Does It.
As a writer focused on climate change, when I traveled to the Arctic last month to write about the threatened village of Kivalina I couldn’t take my eyes off the sea ice.As I wrote in my story, the flight to Kivalina, which hugged the coastline of the Chukchi Sea north of Kotzebue, Alaska, revealed weak sea ice conditions that were visible to the naked eye. In many cases, the ice covering the ocean did not reach the frozen shore. The ice itself had extended fractures in many places — and this was February.When I got to Kivalina, the villagers — who know their environment better than anyone because they’ve practiced subsistence hunting atop the sea ice for generations — confirmed that the ice offshore was weak and dangerous. And now, a scientific assessment of the state of the Arctic’s sea ice as a whole this year has delivered a parallel message.The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), in Boulder, Colo., is our top tracker of Arctic sea ice, which reaches a winter maximum each year right around now and then declines to yearly minimum in September. Usually, people focus on that September minimum extent because that’s when there’s the least sea ice at the top of the world — and the lows keep getting lower, with the current record low having come in 2012.But declining sea ice maxima are also important; if sea ice starts from a lower high in a given year, then it can also fall to a lower low.Which brings us to NSIDC’s just released report on February’s ice conditions. First, the agency notes that last month saw the third-lowest ice extent ever recorded for February, based on satellite records going back to 1979. Indeed, Arctic sea ice extent in February just keeps ticking lower and lower:But that’s not all. NSIDC also notes that there could be a new record coming. “If the current pattern of below-average extent continues, Arctic sea ice extent may set a new lowest winter maximum,” wrote the agency.The record to beat here is the year 2011, when the sea ice maximum was only 14.63 million square kilometers (5.65 million square miles). Last month the extent was 14.41 million square kilometers.So unless the ice grows more this March – certainly a possibility, as NSIDC says this has happened in past years — there will be a record low for this winter. We’ll probably know in early April.All eyes have certainly been on the Arctic lately, where truly rapid climate change is occurring.
The great gov of fla 5th amendment 75 times in Medicare fraud trial kicked out of hospital chain he founded then pleaded the 5th 5 times in trial of express care fraud and sued by doctors for misrepresenting their licenses to state
@wmconelly:There’s actually a great book with the title American Fascists by Chris Hedges. The subtitle is even better: The Christian Right and the War on America.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 9 years ago
I’m not a scientist, says Little Scotty. Maybe you should talk to one, or two, or more before about a third of your state is underwater.
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
Gonna be in oceanography by the middle to end of the century.
ConserveGov about 9 years ago
^ THE SKY IS FALLING!!!And if so, why does Hillary have 2 separate 5000 square foot multi-million dollar mansions for just herself and BJ?That doesn’t sound very environmentally friendly for 2 people. Talk about a footprint!Do they really need 8 bathrooms? Or is that to flush all the documents?
braindead Premium Member about 9 years ago
I wonder if “Medicare Fraud” is on the list of banned phrases.
Republicans really astonish me. They foam at the mouth over Whitewater, yet they elect a governor who presided over the largest documented Medicare fraud ever.
Yeah, I know, I know. It’s OKAY If A Republican Does It.
pam Miner about 9 years ago
Does anyone else think he looks like an alien from a UFO?
braindead is right, he was convicted of 19 counts of felonies for Medicare fraud. I didn’t know criminals were allowed to even Run for elections.
lonecat about 9 years ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/05/arctic-sea-ice-could-set-an-ominous-new-record-this-year/
As a writer focused on climate change, when I traveled to the Arctic last month to write about the threatened village of Kivalina I couldn’t take my eyes off the sea ice.As I wrote in my story, the flight to Kivalina, which hugged the coastline of the Chukchi Sea north of Kotzebue, Alaska, revealed weak sea ice conditions that were visible to the naked eye. In many cases, the ice covering the ocean did not reach the frozen shore. The ice itself had extended fractures in many places — and this was February.When I got to Kivalina, the villagers — who know their environment better than anyone because they’ve practiced subsistence hunting atop the sea ice for generations — confirmed that the ice offshore was weak and dangerous. And now, a scientific assessment of the state of the Arctic’s sea ice as a whole this year has delivered a parallel message.The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), in Boulder, Colo., is our top tracker of Arctic sea ice, which reaches a winter maximum each year right around now and then declines to yearly minimum in September. Usually, people focus on that September minimum extent because that’s when there’s the least sea ice at the top of the world — and the lows keep getting lower, with the current record low having come in 2012.But declining sea ice maxima are also important; if sea ice starts from a lower high in a given year, then it can also fall to a lower low.Which brings us to NSIDC’s just released report on February’s ice conditions. First, the agency notes that last month saw the third-lowest ice extent ever recorded for February, based on satellite records going back to 1979. Indeed, Arctic sea ice extent in February just keeps ticking lower and lower:But that’s not all. NSIDC also notes that there could be a new record coming. “If the current pattern of below-average extent continues, Arctic sea ice extent may set a new lowest winter maximum,” wrote the agency.The record to beat here is the year 2011, when the sea ice maximum was only 14.63 million square kilometers (5.65 million square miles). Last month the extent was 14.41 million square kilometers.So unless the ice grows more this March – certainly a possibility, as NSIDC says this has happened in past years — there will be a record low for this winter. We’ll probably know in early April.All eyes have certainly been on the Arctic lately, where truly rapid climate change is occurring.
David Riedel Premium Member about 9 years ago
^ZipiCheck your sources.
genemascho about 9 years ago
The great gov of fla 5th amendment 75 times in Medicare fraud trial kicked out of hospital chain he founded then pleaded the 5th 5 times in trial of express care fraud and sued by doctors for misrepresenting their licenses to state
leftShark about 9 years ago
There are plenty of scientists who are not convinced that global warming is proven science, but they have been beaten down into silence.
markjoseph125 about 9 years ago
Yeah, libsmasher is not the sharpest knife in the drawer…
markjoseph125 about 9 years ago
@wmconelly:There’s actually a great book with the title American Fascists by Chris Hedges. The subtitle is even better: The Christian Right and the War on America.
markjoseph125 about 9 years ago
Just like evolution, right Mr. Davis?