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Environment & Energy

XemaSab

(60,212 posts) Tue Mar 19, 2013, 09:56 PM Mar 2013

http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?mosaic=Arctic

There's a 3 km wide crack running from Barrow to Svalbard, right through the heart of the multi-year ice.

Anyone have a fork we can stick in it? 'Cause this action is DONE.

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We're SCREWED [View all] XemaSab Mar 2013 OP

Your point? Pray, enlighten us. aristocles Mar 2013 #1

what he is trying to say is, MindMover Mar 2013 #4

Oh aristocles Mar 2013 #5

Thank you for explaining it Isoldeblue Mar 2013 #6

Hopefully this wonderful planet will self heal before we destroy it ... MindMover Mar 2013 #10

can't tell where this is at all FirstLight Mar 2013 #2

Check the Arctic Warpy Mar 2013 #3

Thanks, that helps. What a frickin' train wreck. GliderGuider Mar 2013 #22

That looks like a gyre pscot Mar 2013 #31

Screwed, blued, and tattooed reteachinwi Mar 2013 #7

I disagree with the first definition OKIsItJustMe Mar 2013 #24

A quote from Paul Beckwith on Neven's blog. GliderGuider Mar 2013 #8

His comment is easier to find at this: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #13

The statement about sea rise comes from deniers ... MindMover Mar 2013 #12

Did you know the Salton Sea in Ca. was caused by a spill, and a town flooded? AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2013 #14

Sea ice melting doesn't cause sea level rise. Nihil Mar 2013 #15

I can't make out anything in that image OnlinePoker Mar 2013 #16

See .18 for an image with overlay. Nihil Mar 2013 #19

Add in 24 hour sun, ... CRH Mar 2013 #17

This comment is accurate: Ghost Dog Mar 2013 #20

Whoa!!! truebrit71 Mar 2013 #21

Looking forward to launching my boat directly into the ocean... aristocles Mar 2013 #23

We are in the 2-3 most dangerous weeks of Climate Change happyslug Mar 2013 #25

Except that Greenland is still an issue in the Arctic. longship Mar 2013 #26

There are TWO Ice Sheets in Antarctica, compared to one in Greenland. happyslug Mar 2013 #29

Sorry, I didn't go into the detail. longship Mar 2013 #30

Kicking for this aspect too. (n/t) Nihil Mar 2013 #33

And kicking for the most important thread of the year to date hatrack Mar 2013 #28

K&R again! FirstLight Mar 2013 #32