Dispite the truth being released about the

Global warming Fraud. Things like this keep showing up to scare you into thinking there is a common enemy out there. that if we dont all Tow the Party Line then we are to be blamed for the demise of the entire world ! What bull shit !

Effect of Collapsed Ice Sheet Revised

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

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WASHINGTON (May 14) - The global sea level will only rise about 10 feet if the West Antarctic ice sheet collapses.

While that may not sound so great to residents of coastal cities like New York or Los Angeles, it's only about half the previously predicted rise.

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Shrinking Ice at Both Poles

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If the West Antarctic ice sheet collapses, the global sea level will rise about 10 feet, researchers said in the May 15 edition of the journal Science. That's about half the rise that was previously predicted. Scientists say most of the increase would occur along the East and West Coasts of the U.S. Here, ice melts near Biscoe Island in Antarctica.

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Researchers led by Jonathan L. Bamber of the University of Bristol in Britain report their recalculation of the hazard in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

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However, they add, the maximum increase is expected along the East and West Coasts of the United States, where the water could rise as much as 25 percent more than in other regions.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet can be unstable and has long concerned researchers who fear it could collapse as a result of global warming.

Previous studies had estimated that failure of the ice sheet, causing it to slide into the ocean, would raise global seas levels by 5-to-6 meters,

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1. Dont believe these chicken little's of the day ! The sky really is not falling as THEY want you to think !

   Comment by jim— 2009/05/16 @ 08:01 AM — (Reply)

2. what they don't say is the rate of rise....less than an inch a year....that gives us oh I don't know ....about 236 years to evacuate....gee I will start running now..lol...riff

   Comment by riffran— 2009/05/16 @ 11:48 PM — (Reply)

3. It's part of the NWO conspiracy that Duggie has cleverly uncovered.
   

   Comment by Ed— 2009/05/18 @ 04:11 PM — (Reply)

4. It Ranks right up there with Aig is a National Emergency and Billons must be given to them Imediately ! Emergency, Emergency, Emergency !

   Comment by jim— 2009/05/18 @ 06:00 PM — (Reply)

5. The Bible says there will be Plaques, Famine, pestilence drought, Hunger, Here in todays Modern Soddam and gamorah we will call it Global Warming and Man Made Disasters !

   Comment by jim— 2009/05/18 @ 06:03 PM — (Reply)

6. Truer words were never spoken !

   Comment by jim— 2009/05/20 @ 07:29 AM — (Reply)

7. I think the skank is behind it.
   

   Comment by sooner blow— 2009/05/18 @ 06:05 PM — (Reply)

8. Its all THAT hot air !

   Comment by jim— 2009/05/18 @ 06:11 PM — (Reply)

9. The global sea level will only rise about 10 feet if the West Antarctic ice sheet collapses. That little 2 letter word there ! "If" .. ya thats the one 2 letter word that plays off to the natural Chicken little Fears of the worlds population ! Thats like saying "If" you are watching the footbal game and that favorite team losses everytime you watch then .. "If" you watch the next one game I will come to your home and kick out the tv screen ! hahahaaaa Theres that word "If" again !

   Comment by jim— 2009/05/18 @ 06:15 PM — (Reply)

10. Hocus pocus.
    Smoke and mirrors.
    Parlor tricks.
    

    Comment by Ed— 2009/05/18 @ 06:17 PM — (Reply)

11. "WHAAAAAA" JUSZ DA OTHER DAY LAST MONTH THEY SEZ IT WUZZZZ JUST FINE DOWN THEREZZZZZ !!!!!!!! THESE PEOPLE SHOULD STOP SMOMINKZZZZZZZZ THERE OWN "STASTH" !!!!!!

    Comment by aza spade— 2009/05/20 @ 06:32 PM — (Reply)

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