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Things are Starting to Warm Up Part III 6
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TugboatEng
Marine/Ocean
Low tide uncovers 600 year old fish trap.
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The days are getting shorter. I have no idea of how this can affect plate tectonics, if it can... ![[pipe]](/data/assets/smilies/pipe.gif "[pipe] [pipe]")
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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Neat, tug... and a few more items will likely be 'turned up'. One of the big problems with climate change is that the systems are so dynamically complex. About 50 years back I was involved with some heuristic programming, looking at dynamic models. This was on an old IBM 360 which was a 'brute' in it's day... maybe like some slow laptops today. I thought that programming was extremely complex, but it pales in comparison.
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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Things may be drying up a tad... England may be enforcing water restrictions, and the water restrictions in SWUS may be increasing. We'll see in a couple of weeks after the Federal meetings are finished.
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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TugboatEng
Marine/Ocean
I seriously doubt the oceans are drying up.
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No, they are being increased because of melting glaciation and thermal expansion. Some inland areas are drying up like the SWUS... things are changing, and some areas of coast, in addition to inland areas, are being exposed. The earth's crust is dynamic, albeit slow.
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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Guest102023
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Somebody needs to quickly scrub away those unsightly bathtub rings around Lake Mead. Makes deniability a little more plausible.
Sounds like a sensible climate change mitigation to me.
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
Sounds like a sensible climate change mitigation to me.
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
Guest102023
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dik,
I think you could not pile up sufficient evidence to convince the faithful. For conspiracy theorists, more science and more evidence only hardens their commitment.
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
I think you could not pile up sufficient evidence to convince the faithful. For conspiracy theorists, more science and more evidence only hardens their commitment.
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
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No tug, I think you are not correct... it should educate them, one way or the other. If a make an error on my posting and if corrected, I learn from it. If I'm correct and there are other contrary comments then this tends to reinforce my original thesis. Education is like this. A recent example was hokie's comment about mass extinction... I learned that mass extinction can actually be a positive thing. I'd just never thought of it that way.
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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Why? They show the process was a long time coming and that the human race had a bit of a warning to what may be coming.
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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Guest102023
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Sorry dik, I should have flagged sarcasm there
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
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Some areas have drought, while other areas suffer too much water:
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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dik said:
In terms of area burned the 2019/2020 fire season was 5th largest on record. Total area burned 18,000,000 hectares, which is well short of the all time record of 118,000,000 hectares.
In terms of fatalities it ranks 6th on record.
So why do you believe the Guardian when they tell you it was completely unprecedented and a clear sign of the climate apocalypse?
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Did they try to extinguish the earlier burn, or were they even able to? and did they try to extinguish that later burn? There just seem to be a lot of fires of late... more than I seem to recall.
So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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dik said:
You don't extinguish fires of this size. It doesn't work like that. The fire fighting efforts are targeted activities to protect life and property, and to help limit the spread into key areas, e.g. residential zones. But when that much area is burning there is no putting it out.
Guest102023
Materials
Your daily combustion update
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
TugboatEng
Marine/Ocean
What does your comment contribute, brim?
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