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    The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away

    The Future of Vancouver Takes Shape

    10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction

    Let's Start the Offshore Logging Lobby with Robots

    Massive Flood of Toxic Ash Swallows Tennessee Area, Heads to Mississippi River

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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    You do know how "Greenland" got it's name, right?
    Yeah.
    The whole 'covered in ice' deal, relatively speaking, is pretty recent. I know you won't be around to say "oh... huh" in the thousands of years it takes for climate patterns to shift and the ice to reform again, but don't fret... it'll be back whether we are here to enjoy it or not.

    As for rising sea levels, I couldn't be more excited, as this would A) turn my suburban home into beach-front property, and B) get rid of my A-hole neighbor who lives below me. It's a two-fer, courtesy of good ol' mother Earth. :-)
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/13/09

    @Cash907Censored: awesome...drown that fucker neighbor. #greenland
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    Image of zark169 zark169
    11/13/09

    @Cash907Censored: Um, NO. Not at all. It was called Greenland so people would be more easily convinced to move there. Then most of them died from the massive cold.
    Unless by 'pretty recent' you're referring to geological time in which case that might be true. #greenland
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/13/09

    @zark169:
    Seeing how human history makes up less then .00001 percent of Earth's history, yeah, I was referring to geological time. #greenland
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    damn crab people! #greenland
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    All I can say is that somebody should film "At the Mountains of Madness" right where that first picture is before all the ice is gone. #greenland
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/13/09

    @Annalee Newitz: I don't know why hasn't that been done yet... that short story seems just ripe for livening... #greenland
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    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    Someone needs to call Slartibartfast for a repair job. #greenland
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/13/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: He'll be so excited, he does love doing coastlines.

    (I'm sure he can't wait for when the fjords in Norway need a touch-up).
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/13/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: So very apropos when Dent himself comments on ol' Slarty's accomplishments. #greenland
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/13/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Herself. Random Frequent Flier Dent is a girl's name after all. #greenland
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/13/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Ah. I totally missed that one. #greenland
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/13/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: That's ok. Offense would have been taken only if the mistake occured after meeting in non-internet life. #greenland
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    Those are photos, static by nature.

    Here you can see time-lapse videos and real-time videos of Alaska, Iceland, and Greenland's ice sheets as they break off, melt, and recede.

    [www.ted.com] #greenland
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/13/09

    @Roklimber: same questions as below, more or less:

    how old is the ice sheet?
    how much time do these time lapse videos actually show in total? #greenland
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    @tetracycloide: Watch the video and find out by yourself. :)

    I watched this several weeks ago and I don't remember, sorry. #greenland
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/13/09

    @Roklimber: they're rehtorical questions. #greenland
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    @tetracycloide: Even so, they're legitimate questions for anyone to ask. I just don't remember their answers, nor whether the talk addresses them. I have a vague recollection that it does. #greenland
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    As it breaks off, a new sport emerges.. #greenland
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/13/09

    @burlybax: I'm getting hypothermia just watching this. #greenland
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
    two questions:
    how old is the ice sheet?
    how many years have we been taking on-the-ground and satellite observations of the sheet? #greenland
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/13/09

    @tetracycloide: Third question:
    When will this 20 foot rise in sea levels occur so I can plan to GTFO of my coastal city. Saskatchewan here I come! #greenland
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/13/09

    @tetracycloide: Fourth question: How soon with the prehistoric monster thaw out and spread destruction across the globe? I do hope we get either a giant gorilla or a dragon. I like their destruction more then dino-destruction. #greenland
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/13/09

    @LittleDragon: Yay Reptilicus! #greenland
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    Image of icelight icelight
    11/13/09

    @LittleDragon: "... more than dino-destruction."

    Clearly it is a grammarsaur, and it is already loose!.

    Is is a swift, vicious Comma-Raptor? Or the dreaded, but poetic, Terrordactyl?

    Yes, I probably deserve to be shot just for that last one.

    NB: Let's just assume I made at least one grammatical error up there, just to get that out of the way. #greenland
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/13/09


    @icelight: #greenland
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    @LittleDragon: Always thinking like a MS/EG... now I see why the Academy selected you for CiC of its task force. #greenland
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/12/09

    In reply to The Future of Vancouver Takes Shape
    "and drink reclaimed rainwater."

    Everyone in the world already drinks reclaimed rainwater. Also, reclaimed seawater, sewage, etc. It's a closed system, after all.
    -Kle. #olympicvillage
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    Image of MISS MERCY STREET MISS MERCY STREET
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Future of Vancouver Takes Shape
    How is Vancouver going to deal with it's homelessness/drug addiction/prostitution problem when all of the tourists arrive? It's the worst skid row in North America. #olympicvillage
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    Image of Jarerex Jarerex
    11/11/09

    @MISS MERCY STREET: They are planning to arrest the vast majority of them and either hold them in prison cells or shove them into a hastily-renovated Riverview insane asylum in coquitlam (abandoned for 40 years now).

    The province is passing some legislation that will allow officers to arrest "Anyone deemed at risk by the weather" and "escort them to shelter". it won't survive a court challenge, but it will take till after the olympics are gone for it to be seen in court on a charter basis.

    Between this and the police spying on protesters and anyone related to them, among a myriad of other social issues, BC really is becoming the worst place to live in Canada. #olympicvillage
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Future of Vancouver Takes Shape
    Yes yes, very awesome idea. And how much will these housing units cost? #olympicvillage
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    Image of FiorenzaDampt FiorenzaDampt
    11/11/09

    @Aidan_: Between the units probably costing a small fortune to build and the prestige of them being Olympics related, I'd say a whole fuckton of money. Not that I'm bitter or resentful about it. Nope. Not at all. #olympicvillage
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    Aidan_ promoted this comment FiorenzaDampt was starred FiorenzaDampt was unstarred
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    11/11/09

    @FiorenzaDampt: To quote Jerry Holkins, "The future is here and you can't afford it." #olympicvillage
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    11/11/09

    @Aidan_: several thousand dollars and all your poop, I mean fertilizer.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    11/11/09

    @Aidan_: You are probably looking at $500 grand and up, depending on the size - condos here are not cheap, and these will definitely go for a premium price due to the environmental aspect and the association with the Olympics.

    It's too bad that going green comes with such a high price tag. #olympicvillage
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    Image of FiorenzaDampt FiorenzaDampt
    11/11/09

    @Aidan_: Man, you (and Jerry Holkins) ain't kidding. #olympicvillage
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/11/09

    @FiorenzaDampt: They're in Canada, so they'll cost a metric fuckton of money. #olympicvillage
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    Image of FiorenzaDampt FiorenzaDampt
    11/11/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: But of course! ;) #olympicvillage
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    Image of ParryLost ParryLost
    09/05/09

    In reply to 10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
    And then of course there is the solution from Elizabeth Bear's Carnival: Build AIs that will save the planet... by literally taking apart every human being in the Northern Hemisphere.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    09/05/09

    In reply to 10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
    Hooray! You're reading Lem!
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    Image of jbq jbq
    09/05/09

    In reply to 10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
    If they ever did a sequel to Highlander, I hope they wouldn't let it involve Connor MacLeod designing a force field to shield the earth from solar radiation (not exactly global warming, but the global warming of the 80s), because that'd just be dumb. Luckily, there is no sequel, so that's all right.
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    Image of FrankN.Stein FrankN.Stein
    09/05/09

    @jbq: True... no such sequel... never happend... ladiladila....
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    Image of joetato joetato
    09/08/09

    @jbq: A sequel to Highlander! What a silly notion. Why not a sequel to The Matrix while you're at it? Hahahahahahaha. Why not two sequels? Or prequels to the Star Wars trilogy?

    Mwaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

    Silly carbon-based bipeds.
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    Image of foolish-rain foolish-rain
    09/04/09

    In reply to 10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
    re: Restart the Gulf Stream. Sure, it hits -50 in Washington and the world leaps into action. What is the world doing about the -50 temperatures we currently get here in the ninth circle aka Minnesota?
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    09/04/09

    In reply to 10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
    Here's an an idea: make humans at least slightly autotrophic, i.e. make us photosynthetic, so we don't eat nearly as much. that way you need fewer methane spewing cows, less land for agriculture, and you also at least partially solve the starvation problem. Wow, I'm a genius! Where's my friggin' Nobel?!
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/04/09

    @The_Sporean_Bob: If that means green people, I'm in.
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