Comments on: Larsen-B: 10,000-year Shelf Life

By: The World’s Worst Places from Space - Travel

The World’s Worst Places from Space - Travel — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:23:49 +0000

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By: Bill Compton

Bill Compton — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:31:16 +0000

Hi Jim. Photos i received. Thanks

By: DrBacchus

DrBacchus — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:45:21 +0000

Your mathematics is troubling.

A 2.5 degree change does *not* mean that you convert 2.5 degrees C to 36.5 degrees F. It means a DELTA of 2.5 degrees. For example, changing from zero degrees to 2.5 degrees, which would correspond to changing from 32 degrees F up to 36.5 degrees F, a total of a 4.5 degree change.

Specifically, to calculate the delta, you need to multiply by 9/5.

Thus, a change of 10 degrees C would correspond to a change of 18 degrees F.

By: Righteous

Righteous — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:09:04 +0000

This example of cavalier attitude is the crux of the problems affecting this planet. In the short time that greedy humans have inhabited the earth and within the past hundred years they’ve succeeded in compromising the ozone, polluted oceans, assassinated wildlife, destroyed plant life that could have been meaningful to combat diseases, depleted natural resources, destroyed forests contributing to cleaner air, and grow biologically altered crops that are affecting the future of mankind and the earth. The only thing I hope for is that humanity destroys itself, starting with the good ‘ole USA and China, and if it doesn’t, I hope mother earth takes its revenge.
Maybe I’ll live long enough to see it. If I’m going to die, I want the rest of the human flotsam to go in one felled swoop.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:51:38 +0000

well, damn humans all to hell, huh? or maybe it’s all Bush’s fault? humans are soooo evil. god, how could we be so cruel to this ice. this ice never did anything to us. ugh, i’m getting sick to my stomach even thinking about it! ok, now i hate humans, and i hate g.w. bush. all because of this, something that will take hundreds- no, thousands of years to affect humanity in any measurable amount. screw humans, seals, bush, and ice shelfs.

By: TeamSPIRIT

TeamSPIRIT — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:53:36 +0000

Very well written article. I have only recently become aware of the environmental implications of humankind’s actions and they seem devastating.

Perhaps the aftermath of Katrina will raise public awareness to the issues facing our world and environment.

It would appear this is no longer the cross some birkenstock wearing hippy has to bear but rather the dragon that all of humanity has to slay.

By: Timothy Nibul

Timothy Nibul — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:21:37 +0000

The obvious confusion has me confused — is anyone carefully reading what the others are writing?