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Originally Posted by Humerox
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Warming? Another few degrees and the earth will be able to support far more agriculture than it presently does. Rainfall patterns would change dramatically so that the arid parts of Australia would become breadbaskets, as would more of Canada, parts of Africa, China and Russia. The downside is unlike the nice predictions of a few calorimeters of sea level rise, a real global warming will cause a very sudden shrinking or elimination of ice caps and major sea level rises, killing a great many of the world's population.
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Pretty much agree with most of your post, but this I wanted to comment on the most. Remember in that Austin Powers movie where the security guard is trying to
outrun the steamroller? hehe...
Even if I toss a chunk of ice into a pot of boiling water, takes some time to melt. If our seas are boiling, I think we have other things to worry about rather than with melting ice
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] It's also pure speculation that levels would rise very much. Some say 20-60ft. Others 1-6ft. I tend to agree with the 1-6ft.
I think it'd be cool to see Greenland become... green. Makes one wonder how it got it's name, eh?
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