OMG… Greenland’s ice sheets are melting fast

[BrilloPad]

OMG

An urgent attempt to study the rate at which Greenland’s mighty ice sheets are melting has been launched by Nasa. The aim of the six-year project, called Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG), is to blah blah blah.

How long would a non urgent attempt take?

[NibblyPig]

The non-urgent method would be the Leisurely Monitoring Arctic Oceans (LMAO) and would take as long as the contractors can stand around having fag breaks while one of them occasionally pokes the ice with a wooden stick.

[pjclarke]

OMG

An urgent attempt to study the rate at which Greenland’s mighty ice sheets are melting has been launched by Nasa. The aim of the six-year project, called Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG), is to blah blah blah.

How long would a non urgent attempt take?

No need. Arctic ice is up. We've been told repeatedly.

[AtW]

Thermonuclear winter should fix it nicely.

[WTFH]

No need. Arctic ice is up. We've been told repeatedly.

Of course it's up. Look on a map. The Arctic is up. The ice in the Arctic is up in the same place on the map as the Arctic.


It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to work that one out.

[pjclarke]

Of course it's up. Look on a map. The Arctic is up. The ice in the Arctic is up in the same place on the map as the Arctic.


It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to work that one out.

Ah, but the same unimpeachable source also informs us that Antarctic ice is up. Explain that one, Einstein. Do we turn the Atlas upside down?

[BrilloPad]

No need. Arctic ice is up. We've been told repeatedly.

As long as there is enough for my G+T, then all is well.

[BrilloPad]

The non-urgent method would be the Leisurely Monitoring Arctic Oceans (LMAO) and would take as long as the contractors can stand around having fag breaks while one of them occasionally poke the ice with a wooden stick.

I tried that with both my ex-wives. Always seemed to lead to divorce.

[AtW]

I tried that with both my ex-wives. Always seemed to lead to divorce.

Why didn't you get a prenup? Much cheaper than very expensive divorce, and if she really does not love you then it would save you money on wedding too...

[WTFH]

Ah, but the same unimpeachable source also informs us that Antarctic ice is up. Explain that one, Einstein. Do we turn the Atlas upside down?

I think you are confusing two different articles published recently.


One stated that global ice was not decreasing as fast as previously thought, and the other stated that Antarctic sea ice area was larger than normal.
Both articles actually agreed that the increase in area of the Antarctic was considerably less than the decrease in the Arctic.


As for Gin, we should be OK for a few years to come.