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Re: Snowball Earth

Subject: Re: Snowball Earth
From: "Alastair McDonald"
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:33:29 -0000
Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology
"don findlay" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Alastair McDonald wrote:
> > Unless we reduce the
> > CO2 levels or do something else to cool the planet, then the melting
> > of the Greenland ice will speed up and it will soon become a total
> > loss.
>
> And why would that be a bad thing?  (I take it you mean it would be?)

When the Greenland ice sheet melts sea level will rise by over 20 feet.

That will flood large parts of Melbourne, Sidney, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle,
Adelaide, and Brisbane. Those parts of Melbourne, Sidney, and Brisbane, which
are not flooded, will be destroyed by then next Pacific tsunami.  Of course if
you live in the bush you may see this as an advantage since you won't have to
travel so far to reach the coast where you can surf.

Cheers, Alastair.




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