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Native74 wrote on Dec 16, 2008 1:58 PM:
proudmama2 wrote on Dec 16, 2008 4:48 PM:
reader wrote on Dec 16, 2008 4:49 PM:
A big thanks to the road crews! They were out there early clearing and sanding the roads. "
littlered56 wrote on Dec 16, 2008 4:56 PM:
crusher09 wrote on Dec 16, 2008 5:16 PM:
it would be nice to see snow in the napa valley "
kevin wrote on Dec 16, 2008 5:20 PM:
jmo wrote on Dec 16, 2008 6:20 PM:
How cool! "
Baraki wrote on Dec 16, 2008 8:14 PM:
krusty wrote on Dec 16, 2008 8:27 PM:
Maybe you should buy a coastside home if you're so sure global warming is a hoax. I'll swim down to your home in 30 years and ask you if you still believe it is. "
jerry of idaho wrote on Dec 16, 2008 10:34 PM:
right now it is 2 degrees otside and about 3 inches of frozen snow
wanna trade? take care all "
Raven wrote on Dec 16, 2008 11:17 PM:
Between 1.5 trillion and 2 trillion tons of ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska has melted at an accelerating rate since 2003, according to NASA scientists, in the latest signs of what they say is global warming.
This image shows the changing rate of mass in mountain glaciers on the Gulf of Alaska.
This image shows the changing rate of mass in mountain glaciers on the Gulf of Alaska.
Using new satellite technology that measures changes in mass in mountain glaciers and ice sheets, NASA geophysicist Scott Luthcke concluded that the losses amounted to enough water to fill the Chesapeake Bay 21 times.
"The ice tells us in a very real way how the climate is changing," said Luthcke, who will present his findings this week at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco, California.
NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE, mission uses two orbiting satellites to measure the "mass balance" of a glacier, or the net annual difference between ice accumulation and ice loss.
"A few degrees of change [in temperature] can increase the amount of mass loss, and that contributes to sea level rise and changes in ocean current," Luthcke said.
The data reflects findings from NASA colleague Jay Zwally, who uses different satellite technology to observe changing ice volume in Greenland, the Arctic and Antarctica.
In the past five years, Greenland has lost between 150 gigatons and 160 gigatons each year, (one gigaton equals one billion tons) or enough to raise global sea levels about .5 mm per year, said Zwally, who will also present his findings at the conference this week. "
diehard4ever wrote on Dec 17, 2008 7:43 AM:
And you say all this is because only Americans drive SUVs? "
marine1/1 wrote on Dec 17, 2008 7:44 AM:
Raven wrote on Dec 17, 2008 8:49 AM:
oldnapaneighbor wrote on Dec 17, 2008 10:55 AM:
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Raven wrote on Dec 17, 2008 11:15 PM: