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bowser — 7/20/2013 9:42:32 PM (archived)

Nothing that hasn't happened before.
Maybe a little faster this time.
Considering that dinosaurs were around for 150 million years or so, and Homo Sapiens Sapiens have managed 50,000 to 75,000, I'm beginning to think that intelligence does not have survival value. We just flatter ourselves that it does, as we merrily foul our nest to the point of approaching uninhabitability.

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Snow and Arctic sea ice extent plummet suddenly as globe bakes - ER - 7/20/2013 7:48:58 PM
- Nothing that hasn't happened before. - bowser - 7/20/2013 9:42:32 PM
- Why are the numbers in square km? - RobVG - 7/20/2013 8:30:10 PM
  - Sea ice rarely gets more than a few meters thick. - podrock - 7/20/2013 11:46:25 PM
    - That explains it, thanks - RobVG - 7/21/2013 5:28:54 PM
  - Ice cover can be determined directly by satellite measurement. - ER - 7/20/2013 8:55:59 PM
    - Thanks n/t - RobVG - 7/20/2013 9:11:52 PM
  - Volume/thickness - TB - 7/20/2013 8:37:51 PM
    - Thanks n/t - RobVG - 7/20/2013 9:08:05 PM

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