Greenland Farming Update

15 Responses to Greenland Farming Update

1. MikeTheDenier says:

   July 30, 2011 at 12:45 am

   I thought all the extra CO2 was killing everything…

   Park service to thin out Yosemite’s growing crowds — of trees

   http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yosemite-trees-20110730,0,7386065.story

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   • Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

     July 30, 2011 at 1:08 am

     Way past time for that! I went there first in the late 60s and the last time there was in 2005 before I retired and moved East. The changes over the years were obvious!

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2. Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

   July 30, 2011 at 12:49 am

   That photo reminds me of a river delta region!

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3. Latitude says:

   July 30, 2011 at 1:06 am

   plant?….just one

   LOL

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   • Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

     July 30, 2011 at 1:10 am

     Glad you caught that! I was to busy admiring the delta!

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4. Ivan says:

   July 30, 2011 at 1:24 am

   Where have we heard all this before….?
   “CLIMATIC CHANGES
   Professor Gregory said that in recent years they had often been warned that a great climatic change was now carrying the world, slowly and irrestibly, towards world-wide drought”
   ~6 June 1914
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/10373644?

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   • Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

     July 30, 2011 at 1:33 am

     We had better hurry up and do something about that!

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   • Latitude says:

     July 30, 2011 at 1:38 am

     So what you’re saying is shaman, witch doctors, and snake oil salesmen have been milking this cow since the beginning of time…………….

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     • Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

       July 30, 2011 at 3:32 am

       YEP!

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5. R. de Haan says:

   July 30, 2011 at 1:56 am

   OT

   Medvezhiy Glacier Advances
   http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=51498

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6. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   July 30, 2011 at 3:16 am

   Romas? Currant yellow? Principe Borghese? Potentate? Or some other permafrost resistant strain?

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7. Al Gored says:

   July 30, 2011 at 4:10 am

   Looks like a bumper lichen crop on the south coast.

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   • Eric Barnes says:

     July 30, 2011 at 5:12 am

     And there are edible lichen!
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetraria_islandica
     It looks so delicious!
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cetraria_islandica_-_Islandslav.jpg
     If only the Vikings had known how to cultivate it. There would be like 6 descendants of Leif Erickson with downs and irritable bowel syndrome still living in greenland.

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     • Al Gored says:

       July 30, 2011 at 6:11 am

       Who knew? Get out the combines.

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8. Ivan says:

   July 30, 2011 at 4:13 am

   This is what Greenland climate change denial sounded like in 1910:
   “HAS THE EARTH’S CLIMATE CHANGED? – INTERESTING FACTS.
   “For many years it was asserted that the east coast of Greenland had formerly enjoyed a mild climate, which favoured the growth of vegetation and gave rise to the name Greenland. The historical researches of Rink and Von Maurer however have proved that the decay of the posts established by the Norwegians in olden times was caused by the introduction of a contagious disease and by the adoption, by the Norwegian Government of an unwise econonic policy which provoked hostile attacks by the Eskimos. Equally erroneous statements have been made in regard to Iceland.”
   ~1 Jan 1910
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19613410?

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