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WASHINGTON — Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed.

An international team of scientists used a combination of satellite measurements and models to differentiate between the two known causes of melting ice shelves: warm ocean currents thawing the underbelly of the floating extensions of ice sheets and warm air melting them from above. The finding, published today in the journal Nature, brings scientists a step closer to providing reliable projections of future sea level rise.

NASA – Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from Antarctica

Sea ice around Antarctica has been increasing for more than three decades, and was above “normal” every day in 2012. NASA concludes that ocean currents (which they can’t model) are causing ice loss, and that they can predict future sea level rise based on this.

After Sandy hit and people in New York were freezing in the dark and unable to obtain fuel, Mayor Bloomberg called for restrictions on fossil fuels and higher prices.

After the massacre of defenseless adults and schoolchildren at a gun free zone in Sandy Hook, Mayor Bloomberg called for more gun-free zones full of defenseless adults and schoolchildren. The Journal News then published a complete list of all gun-free households in several counties, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk.

These people are dangerously stupid and insane.

Law enforcement officials from a New York region where a local paper published a map identifying gun owners say prisoners are using the information to intimidate guards.

Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco, who spoke at a news conference flanked by other county officials, said the Journal News’ decision to post an online map of names and addresses of handgun owners Dec. 23 has put law enforcement officers in danger.

“They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That’s not acceptable to me,” Falco said,

Robert Riley, an officer with the White Plains Police Department and president of its Patrolman’s Benevolent Association, agreed.

“You have guys who work in New York City who live up here. Now their names and addresses are out there, too,” he said adding that there are 8,000 active and retired NYPD officers currently living in Rockland County

Inmates using newspaper’s gun owner map to threaten guards, sheriff says | Fox News

h/t to Dave G

David Appell has spammed about three dozen times

Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”

You obviously can’t count events that didn’t happen, but you can estimate. There are about 15,000,000 crimes reported in the US every year. My model very conservatively calculates that there would be twice as many without guns as a deterrent.

Appell’s belief system depends on models which are both unproven and discredited. What a clown.

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You are more than twice as likely to be killed by someone hitting you with their fist, as you are from being shot by a rifle. Hands need to be banned.

FBI — Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

More people are killed in the US by bad drivers every three days, than by rifles during an entire year.

You are more likely to be killed by a hammer than by a rifle, yet mental midgets like Feinstein and Bloomberg are out to ban rifles.

Chicago Has Tough Gun Laws,  But Leads Nation in Gun Violence

Despite the city’s efforts to ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, the weapons frequently used in Chicago — which had 506 homicides in 2012 — are handguns, which are rarely purchased through legal channels.

Chicago has tough gun laws, but leads nation in gun violence | Fox News

The presence of legal guns owned by honest citizens is a massive deterrent to crime, but our brainless elected officials are determined to take that away from us.

(Who is electing brainless politicians???)

05 Jan 1903 – ABNORMAL HEAT. NEW SOUTH WALES AND QUEENSLAND. S…

The January 4 temperature at Goodooga in 1903, was 24 degrees warmer than this year.

Weather Forecast Goodooga, New South Wales | Goodooga Weather | Wunderground

h/t to Ivan

15 Jan 1896 – THE WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY. GREAT CHANGE IN THE …

h/t to Ivan

Senator Diane Feinstein wants to take your guns, your car, your freedom, your money and your lifestyle. She thinks doing that might help her out with her psychosis.

Feinstein said, global temperatures could rise by as much as 9 degrees, leading to massive extinction of species

Southern California news leader – Feinstein Unveils Global Warming Legislation 8/26/06 | abc7.com