not every day you see news about killer glaciers --- guess they are pissed off we are killing them:
Never-before-seen microbes locked in glacier ice could spark a wave of new pandemics if released
"...900 never-before-seen species of microbes living inside glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Analysis of the microbes' genomes revealed that some have the potential to spawn new pandemics, if rapid melting caused by climate change releases them from their icy prisons. "
https://www.livescience.com/hundreds-of-new-microbes-found-in-melting-gl...
Alpine glacier chunk detaches, killing at least 6 hikers
https://apnews.com/article/italy-glaciers-climate-and-environment-e13182...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R StoneSculptor
on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 03:30 pm
Flying over Greenland and
Flying over Greenland and seeing all the glaciers below was a peak nature-related experience for me. "Awesome" is so overused but it was.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: intentionally blank mikeedwardsetc
on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 04:11 pm
> 900 never-before-seen
> 900 never-before-seen species of microbes living inside glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Analysis of the microbes' genomes revealed that some have the potential to spawn new pandemics, if rapid melting caused by climate change releases them from their icy prisons
It almost sounds like a science fiction movie where Earth is programmed with a mechanism to rid itself of a planet-threatening species. Too bad it's for real.
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on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 05:58 pm
Pretty. Is Greenland for sale
Pretty. Is Greenland for sale?
Revenge you say? Today:
At Least 6 Hikers Killed As Massive Chunk Of Melting Glacier Breaks Free In Italy
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melting-glacier-italy-kills-6-hikers-clim...
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on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 06:39 pm
Dafuckoffame!
Dafuckoffame!
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on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 06:55 pm
the whole world at your
the whole world at your fingertips / the ocean at your door
- lyrics from That Funny Feeling, Bo Burnham
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on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 08:00 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8GeE2z08Gs
And my 2 brothers worked in Greenland 40 years ago or more. i worked in Antarctica 38 years ago.
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on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 08:08 pm
Dafuckoffame! Swahili??
Dafuckoffame!
Swahili??
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on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 08:13 pm
The Pterodactyl Flu Boogie,
The Pterodactyl Flu Boogie , Joe.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: (~)};)StealYourFace WALSTIB
on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 10:24 pm
Basically the premise of this
Basically the premise of this new novel...
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1075543294/pandemic-how-high-we-go-in-the...
a great read
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: intentionally blank mikeedwardsetc
on Sunday, July 3, 2022 – 10:52 pm
^That sounds interesting.
^That sounds interesting. This part--"an aimless young man works at a euthanasia theme park for terminally ill kids, placing them on the roller coaster that will kill them before the plague does"--makes me wonder if it's influenced by Kurt Vonnegut's story "Welcome to the Monkey House".