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Ice Sheets Melting, Alarming Report

Posted 22 months ago|7 comments|762 views
Detailed Drawing of Imminent Disaster
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Out Of The Box
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It has been reported that a worldwide catastrophe is taking place. People are beginning to notice that the ice sheets are melting everywhere, not only during the summer, but also during the winter, they are not reforming. Many animal species are becoming more and more distressed, unable to adapt to the new conditions brought on by the warmer climate.

Sojourners onto the ice sheets are noticing large cracks in the ice, and rivers of fresh water runoff are diluting traditional fishing spots. Large animals that have made their home on the ice for centuries, if not millenniums, are struggling for survival.

"At the rate the ice is melting, within fifty years, the mastodon population will have dwindled dramatically, seriously curtailing the meat and fur supplies." said Ugg, lead hunter for the Cave with Many Drawings clan. Ugg is considered to be one of the leading authorities on animal species, having killed and eaten at least one of most types. " After they go, the chain reaction would affect the Giant Deer, as we would have to kill and eat more of them to survive. It could also affect the survival of other carnivorous species, such as the Dire Wolf, the Cave Lion, and the Sabre Tooth Tiger.

Utilizing the most advanced network of observers, Ugg commented," Even with our "faster than running" communications network, our drum beaters cannot keep up with the nay-sayers who choose to 'stick their heads in the snow' and ignore what is obviously happening." Ugg also said that by his calculations, the human way of life would be permanently altered for the worse if the current trends are not reversed. "Huge expanses of bare earth will be exposed by the retreating ice."

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22 months ago: Ha!
"Faster than running" communications...nice work.
Anyone know how Ugg's posterity fared?
22 months ago: Does this mean I can drag my wife around by her hair finally?
markbyrn
markbyrn
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22 months ago: OOTB, if you were actually on the same page as Altruist, I'd have to consider buying a pair of stilts for walking around here in Central Florida; either that or move to the panhandle since the pan will be full of melted water from the poles.

I'm still waiting for Al to get with Chief Eco-Al and give me the date on when the billions are going to perish and Florida is going to be underwater. If it's really bad, I'll have to consider moving out to RSG's neck of the woods and live on top of Clingmans Dome.
22 months ago: Sorry Ugg, it appears that the human race didn't fair so badly after the change in weather, seems that that particular species, like many others, really does like warm weather, even tends to thrive in it. As for the other species that passed into history, a few dozen more took their place and are thriving as well.

No RSG, you can't drag her around by her hair, she'll whup your butt and you'll like it for even thinking such thoughts!
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
22 months ago: Funny post OOTb. The truth is that humans might have wiped out many of the large mammals on the North American Continent. Our ancestors might also have come close to extinction like our cousins the Neanderthals and the hobbits. genetic evidence indicates that: "It seems likely that within the last 200,000 years, the human population went down to a very small number, to maybe only 10,000 or 20,000 people, reducing the genetic diversity that gave rise to today's population." See: http://www.fathom.com/feature/190159/
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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22 months ago: Thanks Al. And the truth is also that the animals may have become extinct due to other reasons. Funny wording there. The truth is... maybe this happened.

The truth is, the last ice age did not cover the whole earth, only the northern third of the northern hemisphere, parts of Austrailia, and maybe the southern part of South America.
But Homo Neanderthalis didn't die off because of the weather, he died off because of an inefficiency in competing for resources.

As for Homo Floreseinsis, there is no solid evidence indicating this was even a real species. Most evidence points to an endocrinatic anomaly. Seven badly decomposed skeletons does not comprise a species, especially found in such close proximity. It would more likely indicate an isolated genetic defect, and natural selection weeded it out of the gene pool.
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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22 months ago: As far as a gene pool bottleneck, one only has to look as far as the bubonic plague, that killed a full quarter of the Earth's population. It doesn't take a dramatic climate change, or even a great flood to reduce the population to near extinction levels. One asteroid is thought to be responsible for the end of the dinosaurs.

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