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British Scientists Launch Climate Change Monitoring Robot Gliders in Atlantic Ocean

Posted December 04, 2008 9:20 AM

From TreeHugger:

Meet Ammonite, Bellamite and Coprolite. You've probably never heard of them before (and may not hear much about them thereafter), but these three robots, part of a growing fleet of so-called Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), could soon become a potent tool in global efforts to forestall the worst of climate change. Developed by a team of oceanographers at the National Oceanography Center, Southamptom, UK, the trio is now busily profiling the top 1,000 meters of the Atlantic Ocean between the Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa, reports New Scientist's Jessica Griggs to detect any early indications of future climate variations.

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12/05/2008 5:55 AM

After all the nonsense about Global Warming, the scientists are now worried about "Another Ice Age".

A wonderful way of ensuring a constant supply of taxpayer-funded monies, so that those scientists can "continue research" into global temperature variations.

Not that anything can easily be done, whichever way things are presently swinging.

I do note here that it is actually cooling, because of glacier build-up from above-glacier snowfall increase.

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12/05/2008 12:32 PM

At first it was global warming, now more and more we hear talk of Climate Change. This was a very smart move on the part of the anit-capitalist leftists. Now with Climate Change all bets are covered.

Who's to say the climate we had 50 or 100 years ago was optimum? Who's to say the climate we are headed toward won't be better? In all likelyhood it will be better for some, worse for others.

You know there is an agenda involved when the activists will only consider that global warming or climate change is caused by human activity. They would love to see everyone on the plannet have what amounts to a third world existance - that way we'd all be equal and could live in peace and harmony. Then there wouldn't be any greedy capitalists or war mongering. Have they ever looked at say, Samolia, Haiti, the Ivory Coast?

Now everyone is being whipsawed into thinking that the only answer is that we all start driving battery powered golf carts. I think not.

A show on the National Geographic channel last night (which I've seen parts of before) suggests that the earth is undergoing a reversal of magnetic poles which is causing the magnetosphere hole in the South Atlantic to grow. The consequence of the poles shifting is that for a period of time the earth will receive more radiation and energy from the sun. Guess what - the evidence suggests that the earth's poles have shifted hundreds or thousands of times already and there's nothing we can do about it.

Also, the activists will never consider that perhaps increased solar activity might be causing climate change. Or perhaps increased volcanic activity. Nope - it's all because of human activity.

I for one will not be driving a hybrid or plug in and vow to burn as much wood each heating season as I can shove through my stove.

Travis

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12/06/2008 9:23 PM

Hello Guest,

You have won this weeks award of firewood, along with 3 cartons of safety matches.

Enjoy putting it through your woodburner.

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12/06/2008 9:35 PM

Dam, I thought I was going to win this week.

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