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- Warming, yes I know. But guess what - the lack of warming is not shouted as loudly AS WARMING IS. Wonder why ?
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It's shouted extremely loudly, at least where i am, though this has more to do with the politics of the news outlet than anything else.
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- Changes - Yes, thats my point. Climate changes. It has done for ever. Where I live now was a swamp when the dinos were around.
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Yes climate is very complicated and it has natural cycles of warming and cooling. There are cycles that last decades, those that last centuries, and those that last millennia and can mask the effects of human activity, but that isn't proof that human activity isn't having a negative effect on the planet, see earlier comment on acid rain, smog, deforestation, etc.
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- Northeast passage - this has been open before. Did you see the wreck discovered in the arctic circle a few years ago ? How did it get there if the frozen parts did not thaw ? Did you know Russia uses this as a trade route ?
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I do know that Russia is using it a trade route which is why I said earlier that opening of the northeast passage was good for shipping. It was opened to ships without assistance of icebreakers for the first time in 2005. Is the ship that you are referring to the HMS Investigator? It was lost searching for the northwest passage which wasn't open at the time but is now at least to smaller boats.
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- Why do you think Greenland is not called Whiteland ?
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According to the Saga of Eric the Red: "He named the land Greenland, saying that people would be eager to go there if it had a good name." Of course you have to be skeptical of legends but there isn't another generally accepted explanation.
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- Bangladesh has long had problems related to the environment. It is a marginal coastline state. Maybe we should help them develop so that they can protect themselves, but then again that will have an effect on the natural environment around them.
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OK screw em, serves them right for being from Bangladash.