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Gladiator · 06-30-08, 03:00 AM

The Only thing that seemed understated in Al Gore's Movie, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, was his presentation of data on the North Pole. Al Gore stated that he had gotten permission to state previous secret info, that the North Pole had had some 30 feet of ice, when the US submarines first started going under the North Pole, in the 1970's or so. And that in 2006. when An Inconvenient Truth was released, the North Pole had only 4 feet thickness of ice in large areas.

The melting of the North Pole will not raise the sea level very much, as already mentioned, because most of the ice is already displacing water of almost the same volume. After seeing the movie, I remember thinking that the North Pole should be entirely gone in a few more years.

The flow of cold water that cools the undersea geisers may be altered by the absence of the North Pole. Currently, Cold water from the poles flows down to the deep ocean floor, over the undersea geisers, and geiser water, heated by Magna under the sea floor, is cooled. The surface temperatues of sea water above 500 feet deep, may increase faster, if Geisers are less effectively cooled.

60% of Earth's surface is covered by ocean water of more than one mile deep. Man does not have a real good idea of the water and magna flows at pressures of greater than 2000 Pounds per square inch, below one mile deep oceans.

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Gladiator Verifier Join Date: Jun 2007 Last Online: Today 04:01 PM Posts: 1,210 Thanks: 356 Thanked 108 Times in 85 Posts Gender: Current Mood:	Re: This summer may see first ice-free North Pole The Only thing that seemed understated in Al Gore's Movie, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, was his presentation of data on the North Pole. Al Gore stated that he had gotten permission to state previous secret info, that the North Pole had had some 30 feet of ice, when the US submarines first started going under the North Pole, in the 1970's or so. And that in 2006. when An Inconvenient Truth was released, the North Pole had only 4 feet thickness of ice in large areas. The melting of the North Pole will not raise the sea level very much, as already mentioned, because most of the ice is already displacing water of almost the same volume. After seeing the movie, I remember thinking that the North Pole should be entirely gone in a few more years. The flow of cold water that cools the undersea geisers may be altered by the absence of the North Pole. Currently, Cold water from the poles flows down to the deep ocean floor, over the undersea geisers, and geiser water, heated by Magna under the sea floor, is cooled. The surface temperatues of sea water above 500 feet deep, may increase faster, if Geisers are less effectively cooled. 60% of Earth's surface is covered by ocean water of more than one mile deep. Man does not have a real good idea of the water and magna flows at pressures of greater than 2000 Pounds per square inch, below one mile deep oceans. .. __________________ _______________________________ How did Our Oil get under Their Sand? Last edited by Gladiator : 06-30-08 at 03:11 AM.