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Global Cooling??? That makes sense when you think about it...if all of this ice breaks off and enters the ocean it is not going to instantly become the same temperature of the ocean. It will do like ice in a glass and cool the surrounding waters...this will in turn cool the waters around that area and as it spreads out it will moderate the temperatures of the worlds oceans...thus COOLING the earth and counter balancing Global Warming at least for a little while...it is not so much the Global Warming as it is the build up in Greenhouse Gases changing the overall atmosphere to be more like that of Venus that is the problem...the cooler waters will lead to a decrease in severe tropical storms and an increase in more powerful winters...the US Government has known this for years as have many other nations. Sure, it will get warmer and more severe for the short term but it will "fix itself" so to speak and as for the atmosphere, as the warming continues more plants are growing and contributing to oxygen development in the Arctic and may in the Antarctic as well some day. As the cool down from the ice melt happens the opposite of what is happening now will occur. Maybe as much as the 1600s through early 1800s "Mini-Ice Age" even.
The big thing will remain "Greenhouse Gases"...OKAY WHO LEFT THE SOAP BOX OUT??? You know I just can't resist those things...
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