I thought there was only one peak, sir.

/any sign of last year's expedition?

I see what you did there.


/the both of you

Boris S. Wort: I see what you did there.


/the both of you

There is only me, sir.

Big_Thumb: There is only me, sir.



/possibly one of my favorite Python sketches
//definitely hotlinked image

You down with OBE?

Ice is melting? In Africa? Get outta here.

What stupid people think climate change looks like:




What it actually looks like:

gopher321: Ice is melting? In Africa? Get outta here.

But global warming's a myth because it's colder where I live! Now excuse me, I have to go shovel the rain out of my driveway.

The only English person I trust on Global Warming is Lord Monckton. I mean he has his degree in...journalism...so yeah.

Tell it to Flush Limbaugh.

gopher321: Ice is melting? In Africa? Get outta here.

More like 19,000 feet above Africa.

Big_Thumb: I thought there was only one peak, sir.

/any sign of last year's expedition?

Well, that will save some time.

crab66: What stupid people think climate change looks like:

What it actually looks like:

Oh come on. Those pictures are certainly NOT from the future.

Flamer

Seriously. We were hearing about this like fifteen years ago.

Except they don't think that.

What about the snow leopard?

And...

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

didn't we already cover this? the ice is melting due to the volcano waking up?
/IIRC

I am very disturbed by this news article which points out that this is part of a larger geologic trend which may be recently accelerated by man rather than either blaming man or blaming natural climate change exclusively.

This kind of non-polarizing well-informed article has no place in my mass media. And I will have none of it sir!

The question wasn't why there was a leopard frozen halfway up, but why there was a bridge connecting the two peaks.

.

Mountaineer: Two men skilled in climbing mountains.

GungFu: What about the snow leopard?

I don't give a flying fig (nsfw language)

gopher321: Ice is melting? In Africa? Get outta here.

At least we don't have to worry about tigers.

GungFu: What about the snow leopard?

And...

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

He should have blessed the rains down in Africa

/as long as he's not hungry like the wolf

All I know is that it is a lot colder now than it was this summer. Therefore, liberals everywhere are always lying.

That's what happens when you put ice on top of a volcano.

between the twin peaks of Kilimanjaro

He just came for the pie

How did they make it past the baboons?

/Obscure?

b-but global cooling is going to make them all come back.

gopher321: Ice is melting? In Africa? Get outta here.

Edsel More like 19,000 feet above Africa.

So that makes it a lot closer to the sun, right?

Well there you go. Bob's your uncle.

Has a story he'd like to tell.

Vash's Apprentice: between the twin peaks of Kilimanjaro

He just came for the pie

And one, excuse me, DAMN fine cup of coffee.

What's up with the picture of a vertical sheet of ice standing in the middle of a barren field?

And what routes will you both be taking?

Could someone explain to me how crippling our economy with cap and trade while countries like China and India have no intentions of doing the same will save the planet?

Also, if we have the ability to affect the climate to such a great extent why can't we just reverse the process and fix whatever damage we may have done? Maybe build some giant climate cleaning factories who's sole purpose is to remove greenhouse gases and other pollutants from the atmosphere?

I once knew a man who was an Earl and an O.B.E., which made him an earlobe.

texastag: Could someone explain to me how crippling our economy with cap and trade while countries like China and India have no intentions of doing the same will save the planet?

Also, if we have the ability to affect the climate to such a great extent why can't we just reverse the process and fix whatever damage we may have done? Maybe build some giant climate cleaning factories who's sole purpose is to remove greenhouse gases and other pollutants from the atmosphere?

You're seriously complaining about the cost of cap and trade and then next sentence proposing something that will cost quadrillions of dollars just to reverse what has already been done?

texastag: Could someone explain to me how crippling our economy with cap and trade while countries like China and India have no intentions of doing the same will save the planet?

Also, if we have the ability to affect the climate to such a great extent why can't we just reverse the process and fix whatever damage we may have done? Maybe build some giant climate cleaning factories who's sole purpose is to remove greenhouse gases and other pollutants from the atmosphere?

First off it won't be economy crippling, just like the SO2 cap and trade plan didn't cripple the economy and actually significantly reduced the amount of SO2 in the air. There's a reason acid rain isn't as big of a problem as it used to be. Also the United States is a leader. We don't need China or India to do jack shiat, let them poison their population, it will cost more in the long run.

As for your imaginary machines, you can start inventing those. Remember they have to clean more CO2 out of the air than they produce by being powered. Good luck chief!

based on ice-core analysis, Africa's highest peak probably will be ice-free as early as 2022 or as late as 2033, says glaciologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University, who led the study.

as an ice-movement scientist, Lonnie also moonlights as the Ohio State offensive coordinator.

Vash's Apprentice: between the twin peaks of Kilimanjaro

He just came for the pie

And a damn fine cup of joe.

So 300 years ago we had a mini-ice age. The climate changes every now and then, predictably. This is a warming phase - we are not about to destroy all life on this planet because of 80 years of industry. That article didn't claim that Kilimanjaro had ice caps for all of eternity until now.

-No, only at least 12,000 years. Hardly an eyeblink in Earth's history, much like human existence...

Here's snow cap data for Mount Ararat dating back to 1840.

Click here to take you to the graph. Click graph to expand to a more detailed view of a specific time range. Wikipedia refers Mount Ararat's "permanent" snow cap but the cap has disappeared on and off throughout the recorded time line. Guess what? Nothing is permanent and it has always been that way and just because something is changing in our lifetime doesn't mean it is being caused by humans. And what are the consequences of there not being a snow cap or glaciers on Kilimanjaro whether it's the result of human activity or not? SOMETHING IS CHANGING!! GASP!!! It must be a bad thing and caused by humans the evil western civilizations!

<b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4743449&IDComment=55663883#c556 63883">freakout242</a>:</b> <i>"Of the ice cover present in 1912," Thompson and his colleagues write in the paper, "85% has disappeared and 26% of that present in 2000 is now gone."

Let's see here... 85%(gone) + 26%(left) =111%(total ice cover).
111%,Thats a lot of Ice!</i>

...oh wait... 26% of 85% is now gone.
/Never Fark Before Coffee

There's some top-quality grade-A stupid in this thread.

Matron's got a smattering

/only interested in the Python comments

zefal: Guess what? Nothing is permanent and it has always been that way and just because something is changing in our lifetime doesn't mean it is being caused by humans. And what are the consequences of there not being a snow cap or glaciers on Kilimanjaro whether it's the result of human activity or not? SOMETHING IS CHANGING!! GASP!!! It must be a bad thing and caused by humans the evil western civilizations!

People have been crapping in their own drinking water for generations. Who is to say that Cholera is a result of human activity?

Please support your local oil company.

There's no need to invent some complicated machine for removing CO2 from the air. One already exists...it's called a "plant". Big ones are sometimes known as "Trees". There are several varieties, it's a long list. I shall Weeners one here....