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(BBC) Interesting Bulge of freshwater found in Arctic Ocean. That's interesting, due to the wind direction and natural curr-- Does that satellite have breasts?   (bbc.co.uk) divider line 45
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2012-01-23 01:39:16 PM
It explains the bulge, now doesn't it?
 
2012-01-23 01:52:59 PM
That's an impressive bulge considering how cold it is in the arctic
 
2012-01-23 02:12:18 PM
I'd hit it.
 
2012-01-23 02:12:42 PM
Great. Now in addition to fighting for our arctic sovereignty on account of the oil and the gold and the polar bear bladders and the whatnot, turns out we now gotta fight the Russians for the great Arctic meltwater pocket.
 
2012-01-23 02:26:35 PM
Is that a Beaufort Gyre-generated pile of freshwater in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
 
2012-01-23 02:26:57 PM
Isn't this bad, as in disrupt the North Atlantic current bad.

//Yes, I see they mention that in the article.
 
2012-01-23 02:28:52 PM
Bulge of freshwater found in Arctic Ocean. That's interesting, due to the wind direction and natural curr-- Does that satellite have breasts?

Yes, it does. That's the milky way.
 
2012-01-23 02:35:18 PM
This story may be a lot bigger the day after tomorrow.
 
2012-01-23 02:37:56 PM
Loucifer: This story may be a lot bigger the day after tomorrow.

If this story is bigger after four hours, consult a doctor.
 
2012-01-23 02:40:02 PM
And yet she'll still complain that it tastes salty.
 
2012-01-23 02:42:18 PM
People in countries as far apart as Budapest, Hungary and Canada have reported hearing mysterious loud snoring sounds coming from the skies late at night

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Bulge of freshwater found in Arctic Ocean. That's interesting, due to the wind direction and natural curr-- Does that satellite have breasts?

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www.razzball.com
 
2012-01-23 02:47:57 PM
meat0918: Isn't this bad, as in disrupt the North Atlantic current bad.

//Yes, I see they mention that in the article.


No one knows. Nobody's ever looked for anything like this before.

And now the Beaufort gyre will get spun politically as well as physically.
 
2012-01-23 02:49:13 PM
www.wearysloth.com

Picture of subby
 
2012-01-23 02:52:58 PM
Loucifer: This story may be a lot bigger the day after tomorrow.

Icy what you did there.

/the science was worse than my pun
 
2012-01-23 03:15:07 PM
2.bp.blogspot.com

Nell - The first spacecraft to have boobs.
 
2012-01-23 03:29:00 PM
 
2012-01-23 03:33:29 PM
common sense is an oxymoron: Loucifer: This story may be a lot bigger the day after tomorrow.

Icy what you did there.

/the science was worse than my pun


Hahahahahahahahaha! Ice puns... Yes!

/Bless you, BatB Aquaman
 
2012-01-23 03:34:22 PM
Everywhere l look, something reminds me of her.

news.bbcimg.co.uk
 
2012-01-23 03:45:51 PM
common sense is an oxymoron: meat0918: Isn't this bad, as in disrupt the North Atlantic current bad.

//Yes, I see they mention that in the article.

No one knows. Nobody's ever looked for anything like this before.

And now the Beaufort gyre will get spun politically as well as physically.


Sounds like a weird handjob.
 
jvl
2012-01-23 03:57:09 PM
FTFA: When you have clockwise rotation - the freshwater is stored. If the wind goes the other way - and that has happened in the past - then the freshwater can be pushed to the margins of the Arctic Ocean.

The fark? What in the name of Hades could possibly cause air to rise at the pole?
 
2012-01-23 03:57:55 PM
Thwack: Nell - The first spacecraft to have boobs.

Isn't that more a uterus and fallopian tube spacecraft?
 
2012-01-23 04:07:12 PM
Its reached 10 cm in height?!
OH...MY....GOD....

That seems insignificant. Then again I know nothing about this kind of shiat so maybe I'm wrong.
 
2012-01-23 04:43:54 PM
They seem more like breastplates.
 
2012-01-23 04:46:51 PM
Minus 1 Charisma: Its reached 10 cm in height?!
OH...MY....GOD....

That seems insignificant. Then again I know nothing about this kind of shiat so maybe I'm wrong.


Think of it this way: 10cms over an area of several thousand (8,000 cubic km) cubic kms of distance = Farkton of water.
 
2012-01-23 04:52:22 PM
mainsail: Minus 1 Charisma: Its reached 10 cm in height?!
OH...MY....GOD....

That seems insignificant. Then again I know nothing about this kind of shiat so maybe I'm wrong.

Think of it this way: 10cms over an area of several thousand (8,000 cubic km) cubic kms of distance = Farkton of water.


Don't forget about shrinkage
 
2012-01-23 04:53:09 PM
So, we have a solar storm and a water bulge to deal with. Next - evil flying monkeys.
 
2012-01-23 05:02:10 PM
whither_apophis: Thwack: Nell - The first spacecraft to have boobs.

Isn't that more a uterus and fallopian tube spacecraft?


Nope. It's a spaceship from Roger Corman film - Battle Beyond the Stars. Definately boobs.
 
2012-01-23 05:07:59 PM
No subby, it's just time for you to turn off your computer and wander out of the basement.
 
2012-01-23 05:31:46 PM
T Boone just bought it for his collection. You can buy some when the water table gets farked.
 
2012-01-23 05:34:29 PM
Stronger winds whip up the bulge.

/Indeed, indeed
 
2012-01-23 05:47:13 PM
2CountyFairs: Everywhere l look, something reminds me of her.

[news.bbcimg.co.uk image 304x400]


Nice Hooters!

i291.photobucket.com ----- i291.photobucket.com
 
2012-01-23 05:55:19 PM
Minus 1 Charisma: Its reached 10 cm in height?!
OH...MY....GOD....

That seems insignificant.


No need to be harsh. Not everyone can be hung like a porn star.
 
2012-01-23 06:33:05 PM
i25.photobucket.com
First thing I thought of when I read the word "bulge"
/"Look, I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I mean, you so all know that I'm way proud to be an American, right? You do know that I absolutely love this country more than anything? Well, I'm sorry you had to see my asscheeks.. and my nuggetpouch.. and my bulge. I guess what it all comes down to is that the.. angle of my dangle is inversely proportional to the heat of my meat. Right?"
 
2012-01-23 06:44:20 PM
mainsail: Minus 1 Charisma: Its reached 10 cm in height?!
OH...MY....GOD....

That seems insignificant. Then again I know nothing about this kind of shiat so maybe I'm wrong.

Think of it this way: 10cms over an area of several thousand (8,000 cubic km) cubic kms of distance = Farkton of water.


Cubic km is volume, not area. But yeah, it's a farkton of water.
 
2012-01-23 07:30:09 PM
neversubmit: common sense is an oxymoron: meat0918: Isn't this bad, as in disrupt the North Atlantic current bad.

//Yes, I see they mention that in the article.

No one knows. Nobody's ever looked for anything like this before.

And now the Beaufort gyre will get spun politically as well as physically.

Sounds like a weird handjob.


It will also gimble in the wabe.
 
2012-01-23 07:31:29 PM
Abner Doon: mainsail: Minus 1 Charisma: Its reached 10 cm in height?!
OH...MY....GOD....

That seems insignificant. Then again I know nothing about this kind of shiat so maybe I'm wrong.

Think of it this way: 10cms over an area of several thousand (8,000 cubic km) cubic kms of distance = Farkton of water.

Cubic km is volume, not area. But yeah, it's a farkton of water.


It's ok, he didn't suggest it was area ... he suggested it was a unit of distance ;).
 
2012-01-23 07:44:16 PM
meat0918: Isn't this bad, as in disrupt the North Atlantic current bad.

//Yes, I see they mention that in the article.


I remember seeing something a while back on discovery or a channel like it that said enough fresh water in the certain parts of the arctic could stop or slow the gulf stream, possibly hastening the creation of glaciers. Any farkers know if this is BS or not?
 
2012-01-23 10:36:48 PM
Is that a "Bulge of freshwater found in Arctic Ocean" or is it just happy to see us?
 
2012-01-24 01:51:09 AM
Hmmm, maybe man-made global warming is a fluke, and there is actually a SUPERVOLCANO UNDER THE ARCTIC!!!!\
/free slushies for everyone!!
 
2012-01-24 03:28:27 AM
Avery614: meat0918: Isn't this bad, as in disrupt the North Atlantic current bad.

//Yes, I see they mention that in the article.

I remember seeing something a while back on discovery or a channel like it that said enough fresh water in the certain parts of the arctic could stop or slow the gulf stream, possibly hastening the creation of glaciers. Any farkers know if this is BS or not?


It could, in Europe. They could also lose their growing season. It's all speculative until we see it happen in real life so I'm sure it will be dismissed in this country as needless fearmongering.
 
2012-01-24 08:23:35 AM
FTFA: "If the fresh water were to enter the North Atlantic in large volumes, the concern would be that it might disturb the currents that have such a great influence on European weather patterns. These currents draw warm waters up from the tropics, maintaining milder temperatures in winter than would ordinarily be expected at northern European latitudes."

According to This, that is a myth.
It's the Rocky Mountains that Europe has to thank for their milder climate, not the Gulf Stream.
 
2012-01-24 01:35:10 PM
Looks like a standard Thermal-Imaging Topography Satellite to me.
 
2012-01-24 06:52:15 PM
MarkEC: FTFA: "If the fresh water were to enter the North Atlantic in large volumes, the concern would be that it might disturb the currents that have such a great influence on European weather patterns. These currents draw warm waters up from the tropics, maintaining milder temperatures in winter than would ordinarily be expected at northern European latitudes."

According to This, that is a myth.
It's the Rocky Mountains that Europe has to thank for their milder climate, not the Gulf Stream.


not atmospheric air currents... deep water currents. (global conveyer belt)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/oce a n-current3.htm
 
2012-01-24 06:56:41 PM
MarkEC: FTFA: "If the fresh water were to enter the North Atlantic in large volumes, the concern would be that it might disturb the currents that have such a great influence on European weather patterns. These currents draw warm waters up from the tropics, maintaining milder temperatures in winter than would ordinarily be expected at northern European latitudes."

According to This, that is a myth.
It's the Rocky Mountains that Europe has to thank for their milder climate, not the Gulf Stream.


nevermind my last comment... just clicked and read your link... interesting... who'da thunk it?
the deep ocean currents always made sense to me... pacific northwest, europe... it seemed to fit... amazing that the other factors contribute so much more to the local weather...
 
2012-01-24 07:34:04 PM
No, Subby. It does not have boobs. It has very, very big contact lenses. Like they put on the Hubble to correct it's vision.

Just kidding. They never put any contact lenses on the Hubble. They did it all virtually.

Reminds me of Invader Zim for some reason. Possibly it's the very, very big contact lenses.
 
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