16 thoughts on “How big is Antarctica?”

  1. Wow, it is bigger than the US–at least the continental US.

    How would it compare when you add Hawaii and Alaska to this?

  2. Tim– It would become even larger just to compensate. Don’t diss Antarctica.

    Mike Firesmith– Um, Antarctica is not an ice floe, but I guess if it gets hot enough to start melting land, you’re probably right.

    crispy– A myth is female moth.

    I’d like to see a calculation to show how long it would take for its miles-thick icepack to melt at 33 degrees F. Sea level increases wouldn’t matter because if you weren’t living closer to the poles you’d be dealing with 150-200 degree temperatures on the surface. I hear it’s gonna happen in five years or so. =)

  3. In all the dark crevices of the internet, there is always one idiot who believes this global warming crap. The only thing you had to do was imagine the size of the US to Antarctica!

  4. Bunk, if there is warming and cooling; don’t they mitigate eachother? No need to worry, it all evens out. If I lose $20, then find $20, it’s even…Even Stephen! (Sienfeld Episode)

  5. That BBC article created quite the stir because, on the face of it, it was a complete 180 of BBC’s position on climate change. However, the article is an opinion piece by a weather correspondent from the BBC. Global Warming Skeptics, however, choose to ignore that fact, as they do many others.

    But, oh well, who’s going to listen to me anyway? I’m just another “global warming loon” lurking in the dark crevices of the internet. Surely no credible scientific organizations believe in global warming, even less likely that climate scientists are sounding any alarm right now.

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