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North Pole becomes a lake!

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If you think these images from the North Pole look more like a lake than the snow-covered expanse you'd expect, that because it is is—the North Pole has melted.

It's not, perhaps, quite as dramatic as it sounds. April saw the ninth heaviest snow cover on record measured in the Arctic, covering the Pole in more of the white stuff than it's seen in a long ol' time. But by May, temperatures increased and almost half the cover melted.

Throughout July temperatures have been uncharacteristically high—up to 1-3°C higher than usual on July 13th, for instance—and the result has been an abrupt thaw of the snow cover that was left. These images, acquired from the North Pole Environmental Observatory, show the thaw in progress, between June 30th and July 25th.

It's worth pointing out that this isn't the first time there's been a meltwater lake at the North Pole, nor is it the worst (it's also worth pointing out that this is just at the pole, and not across the entire ice cap). And we certainly shouldn't draw climate change conclusions from what is realistically one data point. But it should at least make us think about what we're doing to the planet.

http://gizmodo.com/the-north-pole-is...lake-907239981

Intriguing... is that little station marking where the North Pole actually is? I didn't know there was such a facility.

See.. the hot weather we have is ruining the world!!

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Originally Posted by Marc (Post 6213154)

See.. the hot weather we have is ruining the world!!

Yes Russia plans to Build a Hotel

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Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6213151)

Intriguing... is that little station marking where the North Pole actually is? I didn't know there was such a facility.

Don't you watch the Big Bang Theory, Zee? I get all my scientific knowledge froom Big Bang...

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 6213967)

Don't you watch the Big Bang Theory, Zee? I get all my scientific knowledge froom Big Bang...

D'you know, my best friend got me the box set for my birthday last year and I still haven't gotten round to watching it yet... :laugh: looks like I have no excuse now!

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Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6214088)

D'you know, my best friend got me the box set for my birthday last year and I still haven't gotten round to watching it yet... :laugh: looks like I have no excuse now!

I'm a big fan. And read the vanity cards at the end of the credits. They're very strange and wonderful. You'll have to pause it, they only flash up for a second.

Where's the little Red and White swirly pole from The Santa Claus movies? :sad:

Oh Patrick.. I'm saying nothing. I don't want to be the one to shatter your dreams.

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 6213841)

Yes Russia plans to Build a Hotel

ffs Russia

no probs just start building more floating homes

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Originally Posted by the truth (Post 6214210)

no probs just start building more floating homes

Do you mean boats?.. :laugh:

gif makes me strangely sad.

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Originally Posted by the truth (Post 6214210)

no probs just start building more floating homes

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 6216831)

Do you mean boats?.. :laugh:

:joker:

So, basically like "I have a pool in my backyard, but the water cover doesn't represent my entire neighbourhood"? :laugh: