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Pancake Ice Takes Over the Arctic

nature.com — Climate change is not only making Arctic sea ice disappear — it's also changing the type of ice that forms. Researchers are now trying to determine how an increase in 'pancake ice' is affecting the far north, including whether it's accelerating local warming.

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  • SkippyDoorknob, on 03/25/2009, -4/+19Alert me when we've got bacon ice.
  • malex, on 03/25/2009, -0/+9There's actually more data being recorded than just that.
    Let the grownups talk.
  • lewystud, on 03/25/2009, -3/+12Just in...polar bear hunger problems resolved as new food source discovered
  • JerseySlam, on 03/25/2009, -5/+13***** pancake ice, waffle ice all the way.
  • malex, on 03/25/2009, -0/+8Well, usually they're published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Do you ever read peer reviewed scientific journals OH THAT'S RIGHT YOU DON'T.
  • FOcast, on 03/25/2009, -5/+12Sounds delicious.
  • Bilbobaggins, on 03/25/2009, -0/+4What about the crepe ice? Is it just thin pancake ice?
  • Jake10, on 03/25/2009, -0/+4You haven't seen nothing yet. Aunt Jemima's gonna be all over this *****.
  • paulhendrixson, on 03/25/2009, -0/+3I never knew global warming was so delicious.

    I like this trend - let's replace all the doom and gloom headlines with food-related descriptions. People will be happier at least.
  • bar10dr, on 03/25/2009, -2/+4OH NO! NOT PANCAKE ICE!
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -2/+4It's springtime! Time for the global warming loonies to come out of hibernation and start shrieking about the dangers of melting snow. It is as predictable as the return of the geese.
  • Rhendal, on 03/25/2009, -0/+2Are you kidding me? That's when I STARTED to read!
  • Trent1492, on 03/25/2009, -1/+3Did you read the article?
  • inajeep, on 03/24/2009, -9/+11It's making me hungry, that's what it is doing. However, the 'grease ice' is making me a bit queasy. Oh, no here comes the swells. *urp* I'm not as young ice I used to be.


    Spoilers below.
    FTA: "We're trying to work out what the net result of all these processes are," says Barber.

  • cassholio, on 03/25/2009, -0/+2Pancake Ice covered in warm gooey global warming.
  • dieboldcracy, on 03/25/2009, -2/+4I think the person that posted this dugg us all down for not being serious enough about this article.
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -0/+1If you can think of a better way to get ice, I'd love to hear it.
  • booshpilot, on 03/25/2009, -0/+1FLAPJACKS, people, FLAPJACKS!
  • dieboldcracy, on 03/25/2009, -3/+4I didn't dig you down. i dugg you up. However, your sentence would work better grammatically if you ditched the first "to think".

  • KibblesnBitts, on 03/25/2009, -3/+4Bacon cheeseburger ice? Let's go for some double bacon cheeseburger ice
  • Trent1492, on 03/25/2009, -2/+3You did not read the article did you?
  • RaoulZappacosta, on 03/26/2009, -1/+2I find it very interesting that this type of thing has to be taken into account when they design climate models. Great article.
  • amabaie, on 03/25/2009, -0/+1How can anything that sounds so delicious be so threatening? The fact is that thinner ice, and less stable ice is more like having crumbly cheese in the fridge - cheese that's pretty much ready to throw out.
  • PTJustinBowers, on 03/25/2009, -5/+5Why stop at bacon ice? Bacon cheeseburger ice.
  • st00f72, on 03/25/2009, -3/+3Article is another illustration of the fact that the study of climate change is in it's infancy.
  • Trent1492, on 03/25/2009, -1/+1Did you read the article?
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -1/+1That reminds me, my ice maker is acting up. Damn.
  • Garlik, on 03/25/2009, -5/+4Too bad I don't have any pancake ice right now.
  • Mokshaguy390, on 03/25/2009, -7/+5Bad move scientists. I'm pretty sure that everyone stopped reading after pancake.
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -6/+4Hippies whine about melting ice. Nature delivers new ice ...and hippies continue to complain. What will it take to appease the environmentalists?
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -4/+2Nope, sorry they can't. Their last global waring conference was canceled to to snowstorms.
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -8/+5It bemuses me to think that bureacrats in Washington think they can save us from climate change.
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -3/+0and your life would work better gramatically if it didnt exist
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -6/+0and where can I get this data? Or do I have to wait for them to cherry-pick the results for me?
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -6/+0that because of global warming. Stop Global warming now!!!!

    by click this...
    http://www.usahaweb.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=5994
  • thedinomeister, on 03/25/2009, -8/+2Did they REALLY have to take that ice into a lab to conclude that is lasts less than the thick slabs of ice that usually dominate the area? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!! How many thousands of dollars did they spend on this *****?
  • inactive, on 03/25/2009, -6/+0hey guys ..
    just go for it and enjoy the ride of fun and style ...
    http://shadow.media2win.com/BajajXCD135/?um=04

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