Arctic explorers get nasty surprise -- rain

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Arctic explorers get nasty surprise -- rain
33 mins ago

In what looks to be another sign the Arctic is heating up quickly, British explorers in Canada's Far North reported on Tuesday that they had been hit by a three-minute rain shower over the weekend. Skip related content
The rain fell on the team's ice base off Ellef Rignes island, about 3,900 km (2,420 miles) north of the Canadian capital, Ottawa.

"It's definitely a shocker ... the general feeling within the polar community is that rainfall in the high Canadian Arctic in April is a freak event," said Pen Hadow, the team's expedition director.

"Scientists would tell us that we can expect increasingly to experience these sorts of outcomes as the climate warms," he told Reuters in a telephone interview from London.

The Arctic is heating up three times more quickly than the rest of the Earth. Scientists link the higher temperatures to the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.


Read more: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100427/tsc-uk-arctic-rain-011ccfa.html

[SnowCritter]

1. An guess what happens when the permafrost thaws

Even more methane is released into the atmosphere.

[jgraz]

12. Welcome to Venus

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Judi Lynn.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Hello, Uncle Joe! Thank you.

:hi:

[Uncle Joe]

7. Peace to you, Judi Lynn and stay out of the rain.

:hi:

[Bragi]

4. What could cause that? Hmmmm. A puzzler for sure. /nt

[SpiralHawk]

11. "It was caused by lib-rul facts. Sneer." - Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

"Anyone who listens regularly to my corporate-funded propaganda, realizes that they need to ignore these facts and continue to embrace my kool-aid saturated views on climate change. It's sooo good for my wallet. Smirk."

- Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

[johnroshan]

5. All the more reason to push for alternative clean fuels.

We might not reverse what is happening, at least we will give future generations a fighting chance.

John.

[FirstLight]

6. just...wow..

Things are moving so fast even the scientists are getting hit...that's not playtime, man.

The tipping point is so fuckin' far gone over the horizion, and all that's ahead are more movements...earth, sea, sky.

Wow, I have said it before and I'll say it again
"Hang on for Mr. Toad's wild ride...we live in interesting Times."

[Javaman]

8. Keep moving, no climate change here, nothing to see, Roll up your pants. nt

[progressoid]

9. It's just an anomaly.

Or is just part of a cycle. Or some other such BS from Beck's ass.

[Delphinus]

10. Is there any way to know

if it really is a "freak" event? Do they have monitors that would record that?