re: #113 freetoken

Are you familiar with what’s probably the latest herpa-derp in the deniersphere?

Greenland ice is melting - even from below

The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere. This influence is very variable spatially and has its origin in an exceptionally thin lithosphere. Consequently, there is an increased heat flow from the mantle and a complex interplay between this geothermal heating and the Greenland ice sheet. The international research initiative IceGeoHeat led by the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences establishes in the current online issue of Nature Geosciences (Vol 6, August 11, 2013) that this effect cannot be neglected when modeling the ice sheet as part of a climate study.

Durr hurr, all the ice melt is caused by totally natural geothermal stuff!!1!

Yes, Steve Stockman (R-Texastan) tweeted the Daily Fail’s writeup of that study, claiming it was the cause of Arctic ice melt. Greenland is in the Arctic ocean now? Who knew? 9_9