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vicemag: The Ocean Is Melting Antarctica Some 60% of the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:51:23 -0400

The Ocean Is Melting Antarctica

Some 60% of the planet’s fresh water stores are locked away in Antarctica’s barren tundra. That’s a lot of water. For the obvious reasons, we’d all rather keep that water frozen away in the icy interior of the world’s southernmost continent than loose it into our already fast-rising oceans.

Unfortunately, new research from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows that we may be closer to unleashing an Antarctic flood than previously thought. The study shows that much more of Antarctica’s total mass loss is due to warm ocean water than to iceberg calving—which is what scientists previously thought drove shrinkage in the great white south.

So the question is, does that mean Antarctica’s ice stores are now more vulnerable to global warming than we thought?

Eric Rignot, a senior scientist at JPL, told me in an email that “the short answer is yes.” That’s because “existing ice sheet models do not include a warming ocean and realistic ice ocean interactions,” he says.

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:46 -0400

topshop: Striped side pants meet some serious colour blocking....

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:02:26 -0400

topshop:

Striped side pants meet some serious colour blocking.

nprfreshair: If you haven’t read it yet, we highly recommend...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:00:01 -0400

nprfreshair:

If you haven’t read it yet, we highly recommend that you check out Patton Oswalt’s awesome essay about plagiarism in comedy, heckling, rape jokes, and the limitations of individual perception. It is brave and honest and oh-so-very-very-smart. Here’s a sampling from the section in which he grapples with the latest Internet controversy over a comedian’s rape joke:

In this past week of re-reading the blogs, going through the comment threads, and re-scrolling the Twitter arguments, I haven’t once found a single statement, feminist or otherwise, saying that rape shouldn’t be joked under any circumstance, regardless of context. Not one example of this.

In fact, every viewpoint I’ve read on this, especially from feminists, is simply asking to kick upward, to think twice about who is the target of the punchline, and make sure it isn’t the victim.

And now you can go listen to an interview with Oswalt here.

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calivintage: fashion forestry»

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:14 -0400

calivintage:

fashion forestry»

positivelypersistentteach: That’s SO Raven.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:55:53 -0400

positivelypersistentteach:

That’s SO Raven.

Kate in Paris

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:55:21 -0400

Kate in Paris

apsies: GPOY-seeing Prince Harry in person. (And William too,...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:40 -0400

apsies:

GPOY-seeing Prince Harry in person. (And William too, maybe. But mostly Harry…let’s be for real.)

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:19 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:35:34 -0400

"You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:35:09 -0400

“You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.”

- Ray Bradbury (via thefearsarepapertigers)

"Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:20:50 -0400

““Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.”

- Jack London (via thefearsarepapertigers)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:18:33 -0400

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:09:20 -0400

Longreads: Reading List: Where the Witty Things Are

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:04:38 -0400

Longreads: Reading List: Where the Witty Things Are:

longreads:

Emily Perper is a freelance editor and reporter, currently completing a service year in Baltimore with the Episcopal Service Corps.

1. “This Wedding Season, Say Yes to Strangers: What I Learned From My Craigslist Date” and “A Brief Addendum to Our Craigslist Wedding Story.”…

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:02:10 -0400

letsbuildahome-fr: Airport Runway Screenprints NOMO

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:02:04 -0400

letsbuildahome-fr:

Airport Runway Screenprints NOMO

serenasailormoonfan: whoaajoyce: milkywaywhite: Animals With...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:42:18 -0400

serenasailormoonfan:

whoaajoyce:

milkywaywhite:

Animals With Stuffed Animals Of Themselves

Here are some animals hanging out with stuffed animal versions of themselves, which is clearly a thing that animals should be doing a lot more often.

Colin Hay and Garrison Keillor at A Prairie Home Companion!...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:41:19 -0400

Colin Hay and Garrison Keillor at A Prairie Home Companion! Magic!

jelizabethl: entertainmentweekly: The cast of Boy Meets World...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:46:22 -0400

jelizabethl:

entertainmentweekly:

The cast of Boy Meets World (minus Topanga, unfortunately) just reunited in Austin, where they gave us some new Girl Meets World scoop — and revealed what a panicked Ben Savage asked before kissing Danielle Fishel for the first time (“Can I die from this?”).

GUYS.