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>The scientists had been to the edge of the Kaskawulsh glacier in 2013. Then the Slims River was "swift, cold and deep" and flowing fast enough that it could be dangerous to wade through, Shugar said. They returned last year to find the river shallow and as still as a lake, while the Alsek, was deeper and flowing faster.

>"We were really surprised when we got there and there was basically no water in the river," Shugar said of the Slims. "We could walk across it and we wouldn't get our shirts wet. It was like a snake-shaped lake rather than a river."

>What had been a river delta at the edge of the Slims River had changed into a place full of "afternoon dust storms with this fine dust getting into your nose and your mouth," Best said.

>The lack of water in the Slims wasn't because of changes in rainfall, Shugar said. They know that because it's a river fed mostly by glacial melt, not rain, and the Alsek increased in amounts similar to what disappeared from the Slims.

>The Kaskawulsh glacier covers about 9,650 square miles (25,000 square kilometers), about the size of Vermont. The front of the glacier has retreated nearly 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) since 1899, Shugar said.

>The scientists calculate that there is only a 1 in 200 chance that the retreating glacier and river piracy is completely natural without man-made global warming. They used weather and ice observations and a computer simulation that models how likely the glacier retreat would be with current conditions and without heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

>Several outside scientists praised the study as significant and sensible.

>"This is an interesting study and reconfirms that climate change has large, widespread and sometimes surprising impacts," Pennsylvania State University glacier expert Richard Alley, who wasn't part of the study, said in an email.

I clicked on this thread expecting river bandits robbing rich cruise boats. You wrote a check the climate alarmism can't cash.

>>133522
lol science

>Saleh Abu Mahfoud from Zarqa Governorate, some 19km east of Amman, announced his willingness to protect churches in the area, along with other activists to show solidarity with Christians celebrating Easter.

>Activists in Ajloun voiced a similar stand to “show the world the harmony and conviviality in Jordan” and to present a model of a fight against extremism, xenophobia, and radicalism.

>“We are always proud to say Jordan is made up of harmonious pieces of mosaics; it’s truly sad to see such security measures taken out of necessity in Jordan. We live in a small country and we know everyone here,” Amman resident Hala Saadi told The Jordan Times.

>Several security checkpoints were installed on the gates of some churches around the country, as a way to ensure protection of worshippers.

>Father Rifat Bader from the Amman-based Catholic Centre for Studies and Media said installing checkpoints at church gates is only a normal measure “to help the security personnel, who are always present on every religious occasion”.

>Palm Sunday in Jordan was trouble free.

Jordan seems like a nice place to visit.

>>132764
I've not been but friends who have told me Petra was really good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra

will this effect everyone or just a few states?

>>131744
Every single red state in America.

>>131748
Good news for private health services i guess.

This doesn't outlaw abortion does it, just removes a subsidy?.

So there can be more poor babies, poor people with infections, and poor people seeking late term abortions out of state.

But nice to know your money's not being used to upset God.

>The paper concluded that there was no evidence of a slowdown in global warming over the last decade or so, an idea that had been a focus of people who reject the seriousness of human-caused climate change.

>Rather than engage with the science behind this paper, Rep. Lamar Smith has, without any evidence, accused the NOAA scientists of doctoring their results to exaggerate recent warming. Although NOAA provided Smith with the (publicly available) data and methods behind the paper and provided a personal explanation of the research, Smith subpoenaed the e-mails of the scientists and other NOAA staff. NOAA handed over staff e-mails but refused to make the researchers’ e-mails available for a fishing expedition, citing the importance of protecting scientists’ ability to communicate freely while trying to understand their data.

>Rep. Smith claimed that a whistleblower at NOAA had provided his office with information proving that the study had been inappropriately rushed for political reasons. The Mail on Sunday claims the same thing and presents NOAA scientist John Bates as a whistleblower.

The whistleblower

>Bates recently retired from NOAA after a career working primarily on satellite measurements used for weather forecasting. Recently, he was also in charge of data-archiving efforts for satellite and surface temperature records. Bates alleges that NOAA's Tom Karl and the rest of the team behind the paper failed to adequately follow NOAA’s internal processes for archiving their data and stress-testing the updated databases they used.

>Bates also questions the way in which some sea surface temperature measurements were adjusted to sync them up with the rest of the measurements, falsely claiming that the technique alters the warming trend.

asdasdasdasd

>In a blog post, Maynooth University research Peter Thorne—who worked on both the land and sea databases underlying the Karl paper but not the Karl paper itself—disputed many of Bates’ claims. First off, Thorne notes that Bates was not personally involved in the research at any stage. And while Bates claims that Karl made a series of choices to exaggerate the apparent warming trend, Thorne points out that this would be difficult for Karl to do since he didn’t contribute to the underlying databases. Karl’s paper simply ran those updated databases through the same algorithm NOAA was already using.

>Ars talked with Thomas Peterson, a co-author on the Karl paper who has since retired. Peterson provided some useful context for understanding Bates’ allegations. The satellites that Bates worked with were expensive hardware that couldn't be fixed if anything went wrong after they were launched. The engineering of the software running those satellites sensibly involved testing and re-testing and re-testing again to ensure no surprises would pop up once it was too late.

>Bates expected the same approach from his surface temperature counterparts, but Peterson explained that their work with weather station data was not nearly so high-stakes—problems could easily be fixed on the fly. The engineering-style process NOAA was using for endlessly double-checking the software for all dataset updates could drag on for quite a long time—years, in fact—and Bates opposed any attempt to speed this up. Peterson and other scientists were naturally anxious to incorporate changes they knew were scientifically important.

>>134776
This belongs on /pol/, not /news/.

>>134776
>Can we anons do something about it?
About Greek TV news being stupid/lazy?
Incurable I would imagine.

We could share the link to the actual NK propaganda video if you have it.
It sounds fun.

>Q Thanks a lot, Sean. Earlier today, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman said that China is increasingly frustrated with North Korea. And North Korea -- you may have seen it -- put out a simulated video over the past 24 hours which shows its missiles attacking and destroying an American city. What's the American -- White House reaction to that video, and also to the comments by China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson?

>MR. SPICER: Well, on the first part, this isn’t the first that North Korea has put out propaganda tools. And I don’t think we're going to comment on every time they're put out a piece of propaganda.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/19/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-4192017

>>134778
Alright, I wasn't sure, thanks, anon.

Cheers.

yeah right

>>134568
>Simulation Crisis
>Exercise
>Drill
The statement of a nuclear bomb within the exercise makes it somewhat like clickbait. These are routine events where nothing actually happens beyond a bunch of officials sitting in a room essentially playing city-themed DND. Parks and Recreation did an episode (S5E13) that's a good example of the process, although only as a side plot.

The terminology is key in the operation, as to what level they're going to. The following is a pretty good reference:
http://www.calhospitalprepare.org/post/what-difference-between-tabletop-exercise-drill-functional-exercise-and-full-scale-exercise

The exercise is between the HCANJ, LANJ, and NJDOH which are a medical organization, limousine/taxi organization, and the department of health. The participants have no ties to handling an actual nuclear weapon.

The disaster the article is referring to is an issue of scheduling.

As to a third party being involved, detonating an actual bomb during the exercise would cause confusion to the level of thinking it's part of the exercise for a few minutes. It would be silly as they've got their manuals right in front of them on how to respond to it.

>>134664
>These are routine events where nothing actually happens beyond a bunch of officials sitting in a room essentially playing city-themed DND.
Wow, it's fucking nothing.

>>134035
zerohedge is tinfoil shit. post a real source.

>>134039
Well, read the sticky next time before you post tinfoil shit, Anon.

>>134041
>>134038

If you looked at the article you would know its cites the State Departments OIG report, NBC, MSNBC, Washington Post, Fox News, Washington Examiner, NY Post, NY Times, etc.......and it even has links to news broadcasts reporting this when it happened

Are those not real sources?

not enough footage to really tell.

>>134669
My money is on the cunt lying

I have a sneaking suspicion it might be an islamist

Were the cops Christianists?

turns out it was just an investor

>Media compares Trump to Hitler more often than a fat person dreams about cheetos
>Nobody bats an eye, after all, republicans are
ebil cartoon villains
>Suddenly Spicer compares Assad, a person who has gassed his own people several times, to Hitler
>Everyone flips their goddamn shit

Hypocrisy levels are off the charts, captain!

>>131485
>calling someone Hitler = someone accidently denying the Holocaust because he has the speaking skills of a child

You might want to try actually reading the news before you get outraged.

>>131495
came here to post this

>>133976
Not news, this is opinion. Opinion pieces and editorials are banned in the sticky.

Not news and Ayaan hirsi Ali is a well know fraud. She says whatever people want to hear to make a buck.

>>134025

Any evidence to back your claim that she's "a well known fraud"?

>>133648

>On the other side are senior adviser Stephen Bannon and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who on Friday said "we need to exit" the pact.

>Gas producers and exporters are highlighting the value of the agreement, which could help prod a worldwide move toward that fossil fuel.

>Exxon Mobil argued in a letter last month that U.S. slashed its carbon emissions to 20-year lows because of greater use of natural gas, and "this success can be replicated globally” as part of the accord.

>BP spokesman Geoff Morrell said the company continues to support the Paris deal, noting that "it’s possible to provide the energy the world needs while also addressing the climate challenge." And Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said the company remains "strongly in favor" of the agreement.

>>133649
>Coal producers Cloud Peak Energy Inc. and Peabody Energy Corp. also are lobbying in favor of the accord, even though the miners could be disadvantaged by a global shift toward cleaner sources of electricity. Cloud Peak pitches the Paris agreement as a platform for the U.S. to advocate using carbon capture and other high-efficiency, low-emissions technology to generate electricity from coal.

>Trump is nearing a decision on whether he will fulfill repeated pledges to withdraw the U.S. from the accord he previously derided as "bad for U.S. business." The White House postponed a planned Tuesday meeting of senior administration officials, including Pruitt, Tillerson, Kushner and Bannon, to go over the pros and cons of staying in the agreement, according to an aide citing a scheduling conflict.

>The administration will decide what to do before late next month, when world leaders gather for the Group of Seven summit in Italy, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.

>Not every energy executive is on board. Coal baron Robert E. Murray has been outspoken in criticizing the deal, arguing it’s "just a way for other countries to get American money."

>>133650
>Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer John Watson said in a Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy podcast that more needs to be known about how the Paris accord will translate into policy under Trump.

>And some independent oil companies -- those without significant gas production that could benefit from greater international demand -- have quietly opposed the pact.

>Perhaps for that reason, the leading oil industry trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, has not taken a formal position on the Paris agreement. Instead, API spokesman Michael Tadeo casts the accord as a missed opportunity to talk about U.S. leadership “in reducing carbon emissions which are near 30-year lows in electricity generation due to increased use of natural gas brought by hydraulic fracturing."

>>130655
Now, now. We can't charge her because it would scare legitimate victims of rape from coming forward for fear of not being believed. She is clearly only a small minority of women and the majority would never try something like this.

Honestly that man should be charged with recording someone without their consent and publishing it. How dare he ruin that woman's reputation like this.

This is the ultimate result of feminism.

Currently, it's just a few extra spoiled cunts that act like this.

But if we allow cultural Marxists to continue gaining control, soon all women will be encouraged to do this for the same reason a child who is rewarded instead of punished for throwing temper tantrums will continue to throw even bigger temper tantrums.

Feminists want this society. A world where women are rewarded for crying victim no matter the circumstances. They want a society that never punishes women for being irredeemable pieces of shit, as women acting like shit will be considered the norm in their feminist utopia where women are stripped of any and all responsibility.

How do you know it's a Latina? No, seriously. I'm from Europe and that just sounds like average American trash to my ears.

I think it's weird that FNC keeps him on after all this has blown up. He seems like a bigger liability for the company than an attraction.

>>130234
>news host
I'm starting to see why nearly all western news media are barely above tabloids

>>130234
>This coward "snowflake" hides behind his children when women bring recorded evidence of sexual harassment and he settles out of court for millions because he has no leg to stand on.
>How can he be the leading right wing Christian news host?
Gee, it's almost like most people involved in the media or are actively political are scum sucking shitheads

>"We're reviewing all the status of North Korea, both in terms of state sponsorship of terrorism as well as the other ways in which we can bring pressure on the regime in Pyongyang to re-engage with us, but re-engage with us on a different footing than past talks have been held," Tillerson told reporters in Washington on Wednesday.

>U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, on a tour of Asian allies, has said repeatedly an "era of strategic patience" with North Korea is over.

>U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said during a visit to London the military option must be part of the pressure brought to bear.

>"Allowing this dictator to have that kind of power is not something that civilised nations can allow to happen," he said in reference to Kim.

>Ryan said he was encouraged by the results of efforts to work with China to reduce tension, but that it was unacceptable North Korea might be able to strike allies with nuclear weapons.

>North and South Korea are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

>'MAX THUNDER'

>South Korea's acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, at a meeting with top officials on Thursday, repeatedly called for the military and security ministries to maintain vigilance.

>The defence ministry said U.S. and South Korean air forces were conducting an annual training exercise, codenamed Max Thunder, until April 28. North Korea routinely labels such exercises preparations for invasion.

>"We are conducting a practical and more intensive exercise than ever," South Korean pilot Colonel Lee Bum-chul told reporters. "Through this exercise, I am sure we can deter war and remove our enemy's intention to provoke us."
...

>South Korean presidential candidates clashed on Wednesday night in a debate over the planned deployment in South Korea of a U.S.-supplied Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system, which has angered China.

>Frontrunner Moon Jae-in was criticized for leaving his options open before the May 9 election.

>On Monday, Hwang and Pence reaffirmed their plans to go ahead with the THAAD, but the decision will be up to the next South Korean president. For its part, China says the system's powerful radar is a threat to its security.

>The North has said it has developed a missile that can strike the mainland United States, but officials and experts believe it is some time away from mastering the necessary technology, including miniaturising a nuclear warhead.

>RUSSIA, U.S. AT ODDS

>The United States and Russia clashed at the United Nations on Wednesday over a U.S.-drafted Security Council statement to condemn North Korea's latest failed ballistic missile test.

>Diplomats said China had agreed to the statement.

>Such statements by the 15-member council have to be agreed by consensus.

>Previous statements denouncing missile launches "welcomed efforts by council members, as well as other states, to facilitate a peaceful and comprehensive solution through dialogue". The latest draft statement dropped "through dialogue" and Russia requested it be included again.

>"When we requested to restore the agreed language that was of political importance and expressed commitment to continue to work on the draft ... the U.S. delegation without providing any explanations cancelled the work on the draft," the Russian U.N. mission said in a statement.

>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China believed in the Security Council maintaining unity.

>"Speaking with one voice is extremely important to the Security Council appropriately responding to the relevant issue on the peninsula," he told reporters.
...

>There has been some confusion over the whereabouts of a U.S. aircraft carrier group after Trump said last week he had sent an "armada" as a warning to North Korea, even as the ships were still far from Korean waters.

>The U.S. military's Pacific Command explained that the USS Carl Vinson strike group first had to complete a shorter-than-planned period of training with Australia. It was now heading for the Western Pacific as ordered, it said.

>China's influential Global Times newspaper, which is published by the People's Daily, the Communist Party's official paper, wondered whether the misdirection was deliberate.

>"The truth seems to be that the U.S. military and president jointly created fake news and it is without doubt a rare scandal in U.S. history, which will be bound to cripple Trump's and U.S. dignity," it said.

>(This articled has been refiled with military clarification of pilot's rank, paragraph 14)