Obama administration reveals evidence of global warming kept secret under Bush.

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The Obama administration has "released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice," following a declassification request by the National Academy of Sciences. These high-resolution spy photos of rapid sea ice loss off the northern coast of Alaska, kept classified by the Bush administration, show "the devastating impact of global warming in the Arctic":

The newly-declassified images also reveal the retreat of glaciers in Washington and Alaska. USGS scientist John Crowe tells ThinkProgress that "security issues" prevented the U.S. Geological Survey from launching the Global Fiducials Library website until now, saying he had been "working for some time to get this data to the public." The same day the images were made public, NOAA anounced that the world's ocean surface temperature in June 2009 was the warmest on record.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/27/secret...warming-photos/

[My Name Is Nobody 3]

Dam, another conspiracy theory.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Dam, another conspiracy theory.

Bill, you suck at trying to be troll. Just use your regular account. I'd hate to see a guy like you get banned.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Not me. Get yer facts straight before you start hurling accusations.

Edited July 27, 2009 by Mister_Bill

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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

AT a fellow commie, yet!

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

There\'s a new quarter in the making in Mr. Bush\'s honor.

ETA: Heard they're working on a new movie, too:

Edited July 28, 2009 by Mr. Big Dog

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Can I get a 'I'm not surprised' post?

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Can I get a 'I'm not surprised' post?

I've heard about the North Pole melting for years, so what? BTW, not all satellites are controlled by the U.S. government so they never had a monopoly on the photos. Guess everyone else was in on the conspiracy.

Edited July 28, 2009 by alienlovechild

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They didn't need to be in on the conspiracy - its enough simply that the story was kept out of the US media.

No media coverage = no public dialog.

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Can I get a 'I'm not surprised' post?

I've heard about the North Pole melting for years, so what? BTW, not all satellites are controlled by the U.S. government so they never had a monopoly on the photos. Guess everyone else was in on the conspiracy.

I guess that'll do.

The Bush admin didn't control all satellites. Just the ones whose images were declassified.

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No media coverage = no public dialog.

Have you been living a cave? There was plenty of media coverage about polar ice long before these photos were released.

Furthermore, the notion that there were no satellite photos of the Arctic released BO (Before Obama) is laughably wrong.

RECENT WARMING OF ARCTIC MAY AFFECT WORLDWIDE CLIMATE

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/t...1023esuice.html

No matter. Obama told us he'd "heal the oceans" so there's little worry.

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Did he really say that he'd heal the oceans? Neat.