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Hüsker Dü said:
The giant mass of floating plastic trash in the Pacific Ocean, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, now measures almost 620,000 square miles and is as much as 16 times larger than previous estimates, according to a new study.

The huge mass of soupy trash between California and Hawaii in what’s known as the Pacific gyre contains 87,000 tons of plastic, researchers reported in the study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, and scientists said with the massive global plastic pollution continuing, it’s still growing.
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Is it true most of the garbage originated in Ocean Beach & Sunset Cliffs?
 
Hüsker Dü said:
The giant mass of floating plastic trash in the Pacific Ocean, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, now measures almost 620,000 square miles and is as much as 16 times larger than previous estimates, according to a new study.

The huge mass of soupy trash between California and Hawaii in what’s known as the Pacific gyre contains 87,000 tons of plastic, researchers reported in the study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, and scientists said with the massive global plastic pollution continuing, it’s still growing.
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Fox News.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxn...ash-in-ocean-is-now-twice-size-texas.amp.html
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Read the book.
Open your mind.
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I finally got around to reading the relevant passages in Lamb's book. The picture in question is bound with the other photographic plates between pages 352 and 353 of volume 2. The photo is mentioned in a section dealing with surface wind currents near large ice masses, such as the receding North America ice dome. The author referred to previous work of his describing winds near the edge of ice in Antarctica. He proposed that during the existence of the North American ice, winds were channeled between the ice and the Rocky Mountains, drawing "warm moist Pacific airmass in Julys of those times" (V2, p 228). That explains why that particular area (McKenzie River Delta) was warmer than it is today. He also pointed out other scientists' work explaining warm föhn winds that blow down from glaciers, heating as they descend in a manner similar to how our local Santa Ana winds heat up as the come down.

What was it you were told about that photo that led you to post it here?
 
espola said:
I finally got around to reading the relevant passages in Lamb's book. The picture in question is bound with the other photographic plates between pages 352 and 353 of volume 2. The photo is mentioned in a section dealing with surface wind currents near large ice masses, such as the receding North America ice dome. The author referred to previous work of his describing winds near the edge of ice in Antarctica. He proposed that during the existence of the North American ice, winds were channeled between the ice and the Rocky Mountains, drawing "warm moist Pacific airmass in Julys of those times" (V2, p 228). That explains why that particular area (McKenzie River Delta) was warmer than it is today. He also pointed out other scientists' work explaining warm föhn winds that blow down from glaciers, heating as they descend in a manner similar to how our local Santa Ana winds heat up as the come down.

What was it you were told about that photo that led you to post it here?
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It was warmer there than it is today.
That was my point.
Im happy we agree.

Im reading another of Lamb's books now.
I'll be sure to consult you if I have any questions.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
It was warmer there than it is today.
That was my point.
Im happy we agree.

Im reading another of Lamb's books now.
I'll be sure to consult you if I have any questions.
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"It was warmer" during the growing season because of a local, transient, recurring wind. Does that agree with what your twitter master told you?
 
espola said:
"It was warmer" during the growing season because of a local, transient, recurring wind. Does that agree with what your twitter master told you?
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It was warmer, and it was warmer for enough time for a forest to grow.
No trees for 100KMs today.
You can toss that salad any way you wish.
 
espola said:
That's all you have?

How are you doing on Lamb's other book?
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I dont "have" anything.
The facts are the facts.

The first book, which you referenced, is the best book.
Im trudging through "Climate History and the Modern World", mostly on the toilet. (where I do my best thinking)
 
Ricky Fandango said:
I dont "have" anything.
The facts are the facts.

The first book, which you referenced, is the best book.
Im trudging through "Climate History and the Modern World", mostly on the toilet. (where I do my best thinking)
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If you had read the first book, you would have been able to answer simple questions about it.
 
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