Melting Glaciers May Release DDT, Contaminate Environment »

Posted By Aidenag 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology

In an unexpected consequence of climate change, scientists are raising the possibility that glacial melting is releasing large amounts of the banned pesticide DDT, which is contaminating the environment in Antarctica.

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    ETproductions1 year, 5 months ago

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    Excellent. One more thing for the deniers to claim isn't really happening.

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    BB641 year, 5 months ago

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    This article is hardly evidence. In fact it's hardly an article. It consists of 8 sentences with no real evidence provided.

    I'm also questioning the validity of the study. "Heidi N. Geisz and colleagues estimate that up to 2.0-8.8 pounds of DDT are released into coastal waters annually along the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet from glacial meltwater." While that sound like a lot of material, 2 to 8.8 lbs over a year, in the big picture that is this area we're talking about thousands of miles of territory. There's more dangerous waste producing the batteries for hybrid cars.

    I think this is another case of the polar bears are dying off, that's why the population has doubled again.

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    Wolfie20071 year, 5 months ago

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    ???????????

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    truthiness1 year, 5 months ago

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    sooo... global warming is causing global warming?

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      jordan111 year, 5 months ago

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      Melting Glaciers May Release DDT, Contaminate Environment>>>>

      Almost sounds like Karma.

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