OT Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade. If that continues, we are in serious trouble

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  1. barfo

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    Sure, but (a) that's magnetic poles disappearing altogether, not just moving around, and (b) it supposedly took 500 million years after that for the atmosphere to dissipate, and (c) the poles disappeared because the planet's core cooled.

    None of that is relevant to human-observable climate change on earth.

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    I carry two mushroom ID books. I live in an area with a very large variety of mushrooms. There have been times I could see over a dozen varieties from one spot.

    I'm lucky if I can find pictures and ID descriptions for 10% of them that I am 100% sure of.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I appreciate that you are unable to admit that you are wrong. But for those with an open mind on the subject:

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    Yes, there are many right here on my property, I think I can identify a few. Many I can not at all, in any book. Then there are those that look dang close to some that are good but... not quite.
    I lack the faith.
     
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    The best mushrooms are the ones you find in cow pastures.
     
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    Those are not mushrooms. You have seagull droppings on seaweed.

    Just joking, you described the problem of IDing mushrooms perfectly.

    Best to play it safe, and stay healthy and alive.
     
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    His hairspray alone could probably achieve that....they'll only be species that live near golf courses though
     
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    This has been happening since the ice age.

    When nature stops changing, even for a second, that's when we're in trouble.
     
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    Ask MJ how much bus and progress is made on the gc!
     
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    You don't value nature, just the manmade world? You see nature as something to be conquered and controlled? Then you should oppose Republicans and side with environmentalists:

    It doesn't matter whether a natural phenonemon has occurred many times before, destroying a lot of nature, and making humans suffer. What matters is whether we now have the technology to TAKE CONTROL of that phenonemon, and save ourselves a lot of destruction of 1) the manmade world, which cost us hundreds of trillions of dollars to build, and BONUS! 2) a lot of nature.
     
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    I see your point. What good are the unusual plants and animals. All we need are the ones we eat.

    Hysteria:
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    Thanks for proving my point?
    Now provide a link to the source that proves Donald Trump is somehow eradicating entire species.
     
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    The best book for mushroom identification on the west coast is Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora, who I had the pleasure of going on a mushroom foray with.

    There is no book that has every species, but his is the closest one to being The definitive mushroom bible.

    Ps. I was a mycology major at OSU.
     
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    Say, what? Please don't put words in my mouth.
     
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    News flash, we are already in serious trouble.
     
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    you'd sell a lot of those T shirts ….have them printed in red
     
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