Nov 26 2008Rubber Duckies To Solve Global Warming
No, not really. But the yellow buggers are helping scientists track the speed of melting glaciers. Whee?
Should Greenland's 2.17 million square miles of ice ever melt completely, the water could raise sea level world-wide by 24 feet, swamping coastal cities that are home to millions of people. As Dr. Behar at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory soon discovered, though, there isn't much money for global-warming experiments in Greenland.
Consequently, Dr. Behar and his colleagues at the University of Colorado this past August released 90 yellow rubber ducks into the melt water flowing down a chasm in the largest of Greenland's 200 glaciers -- the Jakobshavn Isbrae -- which has been thinning rapidly since 1997.Each duck was imprinted with an e-mail address and, in three languages, the offer of a reward.
Geez, what shameless litterbugs. Wait, did that say reward? What do you think it is, $100? Okay, now what's $100 times 90 -- $900,000 right? Let's charter a boat!
Rubber Duckies to Help Track Speed of Melting Glaciers [foxnews]
Thanks to Sam, who doesn't play with toys in the bath anymore.
Reader Comments
1. SouthSideHope - November 26, 2008 1:19 PM
FIRST
2. Vossk - November 26, 2008 1:22 PM
Man, only three articles today? What's up with that?
3. puma - November 26, 2008 1:22 PM
9000. 2 too many 0's
4. Daisy - November 26, 2008 1:25 PM
TOTAL F***IN FAAAAKKEEE!!!!!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadows are all wrong.
This reminds me a lot like a scene from the movie Never Back Down where Max freaks out of his mind after eating some cocaine laced star wars puppets he won on wheel of fortune & steals 781 rubber duckies from a Del Taco promotion for bacon flavored ice cream and runs around town naked in a cardboard box.
5. Little Dick Woodcock - November 26, 2008 1:31 PM
My sasquatch floats in 12 degrees waters.
6. pdc7897 - November 26, 2008 1:31 PM
actually $100 x 90 is $9,000...still a lot of money tho
7. GRAMMARNAZI - November 26, 2008 1:31 PM
Ma' baby's like a little duck
She likes to cuddle
And she likes to......cuddle some more.
8. Joker - November 26, 2008 1:32 PM
i knew i f***ing knew it rubber duckies are going to save the world.
9. bryan - November 26, 2008 1:35 PM
really daisy?
anyway whats with the ads. that really sucks. ihate the ads.
10. Hannukah Montana - November 26, 2008 1:49 PM
I just realized something. Geekologie stresses me out.
I'm tired...
(flips out schlong)
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...............aaaahhhhhhh. yeah!
Hi Thumperschica. Hows it goin? (squirt again) ahhhhhh. yes.
11. OJ's Mom - November 26, 2008 1:49 PM
The Superfish has Deeta Von Teese and her amazing nipples of German Justice. Geeoko has rubber ducks.
Fish - 1
Geek - 0
Well played, Superficial writer......well played indeed..........
12. kenny vigar - November 26, 2008 1:58 PM
haha bryan, theyre for you to click on.
i hate them too.
hah.
i like the ducks tho!
13. WTF - November 26, 2008 2:04 PM
@ 3 and 6
you are both f***ing morons.
14. Georgethefirst - November 26, 2008 2:06 PM
This is so cool... for anyone wanting to pretend to be 007... or anyone looking to bump someone off...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7750000/7750010.stm
15. Georgethefirst - November 26, 2008 2:06 PM
This is cool, for anyone who wants to be a secret agent or work for the mafia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7750000/7750010.stm
16. Georgethefirst - November 26, 2008 2:08 PM
oops didnt know that one posted..
17. Thumperchica - November 26, 2008 2:19 PM
But do they sing
rubber Ducky, you're the one
for makin bathtime, lot's o fun
rubber ducky i'm certaintly fond of you
whoa bo whoa be whoa?
and what about, Darkwing duck? If there's trouble you call DW...
OMG, I'm a colossal dork.
@10 - stop that. you'll poke your eye out kid...
18. PLEEEZE! - November 26, 2008 2:26 PM
No control, bad experiment, waste of money, no cookie!
19. big brown - November 26, 2008 3:51 PM
i hope i find some of those duckies!
20. Blopit - November 26, 2008 4:31 PM
im going to find one of those duckies, buy 89 more and stuff them with the emailadress those $9000000 will be al mine!!!! I personnaly hope they do this, i still owe the mafia some money....ya they stoped accpting manure when they found out that I..............not the cows.
21. sbryce - November 26, 2008 5:11 PM
I wonder how many people will comment to correct his math...
22. firstgold - November 26, 2008 8:24 PM
Do you think he did the math wrong on purpose?
23. Anais - November 30, 2008 10:49 PM
Ha Ha the only duckie saving my life is this vibrator.
http://www.stockroom.com/search.aspx?ref=1923512
24. Anais - November 30, 2008 10:50 PM
Ha Ha the only duckie saving my life is this vibrator.
http://www.stockroom.com/Original-I-Rub-My-Duckie-Vibe-P268.aspx?ref=1923512
25. marrilliondillion - December 21, 2008 4:35 AM
aawww!! lickle rubber duckies, come out com out and play, lickle rubber duckies, here to save the day!
26. marrilliondillion - December 21, 2008 4:36 AM
I can`t believe I just said that.