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== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [[The Onion]] has an article on the melting ice exposing [http://www.theonion.com/content/news/melting_ice_caps_expose_hundreds secret arctic villain lairs].
* [[The Onion]] has an article on the melting ice exposing [https://web.archive.org/web/20100314214920/http://www.theonion.com/content/news/melting_ice_caps_expose_hundreds secret arctic villain lairs].
** To some extent, [http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/mysterious-ice-buried-cold-war-military-base-may-be-unearthed-climate-change this may actually happen in real life], in the neighborhood of 150-200 years from now. Various Western militaries did build outposts in the ice of Greenland during the [[Cold War]], and they will be exposed when the ice above them melts.
** To some extent, [http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/mysterious-ice-buried-cold-war-military-base-may-be-unearthed-climate-change this may actually happen in real life], in the neighborhood of 150-200 years from now. Various Western militaries did build outposts in the ice of Greenland during the [[Cold War]], and they will be exposed when the ice above them melts.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' has run a couple articles listing possible ways that global warming could end the world fairly shortly: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18387_5-ways-world-could-end-youd-never-see-coming.html 5 Ways The World Could End (You'd Never See Coming)] and [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-ways-global-warming-creating-worldwide-horror-movie/ 4 Ways Global Warming Is Creating a Worldwide Horror Movie]. [[Truth in Television]], [[Rule of Funny]], or nonprofessional research tactics? Only the writers know.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' has run a couple articles listing possible ways that global warming could end the world fairly shortly: [http://www.cracked.com/article_18387_5-ways-world-could-end-youd-never-see-coming.html 5 Ways The World Could End (You'd Never See Coming)] and [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-ways-global-warming-creating-worldwide-horror-movie/ 4 Ways Global Warming Is Creating a Worldwide Horror Movie]. [[Truth in Television]], [[Rule of Funny]], or nonprofessional research tactics? Only the writers know.
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* ''[[Freefall]]'', planet Jean, 2001: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00526.htm mentions] it in relation to Helix's [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00523.htm Vampire Florence theory].
* ''[[Freefall]]'', planet Jean, 2001: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00526.htm mentions] it in relation to Helix's [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00523.htm Vampire Florence theory].
* ''[[Chainsawsuit]]'', 13 Feb 2009: [http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/02/13/strip-161/ tries to] ''[[Up to Eleven|outdo]]'' this.
* ''[[Chainsawsuit]]'', 13 Feb 2009: [http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/02/13/strip-161/ tries to] ''[[Up to Eleven|outdo]]'' this.
* ''Calamities of Nature'', 11 Jan 2010: [http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=322 discussing] the ways of thinking about this.
* ''Calamities of Nature'', 11 Jan 2010: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804021611/http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=322 discussing] the ways of thinking about this.
* ''Luke Surl'', 24 Mar 2010: comics add <s>Heat</s> Fund Raising [http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1275 Thermometer].
* ''Luke Surl'', 24 Mar 2010: comics add <s>Heat</s> Fund Raising [http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1275 Thermometer].
* A ''[[The Whiteboard]]'' filler has Doc start to launch into a rant about GW, only to be interrupted by a mallet to the head, in [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1153.html this strip].
* A ''[[The Whiteboard]]'' filler has Doc start to launch into a rant about GW, only to be interrupted by a mallet to the head, in [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1153.html this strip].