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- ukit
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/ne…
An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken off the Wilkins Ice Sheet in Antarctica, stunning and alarming scientists. The shelf itself, larger than Connecticut, is now on the verge of collapse.
A vast ice shelf hanging on by a thin strip looks to be the next chunk to break off from the Antarctic Peninsula, the latest sign of global warming's impact on Earth's southernmost continent.
Scientists are shocked by the rapid change of events.
Glaciologist Ted Scambos of the University of Colorado was monitoring satellite images of the Wilkins Ice Shelf and spotted a huge iceberg measuring 25 miles by 1.5 miles that appeared to have broken away from the shelf.
"Wilkins is the largest ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula yet to be threatened," he said. "I didn't expect to see things happen this quickly. The ice shelf is hanging by a thread - we'll know in the next few days and weeks what its fate will be."
- Antonelli0
Pics or it didn't happen.
- akrokdesign0
thats one big chunk of ice
- ETM0
When that much fresh water mixes with salt, the different densities can affect ocean currents. If chunks like that keep breaking off, some major weather/climate changes could be coming...
- October0
can it be the day after tomorrow now?
- utopian0
mankind deserves to die!
- Give it timePeter
- Interesting name/comment juxtaposition there ...TheBlueOne
- fuck, i won't get to see the moonDrno
- colin_s0
* environmentalist hi pitched vocal response! *
* conservative varying degrees of statistics response *
and thus continues another thread on the internet.
really, personally i think global warming is a problem but, i mean, just do your fucking part. recycle, don't waste water or energy, utilize public transport or those amazing things called legs.
somehow the media has been able to politicize common sense in order to sell ad space on the 24/7 'news' networks and it's goddamn amazing what it does to america. i wonder what would happen if wolf blitzer would say "the terrorists have written gullible on your ceiling."
- +1utopian
- high pitched responses won't do shit, but neither will just recycling and walking either you knowTheBlueOne
- don't recycle. reusewordssssss
- nadnerb0
Nobody really knows anything. We just try to guess well.
- moth0
Personally, I really do believe that a chunk of ice this size, no matter how impressive to you and me, is going to do fuck-all to the world you live in.
It's tiny in comparison to the volume of the ocean. Microscopic even.
- Oceans are interconnected micro-environments. You can't assume it's just a giant body of water.ETM
- Problem is, this is just the beginning. The entire North Pole could be gone within our lifetime.ukit
- and Greenland is already on it's way. Melting like crazy.ETM
- Thus becoming, finally, truly, green. How odd.TheBlueOne
- utopian0
If enough ice collaspe from the Antarctica and Arctic Ice shelf there will massive flooding on all coast world-wide. Considering that 2/3 of the population of the world is situated with 50 miles of coast lines, this would be a catastrophy. Boston, NYC, Washington, London, etc... Gone!
- No there wont.
The levels are still tiny.moth - Will Cali be gone? Cause i'm chillin in Vegas and I'd love to be 10min from the beach!!!Mellimelvin
- No there wont.
- univers0
Don't worry Utopian, the United States Military will launch rockets at it if it comes near the borders.. Thus breaking up the chunks and minimizing the damage to almost nothing. The only thing that you will notice is that your private parts might tighten up in the water and thus leaving you incredibly embarrassed.
- Always looking out for your brother, u all-ight...utopian
- cosmoo0
HUCKABEE!!!
- univers0
Just out of curiosity, do they make waterproof pantone swatches?
- See! There's a man who's thinking!TheBlueOne
- i hope so. otherwise our underwater civilation will have some serious colour matching issues.ross
- HAHAgramme
- AndyRoss0
Maybe the big chunk of ice will hit George Bush?
- johnnnnyh0
It's pretty cold in the studio, here. Could do with a bit of warming up.
- Corvo0
Original press release and video here:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/pres…
- Corvo0
^ "The Wilkins breakout won't have any effect on sea-level because it is floating already, ..."
- rafalski0
Whether or not human-induced CO2 has any impact, these are all natural cycles, nothing I would worry about. Greenland used to have palm trees. A couple of hundred years ago bars used to be set up for the winter in the middle of the frozen Baltic Sea, on the way from Sweden to Poland.
Melting of the icebergs will not rise sea level, that's basic physics (melting ice residing on land would though). Global temperature rised 0,7˚C in 33 years, but sea levels haven't changed. It is worth noting, the warming is observed on other Solar System planets, which links the warming to solar activity.What I am sure about, there are billions to be made selling actually nothing: CO2 quotas. That is a huge thing in the EU, there are companies whose only asset, worth millions is the quota and there are enormous pentalies for exceeding these. That's a large scam. Gordon Brown imposed a CO2 tax on every flight out of the UK. This is a real problem, this is how the CO2 affects me and my wallet.
- +1moth
- RAFALSKI... you just reached 'hero' status w/me today. :)
Well.. well put. Thank God for some honesty. :)PonyBoy - Rafalski, do you teach physics at Eldorado High School in Vegas? Cause that dude there use to say all kind of cool shit like this!Mellimelvin
- digdre0
global warming
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