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Huge Iceberg Nine Times As Large As Singapore

Posted by timothy on from the lemon-flavored-would-be-better dept.

DeadBugs writes: "From CNN and the actual National Ice Center press release, a huge iceberg 2130 square miles in size has broke off of Antartica. Satellite pictures are included at each site. This iceberg is larger than the state of Rhode Island and about the same size as Delaware."

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  1. Tiddler! by Account+10 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's only half the size of this one

  2. Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by BRO_HAM · · Score: 2, Funny


    Go george dubya, go!!!

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    1. Re:Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by pjl5602 · · Score: 2, Informative

      According to the BBC news article mentioned in another post:

      <snip>
      British researchers say the process is entirely natural and is not due to global warming.
      <snip>

    2. Re:Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by AnalogBoy · · Score: 2

      ten bucks says he threatens to nuke it :)

    3. Re:Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by dead_penguin · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Dude, it's springtime! This happens every year, remember?

      Err... It broke of of Antarctica. Southern Hemisphere. Seasons reversed.

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    4. Re:Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by danielrose · · Score: 2

      Where I'm from we get people saying the same shit year after year..
      "It's so hot! Why is it so hot! It wasn't this hot last year! We'll all die soon!" etc etc..
      Yet, year after year, there is a week or so of hot hot weather (around 40-45C). The only thing that changes is when the week occurs (it randomly chooses a time in summer, or so it appears..)
      If you ask me people overreact to this all the time

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    5. Re:Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by President+Chimp+Toe · · Score: 3, Funny

      More from indymedia:

      A renegade iceberg - nine times the size of singapore - has defected from the antarctic republic. The iceberg, believed to hold communist sympathies, is heading directly for washington D.C at a speed of 0.1 knots. Although the motives of the iceberg are not clear, it may be seeking retaliation for President GW Bush's dismissal of the Kyoto agreement. Other sources believe the Iceberg may have recieved funding from Iraq and may be in association with Al Queida. Reports that Ossama bin Laden - having escaped Afghanistan - is Captaining the Iceberg have proved unfounded.
      Although no public statement has been offered by the Whitehouse, inside sources believe that Bush is preparing a full readying of America's nuclear resources in preparation for the incident.

      ALthought the consequences of the Iceberg reaching Washington are difficult to predict, it is thought that it could lead to a major destabalisation of the global Ice Cream market, eventually resulting in huge economic turmoil for Ben & jerry's ice cream.

    6. Re:Huh? Global Warming.... pfffft! by rtaylor · · Score: 2

      ALthought the consequences of the Iceberg reaching Washington are difficult to predict, it is thought that it could lead to a major destabalisation of the global Ice Cream market, eventually resulting in huge economic turmoil for Ben & jerry's ice cream.

      I bet there isn't alot of cookie dough in the iceberg though.

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  3. Nice units by global_diffusion · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's nice that the media releases news stories with units that real, everyday people can refer to, like the size of Singapore.

    1. Re:Nice units by bscott · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah, just my thought when I saw this on CNN - if it's "about the size of Delaware", WHY does American media use "9 times the size of Singapore" as a comparison?

      That's akin to saying a meter is "roughly the size of two Australian pizzas". Thanks, Media. I feel informed now.

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    2. Re:Nice units by dimator · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm amazed they didn't use the most standard unit of long measurment in America: the length of a football field.

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  4. Deleware by Veramocor · · Score: 3, Funny

    "......the same size as Delaware."

    But does it have more interesting attractions than delaware?

    Lisa gushes, "I want to see Wilmington." Bart adds, "I want to visit a screen door factory." Marge replies, "Yup, Delaware has got it all."

    Veramocor

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  5. iceberg FAQ by LordSah · · Score: 4, Informative

    Curious to learn more about icebergs, I found this nifty FAQ. Figured I'd share.

    1. Re:iceberg FAQ by LordSah · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The Coast Guard has done some experiments on breaking ice bergs up, and apparently [quote]:

      a 1,000 lb charge of TNT would be needed to break up approximately 70,000 cubic ft of ice (1,960 tons) and a hundred such charges would be needed for the destruction of an average berg. Furthermore, to melt a medium size berg of 100,000 tons would require the complete theoretical heat of combustion of 2.4 million gallons of gasoline. Such methods are, of course, economically, as well as practically unsound.

  6. Haul that baby over here... by gnovos · · Score: 2

    ...I wanna make sno-cones. Forever.

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  7. This stuff is ohso cyclical.. by pedro · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Lessee..
    We have a POLAR CONTINENT...
    With huge thermal differentials across its' surface due to it being on a spherical planet and.. stuff.
    Why is this surprising? It's a natural outward flow of material from the Pole (where it accretes) to the edge (where all that H2O gets recycled).
    Sometimes bergs are big. Sometimes small.
    Always constant, though.
    Sheesh!
    Stuff happens!

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  8. In Other News... by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny
    The proposed average 36 MPG rating for cars was soundly defeated, 62-38, in the Senate

    Expect W. to announce a carefully thoughtout plan, endorsed by nameless private industry advisors to VP Cheney, to offset this environmental calamity by drilling for more oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, "We've got to offset the threat to penguins with an equal threat to artic wildlife." While dismissing accusations the company pressured Dell not to offer Linux on systems, Microsoft will underscore why penguins are a threat and this is a good thing.

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  9. Re:Run!!! by CAIMLAS · · Score: 2

    or shall we say, Ice Age?

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  10. As its a bigger target by maroberts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe the Titanic can hit this one head on instead of just grazing it like last time

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  11. Promotional Stunt by alex.shultz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't help thinking that this is some kind of promotional thing for Fox's _Ice Age_. It happened about the same time as the movie was released, right? Has anybody gotten a good close look at the satellite photo? I'm pretty sure I can see "ICE AGE - COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU" carved in to the ice.

    I think the facts are overwhelming here. I'd better go put on my tinfoil hat or they'll start stealing thoughts from my brain again.

    It would almost make those high movie ticket prices worthwhile if the studios would do cool stuff like this. Plus it would provide for scienterifically interesting things to study.

  12. Re:You morons by 8string · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Come to LA and breathe the brown air. Go to the beach on a windy day and see either what clean air _doesn't_ look like, or what dirty air does. Then tell me that humans aren't having an impact on the environment.

  13. Redundancy by andy@petdance.com · · Score: 3, Funny
    This iceberg is larger than the state of Rhode Island and about the same size as Delaware.

    Or, since we all know that Delaware is bigger than Rhode Island, you could just have said it's about the size of Delaware.

    That is, unless you wanted to start a list of things that it's bigger than.

    • Rhode Island
    • Albany, NY
    • The park down the street from my house
    • A bread box