Larsen Ice Shelf Collapses

Cally writes in: "The BBC reports that the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica, a 200m thick ice floe covering 3,250 sq km, has disintegrated. This is terrible news. The widely respected British Antarctic Survey are quoted as saying "We knew what was left would collapse eventually, but the speed of it is staggering[...] [It is hard] to believe that 500 billion tonnes of ice sheet has disintegrated in less than a month." As a Greenpeace member who's been following the debate for over a decade, it's hard not to feel aggrieved at those with their own agenda who have pushed the theory that global climate change isn't happening. Risk = probability x consequence..." The big iceberg is a separate event.

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Re:Oh my goodness no!

[rosewood]

Im leaving that to you guys. I wanted to make sure that this point was brought up (Im 99% sure but I didnt wanna chance it) so I wanted to start the thread.

Yes, Im a thread starter, a dirty dirty thread starter

The Greepeace Comments

[ajmarks]

As a Greenpeace member who's been following the debate for over a decade, it's hard not to feel aggrieved at those with their own agenda who have pushed the theory that global climate change isn't happening.

I would greatly prefer if the content posters and the slashdot editors would have the journalistic integrity to not insert their own views into newsposts. I visit slashdot to stay current on interesting bits of news, not to read poster X bash corporations and pass it off as news. Were a reported for any semi-respectable newspaper to write something like that, he would most certainly be repremeanded, if not fired.

I think I speak for a large number of readers when I say that until I start see signs of good journalism developing here, I will not even consider paying real cash money for a subscription.