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Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Breaks In Two

Posted by timothy on from the crackly-ice-cubes dept.

heidi writes "CNN has this story on the breakup of the largest ice cap. A permanent feature for the previous 3,000 years, it has broken into two pieces. "The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island in Canada's Nunavut territory, broke into two main parts, themselves cut through with fissures. A freshwater lake drained into the sea, the researchers reported.""

4 of 785 comments (clear)

  1. huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    so why should we believe that this ice shelf actually broke, or even existed to begin with? because some environmentalists say so? call me a skeptic but i'll believe this when i hear it in church

  2. Shit happens. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyway, oil will run out. Then you'll WISH we had global warming.

  3. Re:[Correction] Largest *ARTIC* ice shelf by ChozCunningham · · Score: 5, Funny

    The poster obviously missed a significant point, that this was the largest arctic ice shelf.

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    Looks good for your age..
  4. Re:So sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    So global warming is still a myth ? Let's try to keep it that way.

    Global Warming is more than a myth, it is a European plot to undermine the US economy! They're all out to get us, because they're jealous of our way of living. That's why they've been drilling holes in the ice shelf for the last decade!

    So hop into your SUV, drive home, turn up all your air conditioners (my hasn't it been hot lately), and relax! Overconsumption is your patriotic duty. Any more of this talk about anthropogenic climate change, and we'll send you to Camp X-ray, where you belong you terrorist!