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Giant Ice Shelf Snaps

Posted by Zonk on from the as-long-as-the-movie-doesn't-feature-sandra-bullock dept.

Popo writes "Sattelite images have revealed that an ancient 66 square-kilometer ice shelf, the size of 11,000 football fields, has snapped off from an island in Canada's arctic. The Ayles Ice Shelf was one of 6 major shelves remaining in Canada's arctic and is estimated to be over 3000 years old. The collapse was so powerful that earthquake monitors 250 km away picked up tremors. Scientists say it is the largest event of its kind in 30 years and point their fingers at climate change as a major contributing factor."

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  1. Re:I can't wait..... by joebok · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah - and like the time when they invented the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq so they could save us all - at the expense of our personal liberties, of course.

    Oh wait - it wasn't the LEFT that did that, was it? It's the extremes that are the problems. True liberals and true conservatives both care deeply about personal liberty.

  2. Re:Well... by mgrassi99 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What struck me was that the article mentioned the ice formations being about 3000 years old. Leading me to believe that over 3000 years ago, it was warmer, and then it got colder. And now its getting warmer again. Sooooo....can we prove that it truly is global warming now, and not part of some other cyclical change?

  3. Its all about perspective by MerlynEmrys67 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Either 11,000 football fields
    Or 1/50th the size of Rhode Island

    Which one seems bigger to you?

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