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Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off
knarfling writes "CNN is reporting that a chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic. Just last month 21 square miles of ice broke free from the Markham Ice Shelf. Scientists are saying that Ellesmere Island has now lost more than 10 times the ice that was predicted earlier this summer. How long before the fabled Northwest Passage is a reality?"
I hope it wasn't abstract artic, or else we're all doomed.
These icy, loveless relationships aren't meant to last. I'm glad that the arctic broke it off.
Ironically, the ice in question was also on the rocks.
Palm trees and 8
...we're looking at ecosystems on the verge of distinction.
I know almost nobody reads TFA, but apparently no one edits them, either.
Impetuous! Homeric!
Leave science to the scientists, and the conspiracy theories to the loon... oh I see... carry on.
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
"How long before the fabled Northwest Passage is a reality?"
And when can we start drilling for oil up there?
Ah yes, the Global Warming Industry - last year earning a billion trillion dollars by harvesting the energy from the frustration of having to separate the recyclables. Also it eats kittens.
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
It's a lack of people wearing full pirate regalia!