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Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-warmer dept.

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?"

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  1. And The Award Goes To.... by DougF · · Score: 5, Funny
    From TFA:

    ...we're looking at ecosystems on the verge of distinction.

    I know almost nobody reads TFA, but apparently no one edits them, either.

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  2. Oil! by mosb1000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "How long before the fabled Northwest Passage is a reality?"

    And when can we start drilling for oil up there?

  3. Re:Artic! by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think so? Let's take a pole.

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