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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. But Slashdot told me it would all be melted by now by Kohath · · Score: 1, Troll

    In early June, Slashdot told me all the ice would be melted by now.

    There must still be ice up there. Is anyone getting tired of these stupid alarmist stories?

    Ice melts in the summer and freezes in the winter. Get over it.