Canadian Ice Shelves Halve In Six Years

eldavojohn writes "The CBC reports on new research that shows thousand-year-old ice shelves (much different than sea ice) are breaking up and have been reduced by half in a region of Canada over the last six years. 'This summer alone saw the Serson ice shelf almost completely disappear and the Ward Hunt shelf split in half. The ice loss equals about three billion tonnes, or about 500 times the mass of the Great Pyramid of Giza.' More detailed pictures can be seen at The Conversation, with a quote from Professor Steven Sherwood, Co-Director of the University of NSW's Climate Change Research Centre: 'The real significance of this, in my view, is that this ice has reportedly been there for thousands of years. The same is true of glaciers that have recently disappeared in the Andes. These observations should dispel in one fell swoop any notion that recent global warming could be natural.'"

Comments

Re:There were glaciers all over Montana

[nitehawk214]

I blame the Tea Party.

Those didn't disappear in six years.

I hope the Tea Party disappears faster than six years.

Re:"These observations should dispel..."

[Synerg1y]

How is arguing with the article being a troll?

Shame it's a REQUIREMENT on slashdot to agree with OP, and not be able to spur discussions that bring all the nature freaks and haters out of the wood work. Either way, mod system needs to go to +3 users or something, too many troll mods, then again WORTH IT (see below :P).

I miss the old slashdot :)

Re:"These observations should dispel..."

[sycodon]

Actually, if they just eliminated the anonymous nature of moderation, they would be much more reasonable I bet.