Canadian Ice Shelves Halve In Six Years

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, 2011 @07:35AM from the not-cool dept.

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.'"

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Re:There were glaciers all over Montana by AngryDeuce · 2011-09-30 07:55 · Score: 1, Troll

Oh please, everyone know's climate change is a myth, it still gets cold in winter!
Re:"These observations should dispel..." by Synerg1y · 2011-09-30 08:22 · Score: 0, Troll

Agreed!
what kind of scientist uses their biast opinion instead of facts. F'in prove it's not natural, then open your mouth Mr. Steven, till then your just another wannabe Jesus.
I guess the problem is we're not really sure what's going on, but that still doesn't mean people should be shooting statements wherever they feel like it, then again we're talking about people here...