Cracks Signal Massive Iceberg Forming In Antarctica

Posted by timothy on Saturday November 5, 2011 @11:20PM from the taking-on-the-rocks-too-far dept.

Several readers have submitted news (as covered by an AFP article carried by the Sydney Morning Herald) that a massive iceberg is forming in the Antarctic. The rift in the PIne Island Glacier "is widening at a rate of two metres a day, said NASA project scientist Michael Studinger. When the ice breaks apart, it will produce an iceberg more than 880 square kilometres, said Mr Studinger, who is part of the US space agency's IceBridge project. But the process is not a result of global warming, he said." Also at the BBC.

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See? by mustPushCart · 2011-11-05 23:23 · Score: 3, Funny

Global warming isn't shrinking the icebergs, its creating new ones!
it's the polar bears! by lkcl · 2011-11-06 00:58 · Score: 2, Funny

yeah, it's the penguins and the polar bears, they've been lighting fires.
Re:Where will it go? by Canazza · 2011-11-06 01:57 · Score: 3, Funny

you'll also end up with a warm Gin and Tonic, but who said you didn't have to suffer for science?

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