Cracks Signal Massive Iceberg Forming In Antarctica

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.

Comments

Re:Not a result of Global Warming.

[DamonHD]

It seems reasonable and responsible to avoid this being dragged into the AGW/CC debate one way or another if the scientists concerned are pretty sure that CC plays no significant part in this event, because lots of glacier/calving activity *has* been tied to CC, pro or anti.

So, it wouldn't be ignorance that would lead people to wonder. And thus forestalling inappropriate linkage is good.

Rgds

Damon

Re:Not a result of Global Warming.

[houghi]

I am amazed by the amazement of how ignorant people are about how ignorant other people are.

Actually not as much as you'd think

[NotSoHeavyD3]

On this image of antartic elevation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AntarcticBedrock.jpg you can see alot of what we think of the continent of Antartica would actually be open ocean if the ice wasn't there. (As it's below sea level.)