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Chain Reaction Shattered Antarctica's Larson B Ice Shelf

Posted by timothy on from the natural-phenomenon dept.

New submitter Jim McNicholas writes "At the end of the summer of 2002, all 3000 lakes on the Larsen B ice shelf drained away in the space of a week. And then the 2,700-square-kilometre ice shelf, which was some 220 metres thick and might have existed for some 12,000 years, rapidly disintegrated into small icebergs. The draining of one lake on an ice shelf changes the stress field in nearby areas, causing a fracture circle to form around the lake."

2 of 232 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Reporting on events in 2002? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, 11 is better than 10 ... because it's 11.

  2. Re:Global warming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree. Statistics are lies and science is the enemy.

    We need to fight this anti-capitalist socialist encroachment by eliminating all traces of science from our nation. We must ban science from the classroom from tomorrow. It's nothing less than child-abuse to expose innocent young minds to science. Next all military and other government funding of any projects in any way science related must be cut off immediately! Finally we should impose an additional tax burden on any company spending share-holders money on science related R&D. Make them see sense!

    Only in this way can we stop icebergs from melting and save the world from communism. Listen to common sense, you know it's RIGHT!