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Posted By engineer 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & TechnologyAntarctic ice chunk nine times the size of Manhattan collapses Rest of ice shelf is hanging by a narrow beam of thin ice Larger, more dramatic ice collapses occurred in 2002 and 1995
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engineer1 year, 7 months ago
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A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday.
Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 160-square-mile chunk in western Antarctica, which started Feb. 28. It was the edge of the Wilkins ice shelf and has been there for hundreds, maybe 1,500 years.
This is the result of global warming, said British Antarctic Survey scientist David Vaughan.
Because scientists noticed satellite images within hours, they diverted satellite cameras and even flew an airplane over the ongoing collapse for rare pictures and video.
"It's an event we don't get to see very often," said Ted Scambos, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. "The cracks fill with water and slice off and topple... That gets to be a runaway situation."
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Klarissa1 year, 7 months ago
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Several ice shelves -- Prince Gustav Channel, Larsen Inlet, Larsen A, Larsen B, Wordie, Muller and Jones -- have collapsed in the past three decades, the British Antarctic Survey said.
Larsen B, a 1,254-square-mile ice shelf, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Rhode Island, collapsed in 2002, the group said.
Climate in Antarctica is complicated and more isolated from the rest of the world.
Much of the continent is not warming and some parts are even cooling, Vaughan said.
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jovial1 year, 7 months ago
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r_k2Vbhza9o
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bluenote15221 year, 7 months ago
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Definition of neocon for those that use the term constantly:
Rich Lowry: Historically, 30 years ago it meant a former liberal who became a conservative. The cliche was because "they were mugged by reality," but it was because they saw the empirical failures of liberal welfare, state and foreign policies, and they were therefore less ideological than other conservatives and brought much more of a social science background to their argumentation.
Wikipedia definition:
The term 'Neoconservative' was originally used as a criticism against liberals that had politically 'moved to the right'.
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bluenote15221 year, 7 months ago
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Where is the photo of the polar bear stranded on the ice flow that they always use to illustrate global warming. They never mention that he was resting after eating a seal and that polar bears can swim 60-100 miles.
Global Warming is the distraction that a magician uses. While he waves his left hand he removes your wristwatch with his right.
Go back to the mid seventies when Time magazine had many many covers on global cooling. The climate is always warming or cooling. That is called a cycle. A segment of that cycle is being defined as a trend. It is morning and the sun is rising does not mean it will continue to rise. A rooster get's conditioned to think that it creates the sunrise by it's call in the morning. He has no more affect on the sunrise than we have on global warming. Stop paying scientist to give you the results you want and they will become objective. If their next paycheck depends on there being a man made problem that is the conclusion they will try to make.
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Bacalao1 year, 7 months ago
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I agree the weather goes through natural cycles all the time. If we happen to accentuate these trends so what. its not like we will ever have a year without a winter. Hey I liked all the warm weather here in Western Arkansas this past winter. It almost reminded me if the winters we had growing up (in Miami, Fla.). Heck, summer all year could be fun. I wouldn't have to breakdown and set up my pool every year, I could leave it up all year. and just think hopefully in a few years I won't have to drive as far to go to the beach.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 7 months ago
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If the conclusions of scientists were based on lobby money, wouldn't most be saying there is no global warming?
Unless you think the tree-huggers have more cash and paychecks to hand out than the oil/auto/plastics industry?
But the field isn't even split. The significant majority of climate scientists say we have man-made global warming; and they can clearly state why they conclude this.
It is the deniers who flail away with distraction. Do not distract us with what someone said in the 70's. Not relevant. We already knew the earth has seen cooling and warming before; because the scientists who are warning us now, told us; and said that man-made global warming was diferent.
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vor1 year, 7 months ago
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The words Global Warming should be stricken from the language. They are too often misinterpreted. The correct term is Global Climate Change. There are likely historical markers that could foresee what may happen over the next 100 years unfortunately we have no accurate records dating anywhere far enough back to accurately forecast potential change. Perhaps the humans currently occupying this planet have been spared the true extremes. I am definitely not sure I would want to be here in another hundred years. If man doesn't destroy himself by then the climate may do the job for him. It want have anything to do with Revelation either. Just nature closing up shop on mankind. Then there will be no one to ruminate about how superior human beings are to their surroundings. We know the mighty cockroach will survive. As for Man, don't bet on it.
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quackpot1 year, 7 months ago
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It is rather naive to think that there is only one "cause" that affects the earth's weather. The influence of solar activity on the flux of particles from deep space is certainly one factor, but don't think for an instant that it is the only factor.
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djn3nunez31 year, 7 months ago
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"Can we say solar activity causes global warming?"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09...
Sunspots alter the amount of energy Earth gets from the sun, but not enough to impact global climate change, a new study suggests.
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Thrasherguy051 year, 7 months ago
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this isnt even an interesting topic yet i find myself and all these people commenting about it. The polar ice caps are going to melt, get the hell over it. nothing we can do to stop it. even if there wasnt global warming those things would still be melting.
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