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Antarctic 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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engineer
March 25, 2008, 3:27 p.m.
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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jovial
March 25, 2008, 5:45 p.m.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r_k2Vbhza9o
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BronxBomber
March 25, 2008, 8:38 p.m.
So we can expect some intense flooding and other natural disasters in the not too distant future. Don't like the looks of this at all...
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bluenote1522
March 26, 2008, 8:19 a.m.
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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bluenote1522
March 26, 2008, 8:41 a.m.
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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bluenote1522
March 26, 2008, 8:41 a.m.
Can we say solar activity causes global warming? No because that won't allow the politicians to fleece us as the bad guys.
Temperature on Mars surface is rising. Man made no doubt!
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quackpot
March 26, 2008, 11:39 a.m.
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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Cityslicker
March 26, 2008, 10:41 a.m.
Ah crap , more cold weather coming , I am tired of this colder weather .
Gullible Warning causes Global Cooling .
Keep your stick on the ice !
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HannibalBarca
March 26, 2008, 10:42 a.m.
Has this article got anything to do with ice fishing?
Is this where they make ice cubes....inquiring minds want to know
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bluenote1522
March 26, 2008, 11:02 a.m.
Engineer, Please substitute penguin for polar bear. Penguins just love it at the San Diego Zoo.
But you get my point , right?
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walden3
March 26, 2008, 11:51 a.m.
Why not do everything we can to slow man-made impact?
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fotoman1133406
March 26, 2008, 2:14 p.m.
Guys,
Just two(2) words... GLOBAL WARMING!!!
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bluenote1522
March 26, 2008, 7:05 p.m.
Hold on guys, gotta go upstairs and grab a sweater.
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bluenote1522
March 26, 2008, 7:11 p.m.
Google Global Warning Hoax. Then look at all the magazines from the mid-seventies on global cooling.
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me
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Thrasherguy05
March 28, 2008, 3 p.m.
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.