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Ocean currents at 2mph vs wind at 200mph. It's the wind that drives these things.
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Delaware Size Chunk Finally Breaks off Larsen C
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Ocean currents at 2mph vs wind at 200mph. It's the wind that drives these things.
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Well, Antarctic Ice Extent reached an all time record in 2014.
We are probably seeing the sudden impact of more than a century of AGW.
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[h=2]There have been far bigger Antarctic icebergs than the latest A68 Larson C berg[/h]
CNN is “freaking out” about the latest large iceberg. But John Sutter doesn’t mention that there was an iceberg twice its size in the year 2000 which was 11,000km[SUP]2[/SUP], and that as long ago as 1967, two other icebergs of a similar size were recorded. Thanks to John McLean for the links. UPDATE: Tony Heller has found a newspaper story about an even bigger one from 1956. This monster iceberg was allegedly 334km x 96km or 32,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP]. (h.t John of Cloverdale).
When it comes to long term trends in iceberg sizes, the only scientific answer is “who knows”. Satellite records are so short, if a bigger iceberg broke off in say, 1811, how the heck would we find out? Not much is left of an iceberg 100 years later. What kind of proxy could show it ever existed — ancient stone carvings of satellite pics from ancient Greece?
The latest 2017 Larson C iceberg is 5,800 square kilometers and weighs a “trillion tons”. But back in 1967, two icebergs calved – one of 7,000km[SUP]2[/SUP] and one of about 5,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP]:
Swithinbank (1969), basing on analysis of the ESSA-3 satellite imageries, reports that in 1967—68 two giant icebergs were seen in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea, measuring 70 by 100 km, and 45 by 100 km respectively, with total area of about 11.000 km.
– Birkenmajer, 1980
Apparently the smaller of these two was called “Trolltunga” and floated around til 1978. (See the map far below). Sadly, the real Trolltunga was pre-youtube, no photos I can find, except of the region in question. . . . .
CNN is “freaking out” about the latest large iceberg. But John Sutter doesn’t mention that there was an iceberg twice its size in the year 2000 which was 11,000km[SUP]2[/SUP], and that as long ago as 1967, two other icebergs of a similar size were recorded. Thanks to John McLean for the links. UPDATE: Tony Heller has found a newspaper story about an even bigger one from 1956. This monster iceberg was allegedly 334km x 96km or 32,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP]. (h.t John of Cloverdale).
When it comes to long term trends in iceberg sizes, the only scientific answer is “who knows”. Satellite records are so short, if a bigger iceberg broke off in say, 1811, how the heck would we find out? Not much is left of an iceberg 100 years later. What kind of proxy could show it ever existed — ancient stone carvings of satellite pics from ancient Greece?
The latest 2017 Larson C iceberg is 5,800 square kilometers and weighs a “trillion tons”. But back in 1967, two icebergs calved – one of 7,000km[SUP]2[/SUP] and one of about 5,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP]:
Swithinbank (1969), basing on analysis of the ESSA-3 satellite imageries, reports that in 1967—68 two giant icebergs were seen in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea, measuring 70 by 100 km, and 45 by 100 km respectively, with total area of about 11.000 km.
– Birkenmajer, 1980
Apparently the smaller of these two was called “Trolltunga” and floated around til 1978. (See the map far below). Sadly, the real Trolltunga was pre-youtube, no photos I can find, except of the region in question. . . . .
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Like I said, it has happened before, and it will happen again.
Just a natural cyclical process.
Just a natural cyclical process.