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An iceberg the size of Los Angeles broke off Antarctica

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A gigantic iceberg has broken off from the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.
The iceberg, named D-28, is over 600 square miles in area, which is bigger than the city of Los Angeles. It's equal to about 27 Manhattan Islands.
The berg separated from the ice shelf last week, on Sept. 26, next to another wobbly chunk of ice called the “Loose Tooth," because it appeared to be precariously attached.
“We first noticed a rift at the front of the ice shelf in the early 2000s and predicted a large iceberg would break off between 2010-15,” said Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography professor Helen Amanda Fricker in a statement released by the Australian Arctic Division.

Antarctic iceberg breaks off: Huge D28 berg breaks off Amery Ice Shelf

Says this is normal and not related to climate change. I wonder how long it will take for it to melt away?
 
joko104 said:
A gigantic iceberg has broken off from the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.
The iceberg, named D-28, is over 600 square miles in area, which is bigger than the city of Los Angeles. It's equal to about 27 Manhattan Islands.
The berg separated from the ice shelf last week, on Sept. 26, next to another wobbly chunk of ice called the “Loose Tooth," because it appeared to be precariously attached.
“We first noticed a rift at the front of the ice shelf in the early 2000s and predicted a large iceberg would break off between 2010-15,” said Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography professor Helen Amanda Fricker in a statement released by the Australian Arctic Division.

Antarctic iceberg breaks off: Huge D28 berg breaks off Amery Ice Shelf

Says this is normal and not related to climate change. I wonder how long it will take for it to melt away?
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I wonder how they're going to keep it from floating out into the shipping lanes?
 
joko104 said:
A gigantic iceberg has broken off from the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.
The iceberg, named D-28, is over 600 square miles in area, which is bigger than the city of Los Angeles. It's equal to about 27 Manhattan Islands.
The berg separated from the ice shelf last week, on Sept. 26, next to another wobbly chunk of ice called the “Loose Tooth," because it appeared to be precariously attached.
“We first noticed a rift at the front of the ice shelf in the early 2000s and predicted a large iceberg would break off between 2010-15,” said Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography professor Helen Amanda Fricker in a statement released by the Australian Arctic Division.

Antarctic iceberg breaks off: Huge D28 berg breaks off Amery Ice Shelf

Says this is normal and not related to climate change. I wonder how long it will take for it to melt away?
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Aww ****. Ice Cube is coming to town!
 
joko104 said:
A gigantic iceberg has broken off from the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.
The iceberg, named D-28, is over 600 square miles in area, which is bigger than the city of Los Angeles. It's equal to about 27 Manhattan Islands.
The berg separated from the ice shelf last week, on Sept. 26, next to another wobbly chunk of ice called the “Loose Tooth," because it appeared to be precariously attached.
“We first noticed a rift at the front of the ice shelf in the early 2000s and predicted a large iceberg would break off between 2010-15,” said Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography professor Helen Amanda Fricker in a statement released by the Australian Arctic Division.

Antarctic iceberg breaks off: Huge D28 berg breaks off Amery Ice Shelf

Says this is normal and not related to climate change. I wonder how long it will take for it to melt away?
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In each of the years 2013, 2014, and 2015, Antarctica set records for the largest ice mass ever. The leftwing media never reported this pesky fact.
 
joko104 said:
A gigantic iceberg has broken off from the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.
The iceberg, named D-28, is over 600 square miles in area, which is bigger than the city of Los Angeles. It's equal to about 27 Manhattan Islands.
The berg separated from the ice shelf last week, on Sept. 26, next to another wobbly chunk of ice called the “Loose Tooth," because it appeared to be precariously attached.
“We first noticed a rift at the front of the ice shelf in the early 2000s and predicted a large iceberg would break off between 2010-15,” said Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography professor Helen Amanda Fricker in a statement released by the Australian Arctic Division.

Antarctic iceberg breaks off: Huge D28 berg breaks off Amery Ice Shelf

Says this is normal and not related to climate change. I wonder how long it will take for it to melt away?
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Who cares?

This is a regular occurrence.
 
Mashmont said:
In each of the years 2013, 2014, and 2015, Antarctica set records for the largest ice mass ever. The leftwing media never reported this pesky fact.
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Ice mass comes and goes in Antarctica. After 2015, Antarctica started losing a lot of ice mass. The biggest risk in the Antarctic is calving, as the OP's article discusses. There are some fissures in Antarctica that threaten to calve off ice masses the size of Texas, quite a bit larger that the area of LA. If this occurs, it could cause rapid sea-level rise. Actually, it's the Artic that is losing ice at a rapid rate. Looking at the global heating patterns, that's not surprising.

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Moot said:
I wonder how they're going to keep it from floating out into the shipping lanes?
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They aren't. They plan to monitor and track it for the few years it takes to melt. They will just issue navigational warnings until it is a non-issue.
 
Antarctica ice calving....

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Lord of Planar said:
Who cares?

This is a regular occurrence.
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It is a bit unusual in that this is the end of Winter in Antarctica. It is typically in the end of the Antarctic Summer (January/February) when the biggest ice breaks off.

That is when the leftist propagandists come out of the woodwork and act all surprised to find that snow and ice melts during the Summer. Who would have thought that was possible?!?!?!? Obviously only humanity is to blame. :lamo
 
Glitch said:
It is a bit unusual in that this is the end of Winter in Antarctica. It is typically in the end of the Antarctic Summer (January/February) when the biggest ice breaks off.

That is when the leftist propagandists come out of the woodwork and act all surprised to find that snow and ice melts during the Summer. Who would have thought that was possible?!?!?!? Obviously only humanity is to blame. :lamo
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Not really. The breakage of ice shelves doesn't occur any particular time of the year. As they grow out, they get more and more unstable, and tidal forcing increases the farther away from the polar centers.
 
If this one breaks off, it will be a game-changer ---> Larsen C Ice Shelf. The gap continues to widen.

LarsenCIceShelf.jpg
 
Screw the Antarctic, we can already traverse the southern hemisphere through the iceberg strewn Strait of Magellan. For 400 years next year we've been able to circumnavigate the planet via southern hemisphere. What we have been in need of is a reliable northwest passage that allows us to openly circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean all year. Shipping routes between Asia and Europe would be ~4,000 miles (~6,500 km) shorter.

The last time the Northwest Passage was assessed for economic viability was in 1976, when they used an ice-breaker to reach Prudhoe Bay. They determined that the Northwest Passage was not economically viable, which is why they began building an 850 mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the closest "warm-water" port in Valdez, Alaska.

Today we have a bunch of irrational eco-fanatics masquerading as "climatologists" making wild predictions, like: "Within a decade or two, climatologists predict, the route through the Arctic archipelago could be navigable year-round," states The Toronto Star, on April 5, 2004. Or in September 2002, the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) said in a fund-raising letter that the Arctic ice cap was "melting so quickly that within the next 15 years it's likely that the once impassable Northwest Passage will be open to shipping all year round."

When you only count the 120 days of Summer, June through September, then the Northwest Passage was relatively ice-free beginning in the Summer of 2007 and opened up on almost half the number of Summers since the century began, including this year in 2019. Unfortunately, Summers are not enough. We need a reliable passage between Asia and Europe that can be used all year round. It would appear that we are heading in that general direction - which is a good thing. However, it will still be at least another century before we get there, if even then.

This will become an even more important issue when Russia begins developing their massive oil fields in Siberia.
 
Media_Truth said:
Brilliant response :roll:
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It deserves no better. You guys are really in the Chicken Little camp.

Every few years, one of these huge shelves break off and you guys go into Chicken Little mode.

Have any of these past incidents cause problems, anywhere in the world?

Every time.... Alarm mode.

Every time... Nothing bad happens.

What do you have to say to that Media Propaganda?
 
Lord of Planar said:
It deserves no better. You guys are really in the Chicken Little camp.

Every few years, one of these huge shelves break off and you guys go into Chicken Little mode.

Have any of these past incidents cause problems, anywhere in the world?

Every time.... Alarm mode.

Every time... Nothing bad happens.

What do you have to say to that Media Propaganda?
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Not that size...
 
This piece of a broken ice shelf is only about 600 square miles. In 2017, the one that broke off was 2,240 square miles. What harm did it cause?

In March of 2000, iceberg B15 was over 4,000 square miles. Your activist buddies went crazy. No harm done.

You guys are such tools for the dogma.
 
From Iceberg Tracking Database

As of 12 July 2017, the top Antarctic icebergs of all time ranked by size are:
Iceberg Area (sq km)

B15
11000

A20
7284

A24
6863

C19
6368

A23
5883

A68
5800

B10
5689

A38
5603

A22
5212

B09
5096

I'm don't have the time to correct the formatting. Anyone with half a brain gets the idea.
 
LOL...

You warmers are so easily duped.

LOL...
 
Lord of Planar said:
From Iceberg Tracking Database

As of 12 July 2017, the top Antarctic icebergs of all time ranked by size are:
Iceberg Area (sq km)

B15
11000

A20
7284

A24
6863

C19
6368

A23
5883

A68
5800

B10
5689

A38
5603

A22
5212

B09
5096

I'm don't have the time to correct the formatting. Anyone with half a brain gets the idea.
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The Larsen C ice shelf is bigger than all of those. In addition, it is not only the size that matters, but the amount of ice above sea level.

Antarctica's Larsen C Iceberg Will Tower 600 Feet Over the Ocean | Live Science

Antarctica's Larsen C Iceberg Will Tower 600 Feet Over the Ocean
 
Media_Truth said:
The Larsen C ice shelf is bigger than all of those. In addition, it is not only the size that matters, but the amount of ice above sea level.

Antarctica's Larsen C Iceberg Will Tower 600 Feet Over the Ocean | Live Science

Antarctica's Larsen C Iceberg Will Tower 600 Feet Over the Ocean
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You know you are talking about two different events, your article was form 2017, bu the recent caving news is from the Amery ice shelf.
315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica - BBC News
it is large for that ice shelf, but not as large as others from Larsen.
 
The July 2107 Larsen C iceberg is no. A68 in the icebergs I listed. This new iceberg Chicken Little was squawking about is iceberg D28.
 
Media_Truth said:
The Larsen C ice shelf is bigger than all of those. In addition, it is not only the size that matters, but the amount of ice above sea level.

Antarctica's Larsen C Iceberg Will Tower 600 Feet Over the Ocean | Live Science

Antarctica's Larsen C Iceberg Will Tower 600 Feet Over the Ocean
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Do you like being the forum Jester?

The Larsen C iceberg is A68 on the list I gave, and you say its bigger than all of them...

You are such a joke, because you don't verify squat except with your confirmation bias. You read some article, and think you know more then those of us who actually verify facts.

Please tell me the Larsen C is not A68.
 
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