A gigantic iceberg has just broken off the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica and will begin floating north in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s as large as one of America’s smaller states (try to guess which one).
Some believe it is the third largest iceberg to break off the continent since satellite measurements became possible. But at this point, scientists are unable to pinpoint the exact path it might take.
The phenomenon of an iceberg forming off an ice shelf is known as “calving,” and the rift in the Larsen shelf that led to the latest iceberg began in 2010. Then, in 2016, it began growing rapidly.
No doubt hysterical climate change advocates will find a way to fit this normal event into their hyperventilated rhetoric. Scientists have tracked Antarctic icebergs since 1978 and have a continuous database that has tracked all the ones since 1999.
From June 1999 through April 2016 the track of each iceberg is available to analyze in order to determine a likely path for new icebergs.
Find out just how big the new iceberg is, where scientists think it could float and the possible impact the iceberg might have on ocean levels as it melts in warmer ocean currents. Details are on the next page.
It don’t!
Tell it to someone else. The sheet got so huge the weight made it snap off. There was nothing supporting it in the ocean.
They got it right at first. This is the third time this size berg has broken off that we know of. Because it is floating in the sea it will not impact ocean levels in any way.
So this is just a normal event and has nothing to do with climate change.
Is it because it is warmer and the ice weakened or the ice is so tick and heavy it just broke.
I see the tinfoil hat wearing, head in the sand people are out in force on this thread!
NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, SO WHAT?
B******t doesn’t look like it broke off of nothing just a crack which will refreeze come night time. Climate change and global warming is a hoax perpetuated by the Democratic Congress and for governments who are broke to squeeze more money from America. America will not stand for this for we are a sovereign nation who owes nobody ate explanation for nothing if it wasn’t for the United States this World would be in chaos years ago. That is where Obama and his administration with Hillary wanted complete chaos in the world. For God and country, God bless America and God bless President Trump.
Oh my, the Liberals will now say it’s Trumps fault
of course the climate is changing, it’s been changing for billions of years. In fact, the fact that our planet is constantly changing is one of the reasons our planet has complex intelligent life according to scientists. Plate techtoniques and the procession of our planets tilt. Just two examples of our planets natural changes that contribute to our very existence according to scientists. So why have some scientist come out that this particular change is bad? For money of course. People are making millions off selling climate change to the masses.
Its because cow farts…hahahahaha.. carbon tax my septic… O wait. They will..