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[...] A massive iceberg roughly 225 square miles in size--or in more familiar terms, 10 times the size of Manhattan--broke off [from the Pine Island Glacier] in July 2015. Scientists subsequently spotted cracks in the glacier on a November 2016 flyover. And in January, another iceberg cleaved off the glacier.
Satellite imagery captured the most recent calving event, which Ohio State glaciologist Ian Howat said " is the equivalent of an 'aftershock'" following the July 2015 event. The iceberg was roughly "only" the size of Manhattan, underscoring just how dramatic the other breakups have been.
[...] The ocean under Pine Island Glacier's ice shelf has warmed about 1°F since the 1990s. That's causing the ice shelf to melt and pushing the grounding line--the point where the ice begins to float--back toward land, creating further instability.
[...] The glaciers [such as the Pine Island Glacier] and ice shelves [such as the Larsen C ice shelf, which is on a death watch] help hold back a massive ice sheet on land. Their failure would send that ice to the ocean, pushing sea levels up to 13 feet higher than they are today.
[...] Cutting carbon pollution presents the only path forward to stave off the worst impacts of a melting Antarctic.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 19 2017, @10:19PM
Those among us who are hundreds of feet up [google.com] on a chunk of rock might easily poo-poo what may or may not happen.
For some of our neighbors living in a sandy coastal area, [google.com] however, this could be life-altering stuff.
the Biblical flood of Noah's time
Clearly not a global event.
The record doesn't support a massive die-off of plants as would happen as the event was described.
N.B. Bill Cosby's 1960s retelling of the story is priceless. [youtube.com]
(Just image how much poop 2 elephants would generate in 40-plus days--not to mention trying to keep the rabbit population at just 2.)
I have a helluva hard time accounting for the sudden appearance of so much water
The devastation of the Minoan civilization on Crete is a better model for what was obviously a local event.
Assuming that it even happened with the big boat and one clan surviving, a much better explanation than 40 days of rain is a seismically-generated wall of water from a supervolcano. [google.com]
increasing CO2 levels
There needs to be a much greater focus in the schools on the runaway greenhouse effect on Venus.
If everybody knew that the surface temperature of that place is enough to melt lead, attitudes would be different.
pressure in the gut, sending contents out with considerable vigor
Frijoles (Pinto paste) has gotten me there. Hydrogen sulfide and methane instead of CO2.
Peruanos are even less gassy. Milder taste too. Typically priced a bit higher, however.
Smaller portions consumed at shorter intervals keeps me regular without the drama.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday February 20 2017, @06:16AM
Thanks... I learned yet more today on this thanks to you guys.
Sure helps me out when I invariably enter into theological arguments.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]