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Larsen C Calves Trillion Ton Iceberg

posted by takyon on Wednesday July 12 2017, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the breaking-bad dept.

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A one trillion tonne iceberg – one of the biggest ever recorded - has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The calving occurred sometime between Monday 10th July and Wednesday 12th July 2017, when a 5,800 square km section of Larsen C finally broke away. The iceberg, which is likely to be named A68, weighs more than a trillion tonnes. Its volume is twice that of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes.

http://www.projectmidas.org/blog/calving/

Also at BBC, PBS, The Guardian, and The Verge.

Complete Calving Coverage:

Antarctic Larsen C Ice Shelf to Calve; Halley VI Research Station Plans Move
Antarctic Ice Rift Close to Calving, After Growing 17km in 6 Days
Delaware-Sized Iceberg Could Break Off of Antarctica at Any Moment
Larsen C Rift Branches as it Comes Within 5 km of Calving

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:16AM (2 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:16AM (#538495)

    I was president of our HOA some 25-30 years ago. They decided to add a sewage charge to our water bill. Within 5 years the sewage bill was equal to our water bill. Then they went all over the news media with "wahhhh! we haven't raised our rates in 5 years, we need moooore moneeeey!!!". Pointed out they had basically doubled their fees, the news media refused to report this. sad.

    What us San Diegan's pay for water, and what water costs the water folks, are completely unrelated. Sad thing is, when the water dept wants to raise our rates it only takes half of us to say "um, no, fuck off". But we can't seem to get 50% of ratepayers to vote, let alone vote "no".

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by mcgrew on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:00PM (1 child)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:00PM (#538813) Homepage Journal

    Bob's quick guide to the apostrophe, you idiots. But don't feel TOO dumb, I saw a grocer's apostrophe in an article in a large circulation newspaper just this morning. The guy who wrote the article is in the wrong line of work! [angryflower.com]

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:31AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:31AM (#539424)

      Dear McGrew: BtAF and his little foetus friend say they LOVE YOU! http://www.angryflower.com/lovspa.html [angryflower.com]

      Thank you for bringing a little anger into our lives.

      Or, if you'd rather BtAF leap out of the woodwork, into our lives'.