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(CNN)This week, a trillion-ton hunk of ice broke off Antarctica.
You probably know that. It was all over the Internet.
Among the details that have been repeated ad nauseam: The iceberg is nearly the size of Delaware, which prompted some fun musing on Twitter about where exactly Delaware is and how anyone is supposed to approximate the square footage of that US state. The ice, which has been named A68, represents more than 12% of the Larsen C ice shelf, a sliver on the Antarctic Peninsula. And most important: None of this has anything to do with man-made climate change.
The problem: That last detail -- the climate one -- is misleading at best.
At worst, it's wrong.
Some scientists think this has a lot to do with global warming.
I spent most of Thursday on the phone with scientists, talking to them about the huge iceberg off Antarctica and what it means. Here are my five takeaways.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/world/sutter-iceberg-antarctica-climate-change/index.html
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @09:04AM
Another issue is that human contribution is accelerating and magnifying the effect of global warming. Global warming itself is not unexpected and is part of a regular equilibrium our planet had fallen into the past ~million or so years. Granted, we should have long since (in terms of temperature/CO2, not necessarily time) begun to stabilize and enter into the next ice age, but the degree, length, and scale of warming are all very relevant here. Ultimately this just looks like more Clickbait News Network.