Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf *stuns scientists*

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/260810_collapse_of_ancient_ellesmere_ice_shelf_stuns_scientists ^ | August 26th, 2010

[TaraP]

[HiTech RedNeck]

Why won’t whatever the departing ice leaves behind be equally “majestic”?

[Yo-Yo]

At this stage Wohlleben says it doesn’t look as if this will break the record ice retreat seen in 2007.

“But it will be close,” she said. No, it won't break 2997.

Meanwhile, in the Antarctic...

[ha maker]

“We can’t just sweep it under the carpet and say ‘It’s one of nature’s cycles’,” he said of the disintegration that shows little sign of letting up.

Not one of natures cycles?
Of course it is.
Let’s talk about the centuries of cold they say it took to make it.

[Kimmers]

I am not an enviromental engineer nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn last night but it has been my experience that ice tends to melt.......

[jospehm20]

“There are still several weeks to go before the Arctic ice pack reaches its minimum for this year. At this stage Wohlleben says it doesn’t look as if this will break the record ice retreat seen in 2007. “

That means it is getting better, doesn’t it?

[Screaming_Gerbil]

http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/app/WsvPageDsp.cfm?id=11835&Lang=en

[TaraP]

Great Photos!

Does not look that big!

[The Comedian]

Frozen-beeber ping.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Bermuda is “huge”?

Are they series?

[BunnySlippers]

I am not an enviromental engineer nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn last night but it has been my experience that ice tends to melt.....

... and the earth has been in a state of flux forever. Do they really think the earth will not change? Forests not die, oceans dry up, stars sputter out?

[thulldud]

Are we avoiding something here? I was “expecting” to see the word “unexpected”!

[Nailbiter]

has been my experience that ice tends to melt.....

Especially when being used for intended purpose of cooling adult beverage

[Vigilanteman]

Amazing charts. It looks like Arctic Sea ice consistently increases from November until April and consistently decreases from May until September whereas Antarctic Sea ice does exactly the opposite.

Do you suppose this could be caused by something really weird like the earth tilting toward or away from the sun as the seasons change?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Damned glad that they found an iceberg the size of Bermuda. Was beginning to worry about environmental surveillance.

“What, Mr. Ambassador? You’ve lost another submarine?”

[EternalVigilance]

This year, the ice seems to be fracturing all over the Arctic

Obama's fault.

[RingerSIX]

“We can’t just sweep it under the carpet and say ‘It’s one of nature’s cycles’”

This doofai need to be beaten over the head with their own words again and again until they recognized them as the words of ignorance that they are.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Repeat after me. "The earth's climate never changes. We've never lost so much ice before."

[jacquej]

You do know that there was an effort made by some foolish group to get the army of engineers to study ways to keep Niagara Falls from receding farther back up the Niagara River?

Even unedumacatec housewives can comprehend the folly of that!