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315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
BBC ^ | 9/30/2019 | Jonathan Amos

Posted on 10/01/2019 4:21:12 PM PDT by RightGeek

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To: RightGeek
The Scripps researcher stressed that there was no link between this event and climate change. Satellite data since the 1990s has shown that Amery is roughly in balance with its surroundings, despite experiencing strong surface melt in summer.

I am impressed. The BBC publishes a sane and rational statement about this iceberg.

That might not have happened since the early '60s either. :)

21 posted on 10/01/2019 4:38:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: heshtesh; grey_whiskers
Who bothers with ice?

I agree with your preference most of the time.

But some of the heavy peat scotches need a bit of water or ice for my taste.

22 posted on 10/01/2019 4:38:42 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: babble-on

with all that’s going on, my first thought was how similar this is to when Bill Clinton launched rocket attacks right after his semen was found on the blue dress.


23 posted on 10/01/2019 4:38:43 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: Pontiac

I tried some of those stones you keep in the freezer. Did not seem to cool the scotch very well. Probably because much of the cooling with ice is absorbed in the melting process?


24 posted on 10/01/2019 4:38:53 PM PDT by I-ambush (One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal I was born to rebel.)
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To: RightGeek

Dooooooooooomed


25 posted on 10/01/2019 4:39:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: JBW1949

some of the heavy peat scotches need a bit of water or ice for my taste.


26 posted on 10/01/2019 4:39:54 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yawn....


27 posted on 10/01/2019 4:40:30 PM PDT by kgrif_Salinas
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To: babble-on

only because in that pic it is not FLOATING, but rather suspended underneath.


28 posted on 10/01/2019 4:40:38 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: RightGeek

Wow! Thank goodness the one in the’60’s was worse, or this would be blamed on climate change! ...probably too late, huh? (Even though the expert denies it).


29 posted on 10/01/2019 4:41:05 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: I-ambush

“Energy absorbed”


30 posted on 10/01/2019 4:41:14 PM PDT by I-ambush (One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal I was born to rebel.)
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To: Mark17

Science is that precise. Just look how accurate the predictions have been about the weather, stock prices, elections, and the exact results of climate change at 1942 on October 1, 2119.


31 posted on 10/01/2019 4:42:00 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: babble-on
when the solid part above the surface of the scotch melts the level of liquid in the glass will rise

No it won't.

Why does ice melting not change the water level in a container?

32 posted on 10/01/2019 4:42:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Pontiac

I only drink Haig & Haig or Johnny Walker Black...


33 posted on 10/01/2019 4:47:18 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: heshtesh; grey_whiskers; I-ambush; JBW1949
Who bothers with ice?

Lots of people

But this is a possible entrepreneurial opportunity.

Think of all the rich scotch drinkers out there that would pay a premium price for Antarctic ice for their drinks.

There is an ice mine drifting North out there waiting for someone with the funds to make it happen.

34 posted on 10/01/2019 4:47:49 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: wally_bert

Put some jet engines on that thing. Great series


35 posted on 10/01/2019 4:50:02 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Freedom, if you can keep it)
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To: RightGeek

The Scripps researcher stressed that there was no link between this event and climate change.

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He’s now looking for work.


36 posted on 10/01/2019 4:51:10 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: RightGeek

The Scripps researcher stressed that there was no link between this event and climate change.

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He’s now looking for work.


37 posted on 10/01/2019 4:51:11 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: babble-on

Not unless it’s suspended up by something else, like the bottom of the glass.


38 posted on 10/01/2019 4:51:50 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: RightGeek

Save us, Greta, save us !!!


39 posted on 10/01/2019 4:53:13 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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To: wally_bert

Or Brewster’s Millions

Love, Monty


40 posted on 10/01/2019 4:56:24 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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