Photos Capture World's Largest Iceberg As It Heads Toward South Atlantic Island

NPR ^ | December 5, 2020·1:09 PM ET | Jason Slotkin

[farmguy]

If it runs into the island, it may tip it over.

hank johnson

[rlmorel]

I am astonished that they didn’t utter “climate change” explicitly, though they did go in every direction around it! I suppose if they did, they would have to acknowledge large pieces of ice still exist.

Heck, if that iceberg lasts for 10 years after it beaches, that means there would still be about two more years before Global Warming takes all of us!

[rarestia]

Ecosystems can and will bounce back of course

Oh REALLY? Funny how that works... ecosystems... bouncing back and all.

[PROCON]

Whoa, that's a huge iceberg. It's so big that New York and Miami should be under water now from it raising the oceans all over erf.

#climatescience

[Paladin2]

In biology, homeostasis is the state of steady internal, physical, and chemical conditions maintained by living systems. This is the condition of optimal functioning for the organism and includes many variables, such as body temperature and fluid balance, being kept within certain pre-set limits. Wikipedia

I think it largely works for Ecosystems too.

[BenLurkin]

[mylife]

A68a? Lame name, lame pictures, lame story

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAHTu7jEF38

[Alas Babylon!]

I’ve always believed they should haul these to Australia.

The states of Southern Australia and Western Australia are mostly desert.

Bring it up to Ceduna or Streaky Bay—let it melt in the bight and pump the fresh water to the desert. You could fill up a Great Lake-sized basin with fresh water.

They could make those deserts bloom and put the “arbor” back on the Nullabor Plain.

I’ve driven across it. Not a tree in site.

[rarestia]

It’s all about the thinly-veiled climate hysteria with the whole Antarctic chunk. Been happening for millions of years. Will continue regardless of humans.

[Huskrrrr]

A new ski resort?

[Rebelbase]

Those pics linked in the article don’t give justice to the size of this iceberg. I’ll take a pic from space to show the length and breadth of it.

[TonyM]

How many poor polar bears who never learned to swim are stuck on it?

[BipolarBob]

I’ll take a pic from space to show the length and breadth of it.

No need for the space shuttle, I'll just take my hot air balloon and go up and snap a few. And feed any unfortunate polar bears that may be stuck on that ice cube.

[SamAdams76]

In terms of area, this iceberg is slightly bigger than the state of Delaware. Twice as big as the state of Rhode Island.

Squirrels collecting nuts.

[BenLurkin]

[crusty old prospector]

World’s largest since when?

[OKSooner]

An iceberg and an ice floe and an ice shelf are all three different things, aren’t they?

I’m not sure if this NPR dude knows the answer to that question.

[TexasGator]

“I’ve always believed they should haul these to Australia.”

How do you tow something 93 miles long x 30 miles wide?