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Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier
Reuters ^ | Fri Feb 26, 2010 | David Fogarty

Posted on 02/27/2010 5:44:37 AM PST by bayliving

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns.

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Funny, but I didn't see anywhere in this piece anything contributing this to George Bush.
1 posted on 02/27/2010 5:44:38 AM PST by bayliving
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To: bayliving

This event is the result of antiwhaling wacko action in the Antarctic region


2 posted on 02/27/2010 5:46:34 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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To: bayliving
Let me help you out: BUSH'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, it's summer down there.

3 posted on 02/27/2010 5:49:02 AM PST by cowboyway
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To: bayliving

Unless an ice berg the size of Australia breaks off I won’t worry.


4 posted on 02/27/2010 5:49:52 AM PST by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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To: bayliving

Oh, noes!!! It’s the beginning of the end of the world. We’re all going to die, penguins first.


5 posted on 02/27/2010 5:51:04 AM PST by Clara Lou
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To: bayliving
Glaciers and Icebergs have been feuding for centuries.

What's the big deal?

6 posted on 02/27/2010 5:51:33 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: bayliving

Who was driving the other iceberg?


7 posted on 02/27/2010 5:51:45 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: bert

here’s a great video description of the event

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8539198.stm


8 posted on 02/27/2010 5:52:01 AM PST by HighWheeler
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To: bert

Earthquakes, solar flares, volcanoes rumbling, ice bergs calving, killer whales killing

next, dogs sleeping with cats?


9 posted on 02/27/2010 5:52:37 AM PST by silverleaf (We don't want everyone in Washington to get along, We want them to get out of the way)
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Put another way, unless an iceberg the size of Luxembourg (or Connecticut, etc, etc) DOES break off, I will be worried. It has been happening every year or two since we’ve known about the place.


10 posted on 02/27/2010 5:53:03 AM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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To: luvbach1

And if that happens, how will that affect us? Unless of course, a giant bottle of scotch also breaks lose!


11 posted on 02/27/2010 5:53:17 AM PST by kempster
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To: Larry Lucido

algorejr.


12 posted on 02/27/2010 5:54:56 AM PST by Waco (Wanna buy an FBI file,,,See Hillary, she's got 900 of them.)
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To: silverleaf

13 posted on 02/27/2010 5:55:14 AM PST by HighWheeler
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To: bayliving

They keep trying, don’t they?

Was this the writer that got an F in science, or was it the one that got multiple Fs in science?


14 posted on 02/27/2010 5:55:26 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: HighWheeler

there it is folks, another sign of the end of times


15 posted on 02/27/2010 5:55:59 AM PST by silverleaf (We don't want everyone in Washington to get along, We want them to get out of the way)
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To: bayliving

Global Warming will melt it before it becomes a threat.


16 posted on 02/27/2010 5:57:43 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: bayliving

People don’t kill glaciers, iceburgs kill glaciers!


17 posted on 02/27/2010 5:57:51 AM PST by DC Packfan (Hi, I'm Jimmah, and I'm a dumbass!)
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An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg ...

Stupid giant iceberg. Doesn't it realize it is helping to cause more Global Warming?

18 posted on 02/27/2010 5:59:10 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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The area of the world’s oceans is roughly 140 million square miles.

The area of Luxembourg is roughly 0.001 million square miles.

I don’t think it’s going to have any measurable effect.


19 posted on 02/27/2010 5:59:35 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Who was driving the other iceberg?

Sadly, drivers of icebergs in Antarctica aren't required to own iceberg insurance.

I heard that Al Gore was going to represent the world in suing Antarctica for changing the ocean currents and as a result, the climate.

20 posted on 02/27/2010 6:00:09 AM PST by bayliving (No Obama. Know peace.)
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