Posted on 10/01/2019 4:21:12 PM PDT by RightGeek
The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has just produced its biggest iceberg in more than 50 years.
The calved block covers 1,636 sq km in area - a little smaller than Scotland's Isle of Skye - and is called D28.
The scale of the berg means it will have to be monitored and tracked because it could in future pose a hazard to shipping.
Not since the early 1960s has Amery calved a bigger iceberg. That was a whopping 9,000 sq km in area.
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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.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I am impressed. The BBC publishes a sane and rational statement about this iceberg.
That might not have happened since the early '60s either. :)
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.
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.
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?
Dooooooooooomed
some of the heavy peat scotches need a bit of water or ice for my taste.
Yawn....
only because in that pic it is not FLOATING, but rather suspended underneath.
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).
Energy absorbed
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.
No it won't.
Why does ice melting not change the water level in a container?
I only drink Haig & Haig or Johnny Walker Black...
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.
Put some jet engines on that thing. Great series
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.
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.
Not unless it’s suspended up by something else, like the bottom of the glass.
Save us, Greta, save us !!!
Or Brewster’s Millions
Love, Monty
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