forficula wrote:forficula wrote:May Yin wrote:Saw that on the news Forfi. Hee hee "top scientists" are very confused people.
"The ice island is 37 metres (120ft) thick and measures 9 miles by 3 miles" - is that a common island size Forfi? To break away I mean. That's a huge lunk of ice. Could be hazardous to ships, even whales?
n.Icebergs used to big a big hazard in the North Atlantic in the last century,don't hear much a bout them now. [remember the Titanic?]
I found this item interesting from many angles.It has some beautiful photies.
http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases ... bergs.html
One of the photos kinda remind me of Ayers rock, a big slab of rectangular ice in the middle of an ocean. Amazing images.
“While the melting of Antarctic ice shelves is contributing to rising sea levels and other climate change dynamics in complex ways, this additional role of removing carbon from the atmosphere may have implications for global climate models that need to be further studied,” added Smith.
I thought the above quote is interesting.
