Petermann glacier: large ice island breaks off Greenland
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/06/greenland-iceberg-four-ti_n_673946.html
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A giant ice island has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland.A University of Delaware researcher says the floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles – more than four times the size of New York's Manhattan Island.
Andreas Muenchow, who is studying the Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada, said the ice sheet broke off early Thursday. He says the new ice island was discovered by Trudy Wohlleben of the Canadian Ice Service.
Not since 1962 has such a large chunk of ice calved in the Arctic, but researchers have noticed cracks in recent months in the floating tongue of the glacier.
Also see:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100806/sc_livescience/icechunklargerthanma...
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Dagum
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Key words being "break up," not "MElt"
Glaciotectonics - the study of movement and impact of Glaciers on the plates and vice versa. Glaciers aren't now, nor were they ever stationary.
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http://www.science20.com/chatter_box/arctic_newsflash_petermann_ice_tongue_loses...
This animation shows how huge this is.
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JanforGore
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bailey78
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Ok again I know this is wrong to say But I'm going to. I say strap a moter to it and go for a ride. I also would like to say this has been happening for a long time. a little here and a little there. we have only been tracking these things for about eighty years we still don't know what the cycle of the Earth is. We know that it goes through hot an cold cycles but we don't know how long they last or what causes them. Some folks are saying that it's mankinds falt others are saying it's a natural cycle of the Earth. The real story is We don't know. We have an idea or a theory but it is still only a theory.
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bailey78
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JanforGore
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Observations from last year.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10900235
More coverage. This is a big one.
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