Friday, September 5, 2008

4,500 year old ice shelf breaks away

Here is an interesting and disturbing article

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/03/arctic.ice.shelf.ap/index.html

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I saw this the other day. What a mind blower.

Anonymous said...

Are we supposed to respond to the most current blogs? Or is blogging optional because I notice that not many students are doing it.

Rachel Copes said...

That's incredible. I never knew ice pieces that large are breaking away.

Unknown said...

This is grim news to be sure, but shouldn't we be more concerned about Antarctic ice as opposed to Arctic ice?

I was told that Arctic ice is already displacing its volume in the oceans. Antarctic ice is on land so when it melts, it's the one that will raise global water levels right?

Craig Clements said...

that is a good point. Actually, we are more worried about Greenland. It appears to be much less stable than previously thought.