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160 Sq Miles Of Antarctic Ice Breaks Into The Southern Sea

March 26th, 2008 · Comments

 

Press reports from around the world are reporting info on the above.

 

Here’s an excerpt from the  Guardian UK:

 

A vast hunk of floating ice has broken away from the Antarctic peninsula, threatening the collapse of a much larger ice shelf behind it, in a development that has shocked climate scientists.

Satellite images show that about 160 square miles of the Wilkins ice shelf has been lost since the end of February, leaving the ice interior now “hanging by a thread”.

A video clip is here.

The complete Guardian post is here.

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This post was written by Richard Rodriguez, Rescue Tug Captain, and US Coast Guard approved instructor for License Training. You can read more of his articles at the BitterEnd of the net.

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