Ice shelf the size of New York City collapses in East Antarctica

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An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change. Captured by NASA satellite photographs, the collapse of the Glenzer Conger ice shelf follows a period in March where parts of Antarctica became more than 40°C warmer than average. "It certainly added a pressure onto those ice shelves that we haven't seen before," says Catherine Walker at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. "Over two days, it basically was gone, which was surprising."


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Considering how old earth is and how many times its changed, anyone in denial, believing everything is permanent is in for a huge reality check.

fingerprint
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Would Earthquakes affect the ice? The USGS map has shown quite a few Mid Atlantic ridge earthquakes lately.

tonynagy
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gotta buy that inland real estate. can't wait to remodel it into a beachfront property haha!

thedailybeaker
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If no research station was EVER put there, it must not be a very interesting ice shelf

rvirzi
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OMG OMG! The ice is melting!!! Who can I send Money to?

mitchell
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we will be full on Earth Sea within 300 years. Cool little movie =)

avenoma
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You know what else is by a matter of fact going to collapse? Our outdated system of consumption. It could collapse in 2 years or 10 years. It is difficult to say. But it will happen soon. And it will be ugly.

therealKINDLE
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And my whole family half of wich farm says climate change is propaganda and plants love co2.
Me so what about the new temperature.
Oh plants love heat.
So broccoli and cauliflower and lettuce and cabbage arnt cold crops that bolt the moment its over 80f.
Them😀 ☝ shut up.
Also in Idaho where I'm at now its literally 70f right now its March and its been 70f since the 20th summer is really early.

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