madcaow » environment http://www.madcaow.com/blog lost in a web Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:43:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 antarctic ice shelf disintegrating… http://www.madcaow.com/blog/youtube/antarctic-ice-shelf-disintegrating/ http://www.madcaow.com/blog/youtube/antarctic-ice-shelf-disintegrating/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:22:50 +0000 hugh http://www.madcaow.com/blog/2008/03/26/antarctic-ice-shelf-disintegrating/ A huge chunk of ice roughly twice the size of Manhattan is “hanging by a thread” to the main body of the western Antarctic. Satellite images show the process over a period of a few weeks. Huge chunks of ice breaking away from even… huger chunks of ice isn’t unheard of these days, scientists are directly blaming global warming. It is unlikely that this event will cause any premature extinctions of low level communities.

via New Scientist

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