Huge Ice Shelf Breaks Loose in Canada

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    A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
    Derek Mueller, an Arctic ice shelf specialist at Trent University in Ontario, told The Associated Press that the 4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in early August and the 19-square-mile shelf is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean. Get the whole story here.
    http://news.aol.com/article/huge-ice-shelf-breaks-loose-in-canada/158568

    This a bad sign of global warming.
     
    jkadin, Sep 3, 2008 IP
  2. MakeThatDollar

    MakeThatDollar Notable Member

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    Uh oh... that can't be good.
     
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    water world is coming
     
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    If we notice, even the weather pattern and how the frequency of natural disaster occurring has increased dramatically.
     
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    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    glad I don't live in South FL
     
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    This is really terrible, and its going to carry on happening.
     
    Kim-Webgirl, Sep 3, 2008 IP
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    Scary. We need to be doing more to stop global warming before it's too late.
     
    23 Skiddoo, Sep 3, 2008 IP
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    With the ice shelves breaking this size could it come down like the movie day after tommorow. Thats scary
     
    jkadin, Sep 4, 2008 IP
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    we need to stop using car that consuming too much patrol and omit too much co2. and now it's good news that we are going to use car that use water resouce as energy. hope it will came out soon.
     
    tradeya, Sep 4, 2008 IP
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    oh now im started to think about the 6 degrees could change the world documentary :(
     
    -webtor-, Sep 4, 2008 IP