Iceberg 4 times the size of Manhattan breaks off Antarctica

[NWCorona]

Source: USA Today

A 103-square-mile chunk of ice has broken off Antarctica, the latest chunk of massive ice to leave the continent.

For comparison, Manhattan is 22.7 square miles— a quarter of the size.

The Washington Post reports the iceberg disconnected from Pine Island Glacier, a part of West Antarctica that already loses 45 billion tons of ice annually, contributing to sea level rises.

The break comes two months after a 2,200 square-mile piece of ice detached from Antarctica in July. At nearly the size of Delaware, the iceberg was one of the largest ever recorded. In 2014, a 255-square-mile iceberg also calved from Antarctica

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/26/iceberg-4-times-size-manhattan-breaks-off-antarctica/703578001/

[Sunlei]

1. wonder why they don't carefully bust that up into smaller pieces?scare off wildlife & set afew bangs

[TexasProgresive]

4. Kind of like nuking an asteroid

The pieces can be as dangerous as the whole and then they are scattered over a wider field.

[Sunlei]

6. they can tow the pieces out where the polar bears can't find any bergs to rest and are drowning

or tow them for fresh water, even fly chunks places instead of 500 million dollar "threat" fly overs NKoreas head!

[TexasProgresive]

8. This is Antarctica, only penguins no polar bears.

[Sunlei]

10. oh, good penguins should be happy with a floating island :) they shouldn't bust it up in that case!

[PJMcK]

12. Totally impractical

First, it's early Spring in Antarctica. It's dark and cold and stormy.

Second, the icebergs are really big. Trying to tow them through some of the world's most dangerous waters is technically very complex.

Lastly, it would be prohibitively expensive.

Or was your comment meant in jest?

[csziggy]

18. Towing a giant iceberg for fresh water was the pilot for aTV show!

[Achilleaze]

2. republicans claim it was caused by Hilary's emails,

and had nothing to do with the fake climate change conspiracy cooked up by pointy headed libs and, um, the Chinese.

[Botany]

3. Only one reason

Benghazi

[TexasProgresive]

5. Private server email traffic

[Botany]

7. You mean like the private servers used by Ivanka, Jared, and others?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141874618

*******
BTW we are now watching the end of our planet's being a host to people
over large sections of the globe.

[TexasProgresive]

9. Yeah, them!

[Botany]

11. I am sitting 2 miles from OSU's Polar Studies Institute where they have millions of ....

.... data points from ice cores that were gotten from all over the world and some go back
400,000 + years and still republican politicians, dumb fucks, and pastors deign the reality
of science.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/science/earth/lonnie-thompson-climate-scientist-battles-time.html?mcubz=1

[rickford66]

14. I saw the drilling for some of those cores in 1969 at Byrd Station.

Had some 2,000 year-old ice in my rum and coke in the EM club. No data was ruined. There were damaged discarded cores. Meanwhile cracks appeared in the permanent ice shelf at McMurdo. Today GOOGLE Earth shows open water in the Summer where we drove and landing strips were maintained.

[Mountain Mule]

13. It broke off because NFL football players were "disrespecting the flag"

Has nothing to do with Puerto Rico. Where IS Puerto Rico, anyhow?

[Laffy Kat]

15. It's just a matter of time before some RWNJ,

Will blame it on the gays.

[SummerSnow]

16. if it's that big, can the whole Trump family move on it?

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Trump, the GOP, and the MAGAts: