Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica

Photo of the rift. Photo: NASA

One of the biggest icebergs in history has snapped off the West Antarctic ice shelf, according to scientists who have been monitoring a growing crack for months.

Satellite images confirmed that the trillion-tonne iceberg had broken away and was adrift at sea.

“The calving occurred sometime between Monday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 12, when a 5,800-square kilometre section of the ice shelf finally broke away,” the Swansea University said in a statement on Wednesday.

The massive sheet of ice with an area nearly as large as the size of the US state of Delaware had been developing a crack across the Larsen C ice shelf over the past few years.

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9 Comments

  1. Pragmatik
    July 13, 2017

    “The calving of ice shelves occurs naturally, though global warming is BELIEVED to have accelerated the process.”

    You see these people always count on people just reading the headline and not the full article. If they had evidence that this was caused by global warming they would not say BELIEVE, the scientific community likes to stand on facts when they have it.

    Even if global climate change is occurring there is no solid proof that it is being caused by human activity. They claim that the global temperature has risen because of the industrial revolution. Well that would make sense but by that admission the solution to the problem would be to roll back and regress to a pre-industrialised state which is pretty much impossible at this point.

    And to the people trying to blame this on Trump. Even if you do believe in anthropogenic climate change you should be more worried about China and India than the US.

  2. Music Producer
    July 13, 2017

    Global warming? The earth is not a globe, how can there be “global” warming? Scientists are preying on your innocence and you all fall for it every time…SMH! Just like allu believe in God and gravity at the same time – They are opposites. Christians believe in god, atheists believe in gravity. If you believe in both you are not right with your self! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GLOBAL WARMING!!! it’s a fallacy, lie, indoctrination, conditioning of the mind!

  3. done&done
    July 12, 2017

    But I still doubt that it was an Iceberg that brought down the Titanic. Look how easy they break up! Furthermore, the Titanic was built long before we had re-cycled metal. So the Titanic was built to go through a rock with pure steel. [Something to think about]. Just as they tell us that man landed on the Moon – Give me a break! No way! On which Moon?…..Pleaseeeee. They’ll try every trick in the book to “support” their environmental claims. Do they really care about our Planet? Think again. It’s all about money. When last did a big Rig (Tractor Trailer) failed an emission test? A little 4 Cylinder car with a “check engine light” will fail State Inspection, while these Big Tractor Trailers (most of them are owned by corporations and rich people) immit clouds of smoke and pollution into the air with no consequences. Do we really know, or care how the world system works?

  4. Dominican Passports
    July 12, 2017

    It’s getting hotter :oops:

  5. Patty Cakes
    July 12, 2017

    Yes Donald Trump. When you finish, say that climate change is not real.

    The evidence is right before your eyes.

  6. Scampy
    July 12, 2017

    How they lie and lie to promote their agenda at any cost.

    Totally disgusting!!

  7. Plato
    July 12, 2017

    It is a serious matter which has implications for our survival and that of the planet. Global warming is real and we all can do our little part in mitigating its effects. Please conserve energy.

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