Published on May 15, 2015
New NASA research has found that the 10,000-year old Antarctic ice shelf named Larsen B will likely disintegrate in the next few years due to warming conditions. According to new research by NASA, the Larsen B Ice Shelf, located in Antarctica, will likely break apart completely within the next five years.
Scientists have identified signs of an impending disintegration which include the appearance of major cracks, evidence of fragmentation, and increased water flow around the area.
It was earlier believed the ice shelf was stable, because conditions only shifted slightly after a collapse in 2002, but recent measurements show changes happening more rapidly.
Certain glacier sections have shrunk by 65 to 72 feet in thickness, and the flow rate in one part has become 36 percent faster.
Estimated to be over 10,000 years old, Larsen B is currently 625 square miles in size and about 1,640 feet deep at its thickest point.
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MordhausCool, I will maybe have some ocean front property for sell in Austin soon.
Asmosays..."The conclusion is inescapable"
I somehow think denial will still manage to slip out...
heropsychoThanks Obama!
bobknight33Planetary evolution.
ForgedRealitysays...Welp, we had a good run...
TheGenkIt's even worse than that, the deniers are actively trying to stop anyone in their reach from conducting climate science:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/gop-war-on-science-gets-worse
"The conclusion is inescapable"
I somehow think denial will still manage to slip out...
newtboyWhat else can they do?
When the conclusion is inescapable, the only option left for them is completely ignore the issue....and to try to force everyone else to ignore it as well.
I want to start a contract with all 'climate change deniers', the gist of which would be that once they, or the few groups they quote to support their position, change their position about climate change, 100% of their assets are forfeited to help solve or at least mitigate the problem. I'll sign the same contract, so if the 98+% of scientists change their position and tell us it's a fraud, they can have 100% of my assets to make up for the slight slowing of the economy caused by 'anti-climate change regulations'.
I'm 99.99999% certain I won't get any takers.
As a side note, I notice there isn't a thing where republicans are buying up ocean front property that's already below high tide level. If they really believed their own BS, the coast would be over 90% republican everywhere in the US, and Galveston would be 100% red (oh wait, it likely is already for other reasons, bad example!).
It's even worse than that, the deniers are actively trying to stop anyone in their reach from conducting climate science:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/gop-war-on-science-gets-worse
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