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Tango0130 Oct 2018 9:26 p.m. PST

… Popped off West Antarctica

"While the internet was obsessing over that rectangular iceberg, some more disconcerting icy behavior went down on the other side of the Antarctic.

The Pine Island Glacier has been breaking off monstrous icebergs over the past five years, presenting a worrying sign that the West Antarctic is destabilizing. The latest occurred this weekend. Satellite imagery shows an iceberg roughly 115 square miles—five times the size of Manhattan—breaking off the front of the glacier. In comparison, TU Delft remote sensing expert Stef Lhermitte told Earther the tabular iceberg of viral internet fame is likely less than one square mile. Wake up, sheeple.

"What is mostly remarkable about this event is that the frequency of calving seems to increase," Lhermitte said about the big boy ‘berg that broke off Pine Island Glacier. In the 2000s, so-called iceberg calving events of this magnitude used to occur roughly every five years. But since 2013, there have been four calving events including one last year…."
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Waco Joe31 Oct 2018 7:24 a.m. PST

Another way of looking at it is that is is almost 1/6th the size of Houston! grin

Tango0131 Oct 2018 11:58 a.m. PST

(smile)

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charared31 Oct 2018 9:49 p.m. PST

What's the going rate for Real Estate on that thing? bet it's a cool $$$ per foot!

(sorry)

Tango0101 Nov 2018 10:13 p.m. PST

Ha-Ha….

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Mithmee02 Nov 2018 4:36 p.m. PST

Happens all the time.

Bowman04 Nov 2018 6:45 a.m. PST

Happens all the time.

Pieces breaking off glaciers? Sure. But you clearly didn't read the article or you just don't understand what makes the calving at Pine Island unique. It's the size of the calving and the rate of calving that is of concern and that is NOT happening "all the time".

It's like stating, "there are times when the Earth has been warmer" and thinking you've made some salient, insightful comment.

Tango0104 Nov 2018 4:08 p.m. PST

You are right my friend.


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Mithmee05 Nov 2018 1:27 p.m. PST

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As I stated happens all the time.

Bowman05 Nov 2018 3:22 p.m. PST

You didn't address my comment and your links support my argument. Any idea why 11 out of the 12 largest icebergs from the Wiki link occurred in the last two decades? Or why the rate of calving is increasing?

So no, it's not happening all the time. Glaciers worldwide are receding and snapping off new ice at a greater rate. From the original link:

"In the 2000s, so-called iceberg calving events of this magnitude used to occur roughly every five years. But since 2013, there have been four calving events including one last year."

And:

"Satellite imagery put together by Lhermitte shows that the calving front has slowly receded for decades before beginning a sharp recession in recent years, including 3 miles of shrinkage since 2015 alone. All that activity has contributed to making Pine Island Glacier the most rapidly receding glacier on Earth. In addition to the calving area retreating, the ice has gotten thinner by about a meter annually over the past 15 years while shedding a staggering 45 billion tons annually. Much of that is driven by warm water eating away at it from underneath."

Some facts about Pine Island Glacier:

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And this about the Alpine Glacier Mass Balance Loss worldwide. These don't necessarily calve icebergs but the process is similar.

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So you can state that this is business as usual but the facts do not agree.

Mithmee05 Nov 2018 6:33 p.m. PST

Probably because they were not tracking them before.

To Global Warmers/Climate Changers they are only focusing on the last few decades.

Anything before that or anything that goes against what they are preaching they ignore completely since it gets in the way of their agenda.

Bowman06 Nov 2018 9:49 a.m. PST

Hand wave away.

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