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Article #594Re: Antarctica Breaking up ??
From: Chris Lewis
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1987 07:55
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1987 07:55
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In article <677@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> carlos@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV (Carlos Carrion) writes: >Read in the paper this morning of an iceberg TWICE the size of >Rhode Island breaking off from Antarctica. ... >... >But seriously folks...I know the Earth's atmosphere is getting warmer. >Would this have anything to do with it or is the iceberg break off >just an extraordinary event?? It might have something to do with it, but not specifically. The Antarctic's known for spawning enormous icebergs. I seem to remember reports of icebergs up to a hundred miles long getting spawned every once in a while (several years). Unlike most of the glacier calving in the north, where icebergs are often pieces that fall off land-born glaciers, Antarctic icebergs are often simply large areas of frozen ocean that snap off and drift away. Arctic icebergs get jostled around a lot (there's lots of islands and currents up there) and break up more quickly too.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!lsuc!clewis From: clewis@lsuc.UUCP (Chris Lewis) Newsgroups: sci.misc,misc.headlines Subject: Re: Antarctica Breaking up ?? Message-ID: <2151@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 02:55:45 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.2151 Posted: Thu Nov 12 02:55:45 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 06:36:15 EST References: <677@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Reply-To: clewis@lsuc.UUCP (Chris Lewis) Organization: Curmudgeons At Large Lines: 16 Summary: Naw, burped maybe.