Jan 9, 17 / Aqu 09, 01 04:12 UTC
Antarctica and global warming ¶
An icy thread measuring a mere 12 miles (20 kilometers) long is all that's anchoring a massive iceberg the size of Delaware to its home in West Antarctica, climate scientists report.
If the iceberg breaks away — an event known as calving — the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica will lose more than 10 percent of its area, which amounts to about 2,000 square miles (5,000 square km), according to Project MIDAS, an Antarctic research project based in the United Kingdom.
http://www.livescience.com/57414-massive-iceberg-breaking-off-antarctica.html?
MOD EDIT Moved from [...GENERAL / GENERAL DISCUSSION] to [...GENERAL / OFF TOPIC] Alan Player 09 JAN 17 @ 15:22 AEDT