Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf *stuns scientists*

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/260810_collapse_of_ancient_ellesmere_ice_shelf_stuns_scientists ^ | August 26th, 2010

[TaraP]

Well the Moon seems to be out of Orbit lately...Tonight it rose to the far left, with Jupiter following close by or maybe that is Venus?

[VeniVidiVici]

The earth is over 4 billion years old and these people are impressed when a 5,000yo chunk of ice breaks off.

Why don't they wonder where in the hell the 5,000,000yo chunks are?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wanna really see the ice disappear? Watch the Laurentide Ice Retreat.

[VeniVidiVici]

Do you suppose this could be caused by something really weird like the earth tilting toward or away from the sun as the seasons change?

BLASPHEMER!!! YOU DARE TO MOCK GAIA????!!!!

[Flavius]

[G Larry]

Was there any gravity on earth before Newton got whacked with an apple?

[j_tull]

Close! The tilt of Earth’s axis does not change (much). The tilt between the rotational axis (line between the North and South geographic poles) and the plane formed by the orbit of the earth around the sun (nominally 23 degrees, 27 minutes, 5.55 seconds of arc) cause the changing of the seasons and the inversion of the curve of ice formation between north and south poles. If I missed your sarcasm, I apologize in advance.

[SaxxonWoods]

“The Ward Hunt is the largest of the remaining ice shelves that have clung to Ellesmere Island for 3,000 to 5,000 years.”

When it comes to glaciers, that is an eyeblink.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

If ice does not break away during summer, then winter growth will accrete and eventually cover the planet. What's with the hysteria?

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

If ice does not break away during summer, then winter growth will accrete and eventually cover the planet. What's with the hysteria?

[machogirl]

I didn’t know Karl Rove was up in Canada? Using his ice-fracturing machine?

[Steve Van Doorn]

5000 years means it started growing AFTER our present interglacial period. This is such a non issue it isn’t funny.

[SuziQ]

Uh, how do they know how ‘ancient’ this ice shelf actually is? It may just break off every 5000 years or so; how would they know otherwise?

[bunkerhill7]

Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf *stuns scientists* who were standing on it

[BIGLOOK]

“We can’t just sweep it under the carpet and say ‘It’s one of nature’s cycles’,”

Cyclic cynicism ping

[Hayride]

Hurry, we must raise taxes before more ice melts.

[Erik Latranyi]

These people promote progress and change except when they are not causing it....then, they become conservationists and traditionalists.

[SunkenCiv]

All wannabee climate scientists should spend all their undergrad years observing icemaking machines. :') Thanks BIGLOOK.

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[Kimmers]

“Especially when being used for intended purpose of cooling adult beverage”

and that is why I do not add water to my scotch.....

[ixtl]

Yeah, before Newton, thins fell up.