Large Iceberg breaks off the Mertz Glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory
Posted on 02/26/2010 12:01:40 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SYDNEY – A massive iceberg struck Antarctica, dislodging another giant block of ice from a glacier, Australian and French scientists said Friday.
The two icebergs are drifting together about 62 to 93 miles (100 to 150 kilometers) off eastern Antarctica following the collision on Feb. 12 or 13, said Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist Neal Young.
"It gave it a pretty big nudge," Young said of the 60-mile (97-kilometer) -long iceberg, about the size of Luxembourg, that collided with the giant floating Mertz Glacier and shaved off a new iceberg. "They are now floating right next to each other."
The new iceberg is 48 miles (78 kilometers) long and about 24 miles (39 kilometers) wide and holds roughly the equivalent of a fifth of the world's annual total water usage, Young told The Associated Press.
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1/5th of the total water usage?? And that means what??
Tow it to Saudi....
Has this never happened before or is it being used as a scare tactic?
Humans think we're pretty big and that the world's weather is all our doing.
We are, in fact, small players in the global drama.
I’d like to say it is just another day on the living planet we call home,, for now.. but there will be some who use it as they will to further their own agendas.
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
Since we’ve only had the ability to see such things via satellite for the past 50 years or so, my guess is it’s probably happened approximately 50 gazillion times in earth history.
Women and children affected most....
Obama’s fault...
It is equal to 20% of the amount of water we use per year.
“The two icebergs are drifting... off eastern Antarctica.”
Where is eastern Antarctica?
I would think any navigable waters off the coast of Antarctica would be “north” of Antartica.
Needless to say this was named after Fred Mertz!
Antarctica is divided into an “East” and “West” at the Prime Meridian and International Date Line to make it easier to navigate the continent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Antarctica
Antarctica is divided into an “East” and “West” at the Prime Meridian and International Date Line to make it easier to navigate the continent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Antarctica
Antarctica is divided into an “East” and “West” at the Prime Meridian and International Date Line to make it easier to navigate the continent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Antarctica
It’s summer down there, right?
“Has this never happened before or is it being used as a scare tactic?”
Anything that can be politicized by the Left will be politicized no matter how bizarre it sounds.
ought grab the beast and tow it to south California and use it for drinking water.
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