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[sazzy]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38522954
The ice berg is 5000 sq km ~ 1930 sq miles.

The 'crack' is about 200 km (124 mi) in length and the iceberg is hanging on by a mere 20 km (12.4 mi).

Size comparison: 1/4th of Wales; about the same as the US state of Delaware

'soon' is within the next few months.

Previously, Larsen A and Larsen B collapsed in 1995 and 2002 respectively.

Location of Larsen C w.r.t. Larsen A and B:

Other links:
NASA https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/rift-in-antarcticas-larsen-c-ice-shelf
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larsen_Ice_Shelf

 

[Falcs]

What if it floats up north quite far? Will it melt? Is that big enough to raise oceans enough for us to notice?
Scary.

 

[commedieu]

Lol. Man this sucks. This is a deal breaker for the food chain

 

[Living the Dream]

It's only going to get worst

 

[FreezeSSC]

but no, this is all normal nothing to see here folks.

 

[Majine]

Yeah, but I have a snowball. So checkmate.

 

[Syf]

The Chinese made this up

 

[Count Dookkake]

I got to get my props.

Cops, come and try to snatch my crops.

 

[jiggle]

The snowball just got bigger

 

[sazzy]

This is on top of the recent study which said that there was no apparent pause in global temperature increase between 1998 and 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38513740

 

[Bronx-Man]

"Shit's fake."

 

[Dishwalla]

Don't send any ships out that way.

 

[Opto]

Hope ya'll enjoy eating jellyfish

 

[black_13]

God damn! They should be showing this all over the news! This could really show global warming is an actually real

 

[Rentahamster]

That's a huge crack. 😏

 

[BigDes]

What if it floats up north quite far? Will it melt? Is that big enough to raise oceans enough for us to notice?
Scary.

Its already in the ocean so it won't have any effect on rising sea levels.

Pack ice melting and breaking off is worrisome as it shows a warming trend but it is the melting of the ice on the land and the subsequent flow into the sea that will cause the sea level rise.

 

[Kaako]

Well this can't be good.

 

[Killer Queen]

God damn Chinese at it again.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Just duck tape it back together.

 

[Yagharek]

Its already in the ocean so it won't have any effect on rising sea levels.

Pack ice melting and breaking off is worrisome as it shows a warming trend but it is the melting of the ice on the land and the subsequent flow into the sea that will cause the sea level rise.

And ice shelfs can buttress against ice sheets. Without them in the way, the glaciers flow a bit faster into the water and melt quicker. That's when it gets worse.

 

[mreddie]

Waterworld is becoming reality. Joy.

 

[Kurtofan]

crafty celestials

 

[always crazy bacon]

Could it cause a tsnami?

 

[DragonGirl]

Here's an example of what it looks like when masses of ice break away from the main body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

What if it floats up north quite far? Will it melt? Is that big enough to raise oceans enough for us to notice?
Scary.

If you have a cup full of water with ice in it and let it warm up, the cup will not overflow; the level doesn't change.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

So who's going to volunteer to explore the mysterious pyramid they find under the ice shelf after it breaks off?

 

[hateradio]

That's a huge white crack. 😏

ftfy

 

[CadetMahoney]

but her emails

 

[IndoAssassin]

What if it floats up north quite far? Will it melt? Is that big enough to raise oceans enough for us to notice?
Scary.

No this shelf has already displaced the water. What it means tho is there is no iceberg blocking land based glaciers from melting into the ocean which hasn't displaced the water yet.

 

[The Real Abed]

Trump's America!

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

It's only a matter of time before more ice melts and breaks away and reveals the forbidden cities deep inside Antarctica.

 

[iamaustrian]

Here's an example of what it looks like when masses of ice break away from the main body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU

MASSIVE! absolutly terrifying.

and now imagine the antarctic piece is like 50 times bigger in scale.
I guess it would look like tectonic plates are colliding

 

[Robot Carnival]

can we setup some kinda law to force all climate change deniers to live in coastal cities? I mean, "if you say it's not happening, then you won't have anything to worry about right?". bonus points if we can put them all at Florida.

 

[Defect]

Get the glue.

 

[Volimar]

Well, problem solved then.

 

[gimmmick]

Hopefully will sink the whole state of Florida in the process. (I keed, I keed).

 

[sazzy]

Would it be possible to drop the giant iceberg in the middle of a desert?

 

[Herr Schwarz]

what's the real world ramifications of this thing? is it gonna come blasting into a country any time soon?

 

[eot]

How does this affect penguin populations?

 

[BocoDragon]

Count down until you're drinking your own piss, growing gills, and searching for the mythical "Dry Land".

 

[sankt-Antonio]

So you tell me theres been nine icebergs just as big that broke off before? Nothing to see here.

Spoiler

----/s----

 

[Count Dookkake]

Count down until you're drinking your own piss, growing gills, and searching for the mythical "Dry Land".

Watch out for the smokers.

 

[Pantaghana]

"Shit's fake."

I sincerely hope that image is in future history books as an example of climate change denial and propaganda. Also that James Inhofe (and others like him) are forever named and shamed as a fuckwits that through their own denial of reality and greed destroyed the environment.

 

[RSP]

It was -4°C this morning so I'm sure its just some climate hippy hoax.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I used to love looking at the ocean out of my window.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

"Shit's fake."

My favorite part about that was he then threw it at the senator that he was speaking to. It's not enough for him to think he's right, he needs to physically assault the person he thinks is wrong. Suddenly, it all made sense when the GOP presidential candidates back in 2008 were using 24 references. They think that's actual reality.

 

[sammex]

Here's an example of what it looks like when masses of ice break away from the main body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU

That's spectacular. The rumble from my subwoofer was enough to make my dog go hide in her bed.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

Yet people in America refuse to cut down excess and change their lifestyles.

"But the economy! My money!"

 

[Lenardo]

What if it floats up north quite far? Will it melt? Is that big enough to raise oceans enough for us to notice?

it might, or it might not float north quite far.

provided it floats north, it will melt.

and no. it is floating already, so if it melt,,, all the ice turns to water and will have no affect what so ever on the ocean level.

every year well over 5 million square kilometers of water- both on the north AND south poles, melt and refreeze (oppositely- so as ~5 million melts north, ~5 million freezes south)

we never notice. because the total sea ice coverage remains fairly static world wide, it just moves poles every 6 months as to which has more..

big ass iceberg though.

 

[Schlorgan]

Isn't this how The Day After Tomorrow started?