Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica

MTK · 02-26-2010, 03:55 PM

BBC World Service - News - Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica

Scientists say a vast iceberg weighing billions of tonnes which broke off the Antarctic continent this month poses a potential threat to the circulation of the world's oceans.

Trample the Elderly · 02-26-2010, 03:59 PM

Antarctica was mapped by ancient men without the layer of ice. Don't believe the hype.

Longtimefan · 02-26-2010, 04:12 PM

A sign of things to come.

over the mountain · 02-26-2010, 04:30 PM

these ice bergs breakin off not only cause problems with the current of the ocean (which effects everything) but whole populations/species of penguins, etc end up dying because their generations old migration routes are all screwed up and they are left isolated and starving.

i watched a show where a biologist type guy would visit these same type of penguins every year during teh time when the weather would allow.every year, when he would get there the thousands of penguins would be grazing on a certain shore.

one year he heard about major ice bergs breaking off, i think an earthquake as well. when he went back there where no penguins on a shore where there should have been thousands. he goes inland to find them, finds that the landscape had changed, found hundreds of dead or dying penguins trapped half way thru their migration route.

he did not intervene, a whole species of penguin who had lived there for as long as time where wiped off the planet due to climate changes.

tryfuhl · 02-26-2010, 04:34 PM

waiting on the global warming argument

MTK · 02-26-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tryfuhl

waiting on the global warming argument

I really just thought it was fascinating to see an iceberg that huge break off... but yeah I'm anticipating the armchair scientists to throw down any second.

htownskinfan · 02-26-2010, 05:02 PM

yeah,it couldnt be global warming,I'm sure the ice just got so cold it broke off

SmootSmack · 02-26-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by htownskinfan

yeah,it couldnt be global warming,I'm sure the ice just got so cold it broke off

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Ruhskins · 02-26-2010, 05:39 PM

Maybe the iceberg can play nose tackle for us.

Lotus · 02-26-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by htownskinfan

yeah,it couldnt be global warming,I'm sure the ice just got so cold it broke off

Al Gore broke it off to support his myth of global warming.

budw38 · 02-26-2010, 06:16 PM

very interesting . This planet is one powerful rock , very unpredictable . I have no knowledge of man causing the changes or not ? The planet however has been warming for thousands of years , as much of the US was under ice at one point in time Last glacial period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . I hope we never see prolonged freezing cold weather .... Im done with winter Laurentide ice sheet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

JoeRedskin · 02-26-2010, 06:16 PM

^^ No, it was broken of by a herd of manbearpigs.

Trample the Elderly · 02-26-2010, 07:11 PM

I wasn't trying to shit on you Matty. Everything these days seems to be a play on people's fears. It's a perpetual State Of Fear.

What I meant to say is, I'm not going to live in fear or listen to the yellow journalism that comes from corporate news agencies. The Earth is always changing and there's always some baby Hitler getting ready to jump out from the bushes. The economy will collapse if you don't give Wall Street a bailout. And the Road Goes On Forever. I'm not buying it.

RedskinMike · 02-26-2010, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

^^ No, it was broken of by a herd of manbearpigs.

Fear manbearpig

Schneed10 · 02-26-2010, 09:35 PM

Biggest floater ever?

02-26-2010, 03:55 PM	#1
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Trample the Elderly Playmaker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Three Chopt Virginia Age: 47 Posts: 2,906	Re: Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica Antarctica was mapped by ancient men without the layer of ice. Don't believe the hype. __________________ A funny thing happened on the way to the temple. The moneychangers bought the priesthood.

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Longtimefan Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germantown, Md. Posts: 4,832	Re: Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica A sign of things to come.

02-26-2010, 04:30 PM	#4
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica these ice bergs breakin off not only cause problems with the current of the ocean (which effects everything) but whole populations/species of penguins, etc end up dying because their generations old migration routes are all screwed up and they are left isolated and starving. i watched a show where a biologist type guy would visit these same type of penguins every year during teh time when the weather would allow.every year, when he would get there the thousands of penguins would be grazing on a certain shore. one year he heard about major ice bergs breaking off, i think an earthquake as well. when he went back there where no penguins on a shore where there should have been thousands. he goes inland to find them, finds that the landscape had changed, found hundreds of dead or dying penguins trapped half way thru their migration route. he did not intervene, a whole species of penguin who had lived there for as long as time where wiped off the planet due to climate changes. __________________ Life is brutal, but beautiful

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02-26-2010, 05:39 PM	#9
Ruhskins Living Legend Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 22,347	Re: Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica Maybe the iceberg can play nose tackle for us. __________________ R.I.P. #21

02-26-2010, 06:16 PM	#11
budw38 Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern,Va. Posts: 2,706	Re: Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica very interesting . This planet is one powerful rock , very unpredictable . I have no knowledge of man causing the changes or not ? The planet however has been warming for thousands of years , as much of the US was under ice at one point in time Last glacial period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . I hope we never see prolonged freezing cold weather .... Im done with winter Laurentide ice sheet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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02-26-2010, 07:11 PM	#13
Trample the Elderly Playmaker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Three Chopt Virginia Age: 47 Posts: 2,906	Re: Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica I wasn't trying to shit on you Matty. Everything these days seems to be a play on people's fears. It's a perpetual State Of Fear. What I meant to say is, I'm not going to live in fear or listen to the yellow journalism that comes from corporate news agencies. The Earth is always changing and there's always some baby Hitler getting ready to jump out from the bushes. The economy will collapse if you don't give Wall Street a bailout. And the Road Goes On Forever. I'm not buying it. __________________ A funny thing happened on the way to the temple. The moneychangers bought the priesthood.

02-26-2010, 09:35 PM	#15
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