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Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctic break-up! (2008.03.25)

A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate. Satellite images suggest that part of the ice...  
 
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justinsane1976 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Paaahhhh Propaganda... its warmer becaus of higher sun activity !!  a cow produces / year so mutch methan (what a co2 gas is) like you produce with your car when you make 18000km... should we now kill all cows?? global warming is absolutly BS.. its Solarsystem warming.. okay...
starrdreams (4 weeks ago) Show Hide
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@justinsane1976 Sun activity all these years was low.
JonThm (1 month ago) Show Hide
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It is how nature works dude!
starrdreams (4 weeks ago) Show Hide
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@JonThm Nature under humans pressure.
JonThm (4 weeks ago) Show Hide
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We have NATURAL calving oce ice sheets. Go study geograpy!
grillertuner (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Perhaps you should learn to write before you try and convince people of your knowledge of geography. Geography is only one part of the science and although calving is a natural process it has been proven that the process is being accelerated at fantastic rates. Perhaps if you actually studied the science instead of using your incorrect opinion you wouldn't come off like such a fool.
JonThm (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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@grillertuner There is notyhing unnatural going on: The wordl isa cooling naturally. I got an M.Eng., but was alwasy too busy to learn to spell!
Bernadotte01 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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@starrdreams google "Antarctic Ice Growing" and you will get around a quarter of a million results.
Try it.
Don't let confirmation bias impede your ability to learn.
starrdreams (2 months ago) Show Hide
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So is this happened with this ice shelf too?
starrdreams (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Is this ice shelf has been broken and has reformed?

Regarding of temperature in Antarctica - data from NASA shows that "Antarctica has warmed at a rate of about 0.12 degrees Celsius (0.22 degrees F) per decade since 1957, for a total average temperature rise of 0.5 degrees Celsius (1 degree F)."

Search for "Antarctic Warming Trends" in Google.

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