Japan Tsunami Tore Huge Ice Chunk Off Antarctica

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Uploaded by on Aug 8, 2011

Waves generated by the massive March 2011 undersea earthquake off Japan traveled 8000 mi. to chop 50 sq. mi. of ice off the Sulzberger Ice Shelf. NASA and ESA satellites captured imagery of the break. Ice may have been weakened by climate change.

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  • The End of the World?

  • @inzouo No. It's been through much worse. We're still here.

  • fake.

  • this doesn't mean anything. It's just a natural process that was enhanced due to waves hitting Antarctic sea ice.

    Ice that breaks off ice sheets and ice shelfs doesn't rise ocean levels as it's already a floating mass in the water.

  • @rrichiee1990 ...until it melts.

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  • ахуеть, событие вселенского масштаба, отвалился кусок льда, пыщ пыщ...ГАЛАКТЕКО ОПАСНОСТЕ

  • 500 less penguins, so what?

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  • Ну конечно страшно.

  • @VideoFromSpace Put ice in a glass full of water and please do tell me, no tell the whole world if the water rise when the ice melt.

  • странно что столько людей выжило.

  • Fake and gay. I saw how one isberg on this video humped another

  • Boo hoo

  • Its clearly the act of nibiru! You are damned now you sinners!! All praise our lord jebus for redemption and that your soul will not burn in ethernal damnation!

  • @VideoFromSpace I'm not sure what you refering to (sheet of shelf) but If you're talking about the entire ice sheet melting then yes we're screwed. If you just meant floating Ice Bergs melting, then that won't change the ocean level as it's already 'in the water'.

    When Ice Shelves break off from ice sheets, the media always makes a big deal about it even though it's not.

    However, I did find the earthquake, waves thing interesting :D

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