Rogue ‘Ice Islands’ Pose New Threat in the Arctic
Dec.04, 2012 in
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Climate Central: Glaciologists were appalled in 2010 when Greenland’s Petermann Glacier discharged a slab of ice four times the size of Manhattan into Baffin Bay. They were appalled again when Petermann dropped a two-Manhattan slab in 2012 — understandably so, since these, along with even more gargantuan ice discharges from Antarctica, are a clear signal that the planet is warming fast.
Derek Mueller is appalled by a more immediate risk, however. After they break off, these enormous slabs of ice — sometimes…
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