Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Just in time



Antarctica – A super sized iceberg has been split from a glacier in Antarctica, threatening the ocean circulation patterns according to scientists.
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When a giant iceberg smashed into a glacier in Antarctica earlier in February (2009), the titanic collision forced another giant chunk of ice to break free from the icy Continent.
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The new iceberg has been described as being the size of Luxembourg in Europe, or the state of Connecticut in the US.
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This could spell trouble for the oceans scientists told media on Friday, as it could affect global ocean circulation with the melt from the ice.
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The giant 965 square miles of ice-cube is now making slow progress in the Southern Ocean, it broke of the Mertz Glacier that protrudes out of Antarctica like a tongue of ice.
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That tongue of ice has now been halved in size after the smash according to recent satellite imagery.
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This however is not the largest iceberg floating around Antarctic waters, as in 1987 a 5000 square kilometers chunk broke off the Continent.
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Worryingly is the wording that is being used by scientists, who say that the recent break off into the Southern Ocean could mean that salinity is affected.
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It is well known that if there is a shift in water salinity in the oceans, it could spell disaster for the global climate.
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Wait a minute!
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You say in the same article that in 1987 a 5000 square kilometer chunk broke off the Continent
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And yet and yet it did not affect the salinity of the oceans then so why should this smaller chunk do so now?.
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Ah!
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Got it 
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Now that global warming has gone you need another scare story

Shame on you that you cannot come up with something better
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Never mind better luck next time

Is it not time you also try something else other than "Scientists say"
 
Haven't we heard enough of scientists
 
If they do say something then let them be named
 
Along with their relevance to the subject in question
 
Along with their reasoning
 
Many thanks

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